I shot what the load was for the rifle - not wishing to experience any untoward adventures, what with the rifles being period-original and all - and the loads were paper-patched when indicated - though personally, I do prefer 'the other stuff', and paper-patching's a lot of damned work...
I never had a fondness for smelling like that last, unlocated Easter Egg that finally surfaces - and the vast bulk of my serious shooting had to do with not leaving a 'signature' to be spotted, and that's a hard-to-break habit.
I do like .45-70 - but that's because I was lucky as a kid - and was able to shoot an inordinate amount of the stuff through Infantry Rifles and Carbines and an 1886 Winchester, thanks to several full cases coming my way in trades.
No - I never kept the boxes...
Vaya,
Scouts Out!