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The Powder Room - CAS reloading / Re: Using Dacron in black powder cartridges
« Last post by Reloadin Dan on Today at 01:27:56 AM »Thank you so much for all the replies and yes the toilet and I did survive. I enjoy the smell of black powder and it was a very small charge however you are absolutely correct letting off a blank especially black powder inside is not a good idea.
I'm attempting to do the carcano cartridge in black powder. I would like to run these first through my Calvary moschetto it's got a shorter barrel. That way I'm less likely to get a squib load or bullet stuck in the barrel however the verbage goes.
And no definitely wouldn't run this through a semi-automatic action this is for a old bolt action. Unique or h4895 can be reduced safely up to 60% of minimum load data. That would be absolutely ideal however given the current powder shortage and the vast applications of h4895 it's nowhere to be found.
Which has led my mind to creative alternatives. I plan to shoot once and swab the barrel like a muzzleloader. I have h 335 however that stuff is definitely not safe to run at below minimum published loads. I also have a big tub of Winchester 760 also a ball powder not safe to run under minimum loads.
I'm attempting to do the carcano cartridge in black powder. I would like to run these first through my Calvary moschetto it's got a shorter barrel. That way I'm less likely to get a squib load or bullet stuck in the barrel however the verbage goes.
And no definitely wouldn't run this through a semi-automatic action this is for a old bolt action. Unique or h4895 can be reduced safely up to 60% of minimum load data. That would be absolutely ideal however given the current powder shortage and the vast applications of h4895 it's nowhere to be found.
Which has led my mind to creative alternatives. I plan to shoot once and swab the barrel like a muzzleloader. I have h 335 however that stuff is definitely not safe to run at below minimum published loads. I also have a big tub of Winchester 760 also a ball powder not safe to run under minimum loads.