Thread: Making Black Powder

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I get get 55grns home rolled under projectile easy...65 If really tamp it in with base of smaller case or poke it in through powder funnel with slender rod.

I can cram 80grs of mine in a Winchester 45/70 case using a 'drop tube' and a bit of compression - but I was out with my mate a few years back and watched him plonk two 330gr Gould's into two deer using only 50 gr of powder at 100 yards - lazered.
Both those deer (red stags from memory) just 'humped up', walked a few laboured paces and fell over.
Both shots were almost identical - range, animal behaviour, and both shots were pass-throughs.
They were both out on the grass and I was able to watch everything.

That was quite a lesson for me - as slow as those big bullets are, they take some stopping - so I'd say your 55grs are okay for bush hunting, as long as they go point first and are reasonably accurate.
One thing is, most of the bush deer I've shot with BP had some awareness I was there and took off at the shot. And that's where I like 'heavy' and 'pass-throughs' - you got something to follow