Thread: Reloading for black powder

the gun looks in very good order. provided the bore thickness is close to original and you know the chamber size,it should be no problem to shoot up to 1 1/8th loads using modern powder. i shoot with a w.greener hammer gun made in 1877,it has been BP. only ,but i have fired falcon 30gm 2 i/2 inch nitro through it no problems. i have two other damascus barreled guns a 16ga and a 12ga i regularly shoot modern powders through, no problems.these guns where made in 1884 and 1888.quality damascus is just as strong if not stronger than the steel of the day, just don't put waterfowl loads through them. i love the sidelevers, stephen grant made them popular, and some manufacturers still make them today. there is a lot of uniformed tripe about steel shot which has led to the demise of many a good sxs and u/o. long live two barrels.