I have shot conicals, 200 gr lee mold, I cast my own stuff. I also have a conversion cylinder, shoot 200 gr flat nose, just got a mold for 160 gr flat nose, they shoot great to. Picked up a can of trail boss smokeless, just tried it out last week 5 gr sounded like a cap gun, almost no recoil. That stuff is good to start with a 45 colt case full to the top only holds 13 gr. Going to try 5.6 gr next week that is almost 25 gr by volume. I shoot out to about 100 yards with that carbine, and it soots great with just about anything. I split a ball on a ax head at 30 feet out at the desert and I am not a good shooter average at best.