.429 or .452 Muzzleloader bullet?

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Very legit reason.
60-70 grains does make a soft shooting load.

Iirc the original loading for civil war muskets was 60 gr 2f black powder and 525 gr mini ball. I could be mistaken though.

LoL you run a little light on the powder. My brother runs 120fffg with a .570 prb in his Great plains rifle.
It shoots pretty flat to 120 yards.

The load seems pretty well balanced, the snow in front of the muzzle only had a few specks of unburned powder, so it was a complete burn. No waste, but did get me thinking that the path to greater recoil tolerance could be in increasing doses of black powder rather than larger caliber rifles.

 

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Iirc the original loading for civil war muskets was 60 gr 2f black powder and 525 gr mini ball. I could be mistaken though.



The load seems pretty well balanced, the snow in front of the muzzle only had a few specks of unburned powder, so it was a complete burn. No waste, but did get me thinking that the path to greater recoil tolerance could be in increasing doses of black powder rather than larger caliber rifles.

You're correct on the minie ball charge. They have to be treated like hollow base wadcutters.
My brother is running a 36" Green mountain barrel. I never tried a sheet.