Gaucho Gringo
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I got to thinking again(I know it will get you trouble) about loading black powder in the MN 7.62 x 54R. The rifles are cheap enough to have one dedicated to shooting black powder. I did some Googling and found a lot of people don't think it feasible. Some said that you could not stuff enough BP in the case to get the bullet down the barrel. I know you couldn't even approach smokeless velocity, but I'm sure you could get somewhere in the neighborhood of 14-1500 fps. I did some checking, a 32 WIN Spl case was originally made to be reloaded with BP. It's case capacity is 45 gr H2O, the case capacity of the 7.62 x 54R is 64.2 gr H2O making it over 1\4 larger in case capacity. If a 32 Spl can fire a BP round just fine, why wouldn't a 7.62 X 54R do it as well? I realize the cleanup aspect of it as I shoot BP revolvers. I was thinking a full load of FFg, lubed wad and .313 lead "soupcan" bullet. I want to shoot BP in a rifle without it costing a lot.