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Hi,
In order to revive an old US Navy 38 long colt, I'm firing black powder and 145 grains Minie bullets in 38 LC cases. The bore is about .380, and in order to get some expansion from those bullets, I'm loading it with 17 or 18 grains of FFFG black powder with Murom primers (ie fully charged cases).
I'm not very familiar with black powder nor reloading, but is normal to have so much firespitting, or is it the sign of uselessly high loads?
By the way, don't you think some of that primers are somewhat flatened?
Thanks for attention.
In order to revive an old US Navy 38 long colt, I'm firing black powder and 145 grains Minie bullets in 38 LC cases. The bore is about .380, and in order to get some expansion from those bullets, I'm loading it with 17 or 18 grains of FFFG black powder with Murom primers (ie fully charged cases).
I'm not very familiar with black powder nor reloading, but is normal to have so much firespitting, or is it the sign of uselessly high loads?
By the way, don't you think some of that primers are somewhat flatened?
Thanks for attention.