ClickClickD'oh
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...far too dim-witted to comprehend the vital basics of what all competent reloaders have readily understood for decades and decades.
Funny... to me that describes people who keep trying to use smokeless powder in BP guns.... Too dim-witted to comprehend what has been understood for decades and decades.
Or as was told to me as a child, "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should"
And no, black powder companies aren't failing to tell owners what they should put in their guns. Let's look at a CVA manual:
Page 7: • Blackpowder or an approved blackpowder substitute - NEVER use any amount of modern smokeless powder in any muzzleloader.
Page 8: PROPELLANTS NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, USE ANY AMOUNT OF MODERN SMOKELESS POWDER IN ANY MUZZLELOADING RIFLE! The use of smokeless powder in your muzzleloader will create dangerously high pressures upon ignition which will likely lead to severe injury or death to the shooter and bystanders. The use of smokeless powder will immediately void the warranty.
Page 9: Do not use saboted bullets weighing over 300 grains in your CVA rifle.
Page 9: Do not use lead conical bullets weighing over 400 grains in your CVA rifle.
Page 9: CVA recommends a minimum of 50 grains, by volume, of blackpowder or blackpowder substitute in your .45 or .50 caliber gun. The maximum load in CVA breakaction guns is 150 grains by volume.
Honestly, the fact this discussion is happening at all smacks to high heavens of people who know just enough to think they know what is going on... then end up maimed.