Excellent, thanks for the advice!

I think you've sold me on loose powder. From the looks of it, the savings of loose powder will cover the cost of the measure and flask. I was under the impression that you needed an accurate scale and more to work with powder, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I'll be ordering those White 460 gr .503 conicals today, and will definitely be looking into the No Excuses bullets. I heard of them from this forum, and the guy who makes them seems to be a genuinely cool human being. I'll feel good about sending him money.

I think I've read every post on the whiterifles.com forum, which pretty much sealed the deal for me and this rifle. I'd surely be interested in any others you may know of. I posted here because it seems to be the most active of all the BP/ML forums I've found.

Thanks again!
Dave