Hi all,

Decided to get the T/C White Mountain Carbine out of retirement as a rifle for my wife to hunt with. I always shot Goex 2F black powder out of the T/C because it always gave good accuracy, lit reliably in cold weather with a #11 cap, and wasn't really any more of a mess than Pyrodex or T7. I went to Scheel's today to buy more bullets and primers for the Savage, and was going to get a can of Goex, but it turns out that they don't carry real BP anymore. I called around and no one in my area does.

So I need a recommendation for what powder to try. I've heard Blackhorn is hard to light like smokeless, so that's out with a sidelock, and I won't use T7 because I tried it once and the crudring in the T/C was exceptionally bad to the point that I had to submerge the barrel in near boiling water to get the stuck ramrod out. I'm probably going to go with Pyrodex, but not sure about RS or P, but wanted to get you guy's input before I buy a can of anything.

My usual load with this rifle was a 410 grain Hornady Great Plains FP conical with 80 grains of Goex 2F BP.

Since the 410 gr FP is no longer available, so I'm going with the 385 gr HP with 70-80 grains of powder. I don't need a smoking hot load for my wife, and I've found that more than 90 grains of BP doesn't burn in the short carbine barrel. Shots would be 75 yards tops.

Thanks,

Mike