Originally Posted by
Austinhuntman
And I do know jack my grandad reloads ammo and loads 70 grains of black powder in his cases don't bud into something that you don't know about I don't use Wikipedia for anything and I know a guide gun isn't bad I am not talking about a guide gun we have one I am talking about something like a marlin model 1895 in 45-70 so go try to embarrass someone else on a different thread
ok well black powder isn't as potent as smokeless. BP burns slower and takes more to achieve the same velocities. A modern 45-70 factory load with smokeless powder and a 405 gr bullet is traveling around 1300fps with 18.7 lbs of recoil energy. With 70 gr of BP its travelling around 1200 fps with a 405 gr. Whether your shooting your grandpas load with Bp or a modern factory load (not a hot load) with a 405 gr bullet the .308 will have near as much or more recoil.
Last edited by huntingkidPA; 12-14-2012 at 09:40 AM.