Old School
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:50 pmApart from all the Bushmaster goodness. I've been having fun with my older rifles.
Here's my model 1868 Springfield, chambered in the venerable .50-70 Government. I bought a bunch of brass from Starline some years ago when it was cheap at about .50 per round. It's gone up since then. I also have a model 1866, which was the Army's first centerfire rifle. Both of these have beautiful bores in them.
I've loaded a bunch in smokeless, using 5744. You hardly feel these when fired. Lately, I've gotten into loading more with 70 grains of FFG. I find I like the smoke from these. I've found cleaning the bore of black powder is pretty easy if I use my pressure washer.
Here's my model 1868 Springfield, chambered in the venerable .50-70 Government. I bought a bunch of brass from Starline some years ago when it was cheap at about .50 per round. It's gone up since then. I also have a model 1866, which was the Army's first centerfire rifle. Both of these have beautiful bores in them.
I've loaded a bunch in smokeless, using 5744. You hardly feel these when fired. Lately, I've gotten into loading more with 70 grains of FFG. I find I like the smoke from these. I've found cleaning the bore of black powder is pretty easy if I use my pressure washer.
