Jbird45
Member
Hello all! Hope everyone is well.
I had been saving up for a .500 mag, but an acquaintance is offering me an 1873 Springfield Trapdoor .45-70. It is an old guy from the 1800's. I am a sucker for historical guns so the .500 may have to wait.
I see in my reload manual there are Trapdoor loads, but I am curious are smokeless Trapdoor loads safe in the old guns or is that for modern replicas like the uberti? I'm not opposed to loading black powder loads if need be but smokeless is easier to source where I live. If I do need to use black powder, is something like pyrodex an acceptable substitute?
Reloading for it is going to be easy. Convincing my wife to buy an old gun after I convinced her to buy a chassis rifle will be the hard part.
Thanks everyone!
I had been saving up for a .500 mag, but an acquaintance is offering me an 1873 Springfield Trapdoor .45-70. It is an old guy from the 1800's. I am a sucker for historical guns so the .500 may have to wait.
I see in my reload manual there are Trapdoor loads, but I am curious are smokeless Trapdoor loads safe in the old guns or is that for modern replicas like the uberti? I'm not opposed to loading black powder loads if need be but smokeless is easier to source where I live. If I do need to use black powder, is something like pyrodex an acceptable substitute?
Reloading for it is going to be easy. Convincing my wife to buy an old gun after I convinced her to buy a chassis rifle will be the hard part.
Thanks everyone!