Another good source of factory ammunition for the Trapdoor is the 'Cowboy' loads theyre loaded to mild pressure levels and have lead bullets that are easier on the aging steel of the venerable Springfield rifles. By the way, I have fired some of the Remington "Safe for all rifles" in my 1884 Trapdoor, but after I discovered molds, and Geox, nothing but BP since. 45-70 ammunition to safe levels for the Trapdoor theyre labeled as such. I wish it will spill over into some of the Trapdoor groups on Facebook. ![]() There is some great wisdom in the thread. I don't know if its true, or not but if I owned an actual 1870s rifle, I wouldn't risk it. (and again, we're not talking blow up, we're talking could fail (crack) sooner than it would shooting only black powder loads) They say that while the max pressure in smokeless loads in in the safe range, the kind of pressure (duration, etc) is different enough from black powder to put an undue strain on the action of the very old guns. The old rifles fail (crack, not blow up) at a fairly constant rate, they say, and that rate is slightly higher when used with safe smokeless loads than when only black powder is used. Modern ammo for them is loaded to "safe" pressure, but according to some people who are really involved with these old guns, modern smokeless loads while safe (in the blow up the gun sense) they aren't good for the gun, otherwise. ![]() There are people who believe it is wrong to run anything but black powder in these old guns.
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