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black powder 45-70 ammo

muskox2000
I was thinking of trying some Corbon 45-70 ammo that is loaded with black-powder in my Marlin 1895. Would I need to do anything special to clean up after shooting black pwder? Also does this powder influence the recoil over comparable bullet wt. loads with modern powder? Thanks, Muskox[?]
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  • rldowns3
    Black powder will inevitably gum up your gun pretty good, you will have to clean it out pretty good after you get home from the range. It is very very dirty stuff to shoot. As far as recoil, that depends on the velocity of the slug that the load produces....if the bp load is pushing about the same velocity as the standard factory loads, then recoil between the two will be about the same.

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  • Xracer
    Well.....it's your gun, but......

    As rldowns says, BP is very dirty stuff....and I wouldn't want to have to disassemble a lever action rifle to thoroughly clean it.

    Granted, many lever rifles were designed for, and used many years for BP cartridges, but why crud up a nice rifle when you don't have to.

    If you want to shoot some black-powder equivalent loads, I'm sure some of the Cowboy-Action loads will fill the bill.
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  • muskox2000
    Thanks guys. Yuck. I will pass on the BP. It's just something I have seen. I just got a brand new marlin 1895, last thing I want to do is gum it up. I will stick with the federal 300 gr . Musky [:)]
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  • Contender Man
    Good move ... if the rifle is not thoroughly cleaned you get corrosion, so if ya miss a couple spots you would be very unhappy in the end.


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  • mazo kid
    I'm a fan of shooting the old ones with the powder and bullets they were originally designed for. I have an '86 Winchester in .38-56 and shoot BP loads in it; it is not THAT bad to clean. You have to ask yourself: where does the combustion take place? Doesn't the cartridge case effectively seal off the chamber when fired? Granted, you may get a bit of residue in the action, but it is not as bad as some would lead you to believe, IMHO. Emery

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