Shooting with Black Powder Muzzle Loading Pistols and Rifles

These photographs mark the start of the new era of Shooting for the WFC pistol section - a giant step back in time to the age of Black Powder Muzzle Loading. Watch this page as we get our kit together so that we can continue with our peacefull, legitimate, non-blood shooting sports. To view a larger version of any photograph on this page, click on the thumbnail photograph.

Making a sight adjustment - Wedgnock 1997	A nice card (95) for the MLAGB Postal - Wedgnock 13/02/99	A good result (90) from the Hege Manton flintlock - Wedgnock 31/07/99	The Gold Standard Badge (95) at last! - Wedgnock 08/08/99

Black Powder Loads

Here is some loading data that you might find usefull - no liability accepted

• Pedersoli LePage Percussion Single Shot Pistol

  • Powder - Krank's Medium or Fine or TS2 (doesn't seem to make any difference) - 18grs
  • Ball - .433" diameter cast or swaged
  • Patches - 0.012" thick
  • Caps - RWS, CCI or Remington
  • Muzzle velocity with 20grs : 753 fps
  • Muzzle velocity with 25grs : 888 fps
  • Muzzle velocity with 30grs : 939 fps

• TS2 in the Le Page

  Powder	Charge	Bullet	Primer	Velocity (est)	Velocity (actual)	Average
  TS2	20 grs	.433" BALL			753 fps
  TS2	25 grs	.433" BALL			888 fps
  TS2	30 grs	.433" BALL			939 fps

• Hege Manton .44 Flintlock Single Shot Pistol

  • Powder - has to be Swiss No. 1 - 30grs
  • Ball .433" diameter cast or swaged
  • Patches - 0.012" thick

• Swiss No.1 in the Hege Manton (Smooth bore)

  Powder	Charge	Bullet	Primer	Velocity (est)	Velocity (actual)	Average
  Swiss No.1	30 grs	.433" BALL		1000 fps	999 fps
  Swiss No.1	30 grs	.433" BALL		1000 fps	1099 fps
  Swiss No.1	30 grs	.433" BALL		1000 fps	1069 fps
  Swiss No.1	30 grs	.433" BALL		1000 fps	975 fps	1042 fps
  Swiss No.1	30 grs	.433" BALL		1000 fps	1020 fps
  Swiss No.1	30 grs	.433" BALL		1000 fps	1090 fps
  Swiss No.1	30 grs	.433" BALL		1000 fps	999 fps

• Euroarms .44 Rodgers & Spencer Revolver

  • Powder - has to be TS2 (the Krank's powders cause hangfires) - 20grs
  • Ball .454" diameter cast or swaged
  • Caps - RWS (Fiocchi cause hangfires, Remington and CCI fall off the nipples)

• 45/70 loads in the Sharps Long Range Rifle

  Powder	Charge	Bullet	Primer	Velocity (est)	Velocity (actual)	Average
  TPPH	50 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1000 fps	1004 fps
  TPPH	50 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1000 fps	1002 fps
  TPPH	50 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1000 fps	1050 fps	1033 fps
  TPPH	50 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1000 fps	1076 fps
  TPPH	60 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1000 fps	1151 fps
  TPPH	60 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1100 fps	1146 fps
  TPPH	60 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1100 fps	1111 fps
  TPPH	60 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1100 fps	1153 fps	1150 fps
  TPPH	60 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1100 fps	1191 fps
  TPPH	60 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1100 fps	1190 fps
  TPPH	60 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1100 fps	1160 fps
  TPPH	60 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1100 fps	1164 fps	1152 fps
  TPPH	60 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1100 fps	1107 fps
  TPPH	60 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1100 fps	1137 fps
  Hogdon H4895	40 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1312 fps	1223 fps
  Hogdon H4895	40 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1312 fps	1290 fps	1244 fps
  Hogdon H4895	40 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LR	1312 fps	1219 fps
  Hogdon H4895	40 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1312 fps	1256 fps
  Hogdon H4895	40 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1312 fps	1312 fps	1301 fps
  Hogdon H4895	40 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1312 fps	1336 fps
  Hogdon H4895	45 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1400 fps	1407 fps
  Hogdon H4895	45 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1400 fps	1457 fps
  Hogdon H4895	45 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1400 fps	1384 fps	1424 fps
  Hogdon H4895	45 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1400 fps	1391 fps
  Hogdon H4895	45 grs	405gr Lead SWC	CCI LRM	1400 fps	1482 fps
  TPPH	50 grs	535gr Lead SP	CCI LRM	1000 fps	997fps
  TPPH	50 grs	535gr Lead SP	CCI LRM	1000 fps	987fps
  TPPH	50 grs	535gr Lead SP	CCI LRM	1000 fps	978fps	989 fps
  TPPH	50 grs	535gr Lead SP	CCI LRM	1000 fps	996fps
  TPPH	50 grs	535gr Lead SP	CCI LRM	1000 fps	987fps

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