Thread: 44-40 Reloading/Shooting

Interesting @Arthur McBride that you mention smokeless under bp to assist ignition. My copy of Townsend Whelens book says it the other way round bp to spark the smokeless as primers were not always hot enough to ignite the early nitro powders.
But adding a slug of smokeless is a useful trick to reduce fouling with BP that ups velocity slightly and does improve accuracy -across a long string of shots.