Boer war, lots of martinis around cheaper to rebarrel and change a few other bits than make new. Also troops would be familiar with rifle drill for it. In ww1 I know the french used rolling blocks in...
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Boer war, lots of martinis around cheaper to rebarrel and change a few other bits than make new. Also troops would be familiar with rifle drill for it. In ww1 I know the french used rolling blocks in...
In my experience it's not so great with BP, fouling quickly eradicates accuracy.
I load 22 grains of 4277 behind a 255 gr flat base bullet for 1460 fps in a 29.5 inch barreled converted martini...