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For example, because Pyrodex, a common black powder substitute, is less dense than black powder, a measurement by weight on a scale of 60 grains of mass of Pyrodex would be near a 30 percent overload. Volume equivalence is a benefit in loading muzzleloading firearms, traditionally loaded using volumetric measures.
The .50-140 Sharps, also known as the .50-3 1 ⁄ 4" Sharps, is a black-powder rifle cartridge that was introduced in 1884, as a big game hunting round. [1] It is believed to have been introduced for the Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 rifle. [2] The cartridge is very similar to the .500 Black Powder Express. [3]
A QuickLOAD user most certainly should not just "plug in" a cartridge, bullet and powder and use that load, assuming it is safe. It is good practice to double- or triple-check QuickLOAD's output against reliable load data supplied by the powder producing companies.
The first black powder cartridge adopted in large numbers by the Japanese Army, it was used in the Murata rifle, a hybrid of French Gras and German Mausers 1871 and 1871/84 rifles. 12.7×108mm: 1930 USSR R 12.7×108mm 2700 11980 (13737) 255 0.511 108mm Used in Heavy Machine Guns, AT-rifles [41] and anti-materiel rifles. 14.5×114mm: 1941 [42 ...
Source(s): Norma Ammunition RealGuns reloading data The .500 Jeffery ( 12.7x70mmRB ) is a big-game rifle cartridge that first appeared around 1920, and was originally introduced by the August Schuler Company, a German firm, under the European designation "12.7×70mm Schuler" or ".500 Schuler".
A muzzleloader is any firearm in which the user loads the projectile and the propellant charge into the muzzle end of the gun (i.e., from the forward, open end of the gun's barrel). This is distinct from the modern designs of breech-loading firearms, in which user loads the ammunition into the breech end of the barrel. The term "muzzleloader ...
Thompson/Center's success came with the emergence of long range handgun hunting, target shooting, and, especially, metallic silhouette shooting. [7] Their break-action, single-shot design brought rifle-like accuracy and power in a handgun, which was a new concept at the time.
The .450/400 Black Powder Express cartridges are bottlenecked centerfire black powder express rifle cartridges produced in two case lengths, 2 3 ⁄ 8 inches (60.3 mm) and 3 1 ⁄ 4 inches (83 mm). Both cartridges were later loaded as "Nitro for Black" cartridges, the same cartridges loaded with mild loadings of cordite carefully balanced ...