4 gr. of Bullseye sounds hot to me! Your friend liked the Schofield loading for a reason. If it works, don't fix it! (I was a maintaince man for 40 years and that saying always seemed to work!)
I just went and found my copy of Lyman #49. First they list NO jacketed for Scofield! The derringer my take them but there just aren't proven loads for them and the velocities will probably too slow to open the hollow points.
I the 200 grain cast loading data it lists 4.7 gr of Bullseye as the most accurate load (also the start load) at 840 fps from a 7.5 in barrel! and 5.3 gr at 906 fps as MAX.
By the way 45 Colt and 45 Schofield are in the same area of safe chamber pressure (about 13,500 CUP).
I guess I over estimated that other Bullseye load!
Ivan
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