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Originally Posted by stanmerrell
I have read that slow burning powders like 5744 are less stressful than fast burning powders like Unique on the blackpowder guns. I'm still studying this and will consider your suggestion. Many thanks.
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I probably should have clarified what I meant by "fast". The fastest smokeless powder can be loaded to match the pressure curve of black powder from chamber to muzzle. Fast powders like Clays, loaded to the same chamber pressures as BP, demonstrate the same pressure curve as black powder throughout the length of the barrel. Unfortunately, there is not much documented testing in short barreled guns. Most testing has been done with shotguns and longer barreled rifles.
Again, the most important thing is to load light and slow.