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Make that THREE. Trapdoor and old rifles. Modern lever actions. Ruger #1's

You can load the daylights out of a Ruger and it will hold together. Don't ask me how I know, but God looks out for...

I have a couple of these old things. They're a hoot to load for and to shoot. I cast up my own bullets, naturally. The gun just begs for big soft-cast bullets.

Here's a great source for info: ...

I recommend the Wolf book if you're serious about your Trapdoor.

Most people go wrong on the Trapdoor because they try to make it shoot modern jacketed ammo. Jacketed bullets are generally .458,...

And we can easily replicate those BP loads with modern powders but we have to pay attention because of lot of the equivalent smokeless loads are way less than full volume charges in that cavernous...

Took a couple of mine out last weekend, trying to see where I could get them (new to me) to print, so I shot at 25 yards. cloverleafs. BIG cloverleafs but cloverleafs nonetheless. After decades of...