trapdoor rifle light load

[cayuse]

What is a good light load for springfieldg 1873 rifle; 405 gr pb bullet @ 1200 fps in smokless powder. Thanks for any imput.

[PEZHEAD265]

Go to this sight THE US SPRINGFEILFD TRAPDOOR RIFLE INFORMATION CENTER and they will tell you the best load for that.

[Chris M]

Go to this sight THE US SPRINGFEILFD TRAPDOOR RIFLE INFORMATION CENTER and they will tell you the best load for that.

I believe what PEZHEAD265 is talking about is this:

http://www.trapdoorcollector.com/shooterstext.html

Scroll about 1/2 way down the page to the "Recipes" section.

[6mmintl]

21 grains of IMR SR4759 with 405 HB soft lead bullet light crimp