You have now entered the Twilight Zone that is known as "Black powder shooting"...you will encounter so many variables that it will make your head spin. You will hear people swear that .50 cal is supposed to shoot ffg, but in fact it's in the middle and some people get better results with fffg in some .50's. My inline is much more accurate with triple f than double, and so I only have to keep one powder on hand for both my revolver and rifle. I shoot REAL cast bullets in my inline, they clean the bore every time you load one and no plastic fouling.
Here are some of the variables I spoke of:
Bullet type and weight. Round ball, conical, sabots, patched...then there is what THICKNESS of patch gives you the best accuracy.
Powder. Not only what type, but what manufacturer. Real black powder fouls worse than the substitutes. Triple 7 is more powerful than regular BP. Pyrodex shoots the same. How much powder? When just target shooting I stick with 70 grains of Pyrodex behind a 246gr cast bullet. Cheap and I get to shoot more. I jacked it up to my hunting load to check accuracy and it's still spot on with 100grs of Pyro behind a 420gr cast conical bullet. Then there are the pellets... I shot some starting out but went to loose powder. Sure I have to carry more crap with me, but I can tailor the load to do exactly what I want.
Accessories are what gets the $$$$ spent, from capper's (saw a pic of a guys thumb who had a cap go off when he pushed it down, not pretty), powder measures, patches for shooting, patches for cleaning (I buy white cotton flannel at walmart and cut into 2" squares for cleaning) and all sorts of other gadgets that will make your shooting more enjoyable, but you won't be able to find them when you need them more than likely, as you'll have too much crap in the bag, or box that you shoot out of!
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