thanks gents,.. i was asking for a friend he just bought a savage a was asking questions i couldn't answer... he also shot cap&ball an his first question was ["do U think i can use vagret" ] as i have shot bp - cap an ball, not for awhile, an no nothing about the newer in-line m/l 'ers , i must admit it has caught my interests checking for him .. i guess i really R in the stone ages.. i'll learn along as i see the responses from the questions i have already asked.. i would have never thouhgt to put smokeless in my old 50 cal. tryon being a NoNo anyway, the highest i ever loaded was 88gr of fffg3 bp,.. trying to remember its been at least 4yrs since i've shot, i can't remember the weight of the round ball i casted for it,.. was a .490 ball though...