I have a Uberti high wall in 45-70 and was wondering what the best mix of lead would be for a 500 grain bullet backed by black powder? The rifling is fairly shallow compared to some black powder rifling I've seen but is very smooth.
I have wheel wieghts and pure lead(or least dead soft, may have a little tin, not much)
The rifle with a BP load chrono's at just under 1200 fps. Would pure lead be too soft for this?
I have my ignots cast into 1lb. blocks, so any mixing would be 3 parts lead to 1 part WW, something like that.
This is not a competition rifle, nor a hunting rifle, just a "fun gun". Or least it will be when I get a recoil pad on mule kicking thing!
Any suggestions would be greatly apreciated.