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As for the Mold for a 450 BPE, I would prefer an original antique. As you can see I collect. The weight is not critical as they vary from 270 to the 400's.
Thanks for your assistance.
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Hello Older Doc, As to bullet moulds. Why would a Winchester 45-90 bullet mould not work or a Lyman 457122 Gould Hollow Point? The 45-90 bullet should be an express bullet and light enough to be used in the 450BPE? I like the 457483 with the gas check. Are you ONLY looking for a British mould? http://cgi.ebay.com/Early-one-piece-mold...%3A6%7C294%3A50Thanks Mike
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Thanks for the reply. I am looking for a British mold.
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Here is a full loading machine for 12 bore both centre-fire and pin-fire: Lagopus..... 
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Lagopus-
Do you have any Goex FFg black powder there in your workshop?
If you do, will you please throw a struck 5 Dram load from one of your measures and weigh it in Grains, then post the result to this thread?
I am curious to see how a 19th-century volume measure will do by weight in Goex FFg.
Cheers
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Tinker, I have a tin of Goex powder but the grain size has been struck out with indelible marker and a lable saying it is number 2 grain. Number 2 is fine grain used for shotguns of 12 bore and smaller. It looks like it has been done that way to conform to the British way of designating black powder as we don't use the FFg code. I'll look into it and get back to you. Lagopus.....
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Lagopus-
That sounds right.
FFg is often referred to as 2f -- and it's typically used in shotgun and rifle charges in the 12bore - 16bore neighborhood.
The rifle that I'm loading for (and that brings this question to you) is a 16bore Westley Richards.
I've gotten to where it's shooting right and I want to translate my Goex FFg charge to proper period Brit Drams
To brew it down further, it looks like they'd have called this one a '5 Dram' rifle, but I'm curious to see how many grains of Goex FFg fits into a mid-19th century powder measure at it's perscribed designation in (number of) Drams.
Got one that says 5 Drams?
Throw a charge and weigh it.
Got one that says 3 Drams?
Ditto above.
Four or two or whatever, I can do the math and get to a relative place.
Cheers
Tinker
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