reloading question

[Jason]

My brother in law has a .45-120 sharps, he wants to know if you can reload with smokeless powder as opposed to black powder. If you can, what are some benefits? Drawbacks? and where can a guy find the reloading tables. Thank you.

[versifier]

Hi Jason,
Welcome to Gunloads. While I do not have an answer for you, other than that you can substitute with Pyrodex, I think someone around here ought to be able to point you in the right direction.

[k-g]

If the gun is fairly recent and has been proofed for smokeless, yes.

Look for Cowboy/obsolete data at http://www.accuratepowder.com/ and http://hodgdon.com/

[kodiak1]

Go on Accurate Arms I believe they have some loads there for smokeless.
The closest I have is a 45-100 and I have loaded it with smokeless.
Good luck Ken

[grumman581]

If the firearm is designed for only black powder pressures, you would need to be careful on your chosen loads, but it is *possible*. You would be in experimental neighborhood though.

[gemihur]

Jason,
Use caution, of course!
http://www.reloadersnest.com/frontpage.asp?CaliberID=197
Jimmy