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  1. 03-03-2008, 01:35 PM #1
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    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.
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    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.
    If I can see it, I can hit it. Now, where did I put my glasses?
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    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/
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    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
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    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.
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    Jason,
    Use caution, of course!
    http://www.reloadersnest.com/frontpa...?CaliberID=197
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