Folks  -- This is my maiden post on KCA. And while it may seem therefore impertinent for a new guy on the block to offer an opinion, I thought it may offer another perspective on reloading.

My "center of gravity" is black powder cartridge shooting  --  Snider-Enfield's, Martini-Henry's, 50-70's, 45-70's etc  --.  So reloading is a necessity.  While black powder is very forgiving, old wood is not uniformly robust.  The jolt of a service charge on a dry stock is unpredictable.  Some can take it; some not.  It's very hard to predict.  Small, cracks along grain lines can open.  In-letting chips. And worse.   For me, caution recommends light loads.  But, not to worry, with age-induced poor eyesight, I find lighter loads work perfectly at my 100 yard limit!

This leads to a question.  Here, in the reloading section,  I embarrass myself.  I'm shooting my Krag rifle (1896, near mint).  Not having tooled-up as yet to make cartridges, I bought a box of the Remington 30-40 180 gr. "Core-Lokt" ammunition.  I must ask, is this ammunition in a safe enough range not to stress my Krag?  What are the characteristics/ballistics of the Remington load?  How close does it get to the red line 4,000 CUP?   

That's a number of questions rolled in one post; but HELP!

Annapolis