Got to have a shot out of my Pedersoli Silhouette 45/70 over the long weekend ,with its loooooooong 32 inch barrel !! i tried a load [smokeless as im not really set up for black powder yet ] from loading manual, 40 grs AR2208 ,Federal primer ,Hawkebury River 405gr lead ,i have tried this load before in my Marlin 45/70 and the problem is incomplete burning of the powder, alot of fouling and unburnt powder granules [should have known better ] anyway after several shots, then blackening the silver front sight and trying different reading glasses as my eyesight is getting bad [getting old ]and cheating using the Lead sled to avoid my heartbeat ,at 100 metres i could get shots into one inch ! provided i put a patch through the barrel after each shot to remove all the fouling ,so i was very happy with it !!! ,i was impressed with it!!! i should have brought other loads with me to try ,but ran out of time,the loads were on target in the black at 100 Metres [even more of a wonder !!!] The workmanship on my rifle is perfect in every respect and its accurate too, with the first load i have tried in it ,so you cant ask anymore than that !!!!