brass frame loads

[bubba.50]

what loads are recommended for a brass frame 1860 Army if ya want it to last a long time? have only shot steel frames but, considerin' my Southron heritage & my opinion on who should have won "The Great Unpleasantness" I've been thinkin' I need a brass frame or two.

[Battis]

Just curious...
Why wouldn't you go with an authentic "southern" .36 brass frame - Spiller & Burr, Griswold & Gunnison?
I've never had a .44 brass frame, and I'm not sure how it would hold up.

Here's one I wouldn't mind having:
http://www.guns.com/2013/04/25/mershon-and-hollingsworth-self-cocking-revolver/

[bubba.50]

gunbroker is full of brass-frame Armies & "Navies" for very good prices. the models you mention don't turn up often and when they do show up they tend to be quite a much spendier.

[DIRT Farmer]

I have the first B/P revolver I bought yet, a very shot out 36 brass frame i shot it for years with 15 grains of fffg and enough corn meal to fill it out. It set back but I have no idea how many thousand times I shot it

[bob208]

never seen one that was shot apart if it was set up right. have seen many with the rammer broken and the arbor pulled by people useing wheel weights for balls.

[Boz330]

The recommendation on my brass frame 44 is 20gr 3F. I put a dovetailed front sight on mine and it shoots really good groups where I aim it with that load.

Bob

[mooman76]

I'd say 20gr also but really I'd go as low a load as it would still shoot good. I have a 36 that is shot out. I bought it cheap thinking I'd replace the frame but might as well buy a new gun. I asked him what loads he shot. he said he didn't know, just filled it up and shot it. It still shoots and it tightens up after a few shots.

[John Taylor]

I got blasted a few years back for recommending 10 grains and corn meal. I have seen several brass frame revolvers with cylinder set back. I tested the 10 grain load at 25 yards and it did well on the target, penetrating both sides of a cardboard box as well as the paper target. It would have killed it but it was already dead.