58 brass remmy

[rodwha]

I wondered if a .36 was as prone to being battered. There's the proof!

[Battis]

My S&B might not be a god example. I won't go too far into it here, but the age of that revolver is unknown - based on it's serial number and other markings, some think it's an original. I don't think it is, but - that's a different thread.

[Maven]

I wonder whether using lighter charges of FFg in brass framed revolters may reduce the odds of them shooting loose/frame stretching?

[45 Bravo]

My first bp revolver was a brass 1858.
Richland arms built from a kit.

At that time (I was 13) I was all about big smoke, loud boom and kick...

Not knowing any better.
If it got a ball, it was as full as I could get the cylinder and still seat the ball.

IF it got a light load it was 10 gr of 3 f a wad, a full load of number 8 shot and just enough room to squeeze a beeswax plug over the shot.

This load was for snakes and showing off hitting bottles thrown into the air.

Eventually it got so loose there was about 1/8 inch play front to back in the cylinder.

I retired it, it was abused severely.
And the ball count was over 1000.

In that time I killed 2 cows, 1 deer, and a hog..
The 1cow was shot with a 230gr. cast roundnose .452 cast for my 1911, the others were all round ball.

Shot placement is key above all else..

I think if I had kept the loads to the 20-25 grain area, I would still be using it today.