Gentlemen,
I acquired a .44 Pietta 1858 New Army a while back that cane with a conversion cylinder. Though I'd give it a try and found out that Cowboy rounds are approx. 35.00 a box. Right.
Couple questions here:
Haven't slugged the barrel or throats yet, but what am I going to encounter if I set a typical .452 JRN 230g on top of 5.0g of 700x and try firing out of a barrel that typically shoots .430 RN cast soft lead? A hand held pipe bomb?
The little info sent w/ the cylinder specifies 'Cowboy action rounds only". The loading data above was from the IMR site for cowboy action, but the bullet was specified as cast RNFP 230 gr. I'm planning to use basically modern powder under a modern projectile in a replica from 150+ years ago.
Am I a candidate for idiot of the year?
Mort