Good Cheer
06-14-2012, 01:28 PM
It's a new to me Pietta .36 caliber 1858 Remington.
http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy192/SNARGLEFLERK/36cal1858JPG.jpg
Doing some tests this morning with a .375 round ball mold. It has been altered to have an adjustable length body of diameter to just slip into the chambers and have the spherical portion of the "ball" shear on the chamber lip when loading.
Here are some initial test results. Fired into stacked paper that had been soaked long enough to gel.
http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy192/SNARGLEFLERK/36125grain25grainsJBPjpg.jpg
Shown below is just about the longest practical length for loading without removing the cylinder from the revolver. The 125 grain and the 155 grain loads penetrated the length of my hand through the stacked paper. Loading was done with the powder (Jacks Battle), the conicals and LOOB in front.
http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy192/SNARGLEFLERK/155grtest.jpg
I suspect that the middle of the road about 130 grains is going to be best.
http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy192/SNARGLEFLERK/36cal1858JPG.jpg
Doing some tests this morning with a .375 round ball mold. It has been altered to have an adjustable length body of diameter to just slip into the chambers and have the spherical portion of the "ball" shear on the chamber lip when loading.
Here are some initial test results. Fired into stacked paper that had been soaked long enough to gel.
http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy192/SNARGLEFLERK/36125grain25grainsJBPjpg.jpg
Shown below is just about the longest practical length for loading without removing the cylinder from the revolver. The 125 grain and the 155 grain loads penetrated the length of my hand through the stacked paper. Loading was done with the powder (Jacks Battle), the conicals and LOOB in front.
http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy192/SNARGLEFLERK/155grtest.jpg
I suspect that the middle of the road about 130 grains is going to be best.