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  1. Wildrangeringreen

    Ffg vs fffg

    Since BP burns on the surface of the granules (Pyrodex is chlorate enhanced BP, with a dextrin as a fuel source, rather than charcoal; because of this, it burns slower than BP), the smaller the granules, the faster it is consumed. This changes the pressure curve of the explosion in the barrel...
  2. Wildrangeringreen

    My 50 caliber rifle...is not a 50 caliber rifle

    thank goodness there's quality control 🤣
  3. Wildrangeringreen

    My 50 caliber rifle...is not a 50 caliber rifle

    Upon firing, the bore-sized projectile upsets into the rifling, as the projectile moves down the choked bore, it swages the bullet. This does a couple things: 1. Uniforms the bullets, especially if they are cast, which contain gas pockets in the projectile 2. Ensures that the rifling is biting...
  4. Wildrangeringreen

    Best way to use spit patch?

    stear clear of grease in a loaded bore, IMO; especially if it is going to stay loaded for a while. You will get powder contamination, the severity of which largely depends on the grease used and the ambient temps. Variable Powder contamination=variable velocity=variable POI. Either use a...
  5. Wildrangeringreen

    1849 Colt 31 cal for self defence?

    with a round ball, it's around a .25 auto, but with a larger diameter/lighter projectile, leading to less penetration. Colt usually shipped these with a mold that had a ball (for practice) and a 80(?) gr bullet (for more serious stuff). With the chamber loaded up to the max with fine powder, and...
  6. Wildrangeringreen

    1849 Colt 31 cal for self defence?

    no... 🤨. .45 colt was BP- 40gr of fine powder under a 250gr bullet. .45 ACP was developed in the early 1900's, only with smokeless. The auto cartridge was intended to replicate the ballistics of the .45 schofield/1860 colt/1858 remington. The .45 Colt was intended to be a light carbine round out...
  7. Wildrangeringreen

    .58 caliber HEAVY conicals???

  8. Wildrangeringreen

    Getting closer on my new build

    3f or 4f, depends on what you're doing with it (for me, ball guns under .45 are prime candidates for 4F, in order to keep the charge short), you'll use less weight for the same velocity, as the finer granulations are more efficient at converting to gas/pressure (plus the finer granulations...
  9. Wildrangeringreen

    Loads in a original rem 1858

    WIlliam O. & nkbj- I read the link a little more carefully, and this is what I've gleaned from the wording as to the loading method the guy was using, post #15. It's a bit excessive, if you ask me lol 😲 SDSmlf's post (#18) he measured how much powder the chamber can hold up to the mouth, which...
  10. Wildrangeringreen

    Loads in a original rem 1858

    Let me just say that I'm sorry to hear that about the Swedish, like many lands in Northern and Central Europe, you had such a great hunting and shooting sport culture for so long :(... To check-over a revolver for serviceability: If you have access to a caliper (it doesn't have to be a terribly...
  11. Wildrangeringreen

    Loads in a original rem 1858

    yah, chlorate enhanced powders can be hard on things. lol oh, if its original, I definitely wouldn't be trying what that guy in the link was playing with lol
  12. Wildrangeringreen

    Loads in a original rem 1858

    It's also really not necessary lol, a certain modern .45 only lobs a 230gr bullet at about 830fps... and most people think it's just dandy lol. I would recommend doing what they did originally with these, load it up with super fine pistol powder and put a bullet on top for serious stuff, and...
  13. Wildrangeringreen

    Loads in a original rem 1858

    I read the link you posted again a little more carefully, and this quote might explain the weight difference as well: " [referencing .36 revolvers:] 35 grains of 3F Pyrodex filled the chambers all the way to the top. When then the 80 grain ball was seated it significantly compressed the Pyrodex...
  14. Wildrangeringreen

    Loads in a original rem 1858

    Modern steel? Although the steel Remington and Colt were using by the late 50's and into the 60's isn't all that different from what repro's use today (their heat treatments were generally better, because the stuff they were producing then weren't treated as novelties lol). "just fill up the...
  15. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    I'm so used to modern repros that have "conventional" lock setups that I forget that lol. My family owns some weapons that aren't the topic of the forum that don't have safety notches lol.
  16. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    No discussion about modern Muzzle loaders... other than to state that some designs are open as well, so concerns over cap fragments aren't apparently that much of a concern. There were pull-**** designs from the 1700's and 1800's so that's not modern either. That was the irritating bit, and I...
  17. Wildrangeringreen

    Loads in a original rem 1858

    yah, that light of charge would essentially be a light plinking load lol, still dangerous, but much less so than the better offerings. Well, you also have to think, without chronographs available, it'd be hard for civilian consumers to see what their gun was actually doing. Just like cheap ammo...
  18. Wildrangeringreen

    Loads in a original rem 1858

    From what I understand, Colt's Cartridges with Hazard's powder were considered by many to be the best available. I'd venture to guess the light charge weights were made with a courser granulation of powder, which would have been cheaper to produce at the time (less handling in the powder mill...
  19. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    like suggesting that some military smoothbores had rear sights lol...minds blown 🤯
  20. Wildrangeringreen

    Loads in a original rem 1858

    If you weigh it out, you might (maybe) fit 50 gr of 4f in the chamber AND get a ball seated (you'd have to tamp the hell out of it and I'm still not sure you can do it with 4F... Maybe 0B swiss?), you definitely wouldn't be able to do that with a conical lol. The Pyrodex P is roughly 3F granule...
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