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I shoot conicals in my 1851 Uberti almost exclusively. .380 rb is the correct size for most of the Navy caliber pistols, .375 are easily obtained however. The key is that you want a lead ring shaved off of the RB to insure that the fit is correct. Chainfire in my experience is usually caused by incorrect cap fit, if you have a set of nipples that don't like #10 or #11 caps, change them out. My preferred load is 20 grains FFFg a "wonder wad" and the bullet. Grease the tops if you want to, it helps with fouling. Make SURE your caps fit properly, they should fit snugly, and not fall off under recoil. If you have problems with caps falling off shooting, they don't fit right. Replace the nipples! Happy shooting 
i don't know about that. if you look at the cased colts they were provided with a mold that made both a conical and a round ball. plain jane or working pistols were supplied with the same mold.
all the premade ammo used conicals with paper cartages glued on.
all the premade ammo used conicals with paper cartages glued on.
The small cal rilfes of the time also had such double duty molds all I have seen, heard, read just suggests that the ball was the most used choice between the two,in rifles or revolvers though both projectiles were available probably due to it using less lead being easier to load and the tendency for newer things (conical bullets) to be slow to catch on and overtake the long standing items in use.The conical bullets were a fairly new thing in the first decade of the '51 Navies use for mostpeople, probably more so on the western frontier, I can see how a premade cartridge could be easier to make with a conical rather than a ball if it were all rammed down at the same time after tearing the paper at the bottom enough to expose the powder to the cap, these might be more delicate and subject to weather and damage though so I do not know how practical they were in some situations, at any rate I think that overall the ball was the most common thing used in most revolvers early in the revolvers time, but I have been wrong before, it was back in late Sept 1970 as I recall :idunno:
