3F powder in a .38 cartridge?

[swimmer]

How many grains of 3F black powder will fit into an empty .38 pistol brass? In an old Dixie Gun Works book (which is long gone), it told how many grain it would hold. I made a "scoop" out of one, with a coat hanger handle. It works great loading my 1858 Remington - just can't remember how many grains it is - level, not heaped!

Thanks
SWIMMMER

 

[Don]

I seem to recall that a .38 special cartridge will hold 24 grains of powder.

Don

 

[Wes/Tex]

The current catalog says 24 grains of powder or 9 grams of small shot.

 

[leatherjunkie]

15 grains by volumn with a 158 grain lead bullet on top.
its a great load.

i'm not sure how many grains will fill the case up.

i just load em and shoot em for cowboy action frontier cartridge catagory :thumbsup:

 

[swimmer]

Thanks for the report back. I had 24 grains in the back of my mind, but wasn't sure.
Thanks again.
Swimmer