grains in a .38 and .45?

[swimmer]

HOW MANY GRAINS OF 3F Triple7 can a .38 cartidge hold and the same with .45 brass?

 

[biliff]

There's a sticky in the General Muzzleloading forum under useful tables or some such.

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/black-powder-measures-from-cartridges.58311/

 

[oldwood]

M/ling only...please.................Don't want to trigger flashbacks into boring ctg. guns. ......

 

[TFoley]

Cartridges are not usually discussed in this forum unless, for some reason, an empty case is being used as a powder measure for a muzzleloading firearm. The sticky in post #2 is the definitive on this subject - please use it for reference.

 

[swimmer]

Just using empty .38 and .45 as powder measurers and loaders, making a wire handle around the rim of the cartridge. This info was in a 2005 edition of Dixie, but I lost it. Some help please?!

 

[SDSmlf]

Just using empty .38 and .45 as powder measurers and loaders, making a wire handle around the rim of the cartridge. This info was in a 2005 edition of Dixie, but I lost it. Some help please?!

The chart referenced by @biliff above will likely tell you charge weight by volume. With empty .38 brass, are you using .380ACP, 38 S&W or 38 Special cases? The empty .45 brass, are you using 45 ACP, 45 LC or 45/70? Makes a difference.

 

[rafterob]

I use a .45 acp as a measure for my .50 Kentucky pistol. Just the right amount.

 

[SlidePicker]

Download this 1910 UMC catalog. They show how much black powder they load in cartridges. https://cartridgecollectors.org/content/catalogs/U.M.C/1910 UMC.pdf