Military powder charges for the 1860 and 1851

[Flintlock Whiskey]

I'm sure this has been discussed, but I cannot get anything out of the search about it.
What were the powder charges for the .44 1860 and .36 1851 Colts during the civil war? While I'm asking, was the charge for the 1858 Remington any different?

 

[hrt4me]

I posit the charges were all over the place

 

[64Springer]

Google: The Colt 1860 .44-caliber “Army" Model was the most widely used revolver of the Civil War. It had a six-shot, rotating cylinder, and fired a 0.454-inch-diameter (11.5 mm) round spherical lead ball, or a conical-tipped bullet, typically propelled by a 30-grain charge of black powder.

 

[64Springer]

Google: As for the popular.36 caliber round ball, at a weight of 80 grains, backed by a 22- to 25-grain charge of black powder.

 

[earlwb]

The charge amounts were actually all over the place. Even the military had lots of trouble with contractors reducing the charge amounts of the paper cartridges they made to really low levels in some cases. 25 to 30 grains seems to be the common charge used for the 44s. Then 15 to 25 for the 36s.

 

[Piquant]

I'm sure this has been discussed, but I cannot get anything out of the search about it.
What were the powder charges for the .44 1860 and .36 1851 Colts during the civil war? While I'm asking, was the charge for the 1858 Remington any different?

I hope this helps you.

 

[ernbar]

I've been using 17 grns. For 36 and 25 for 44 in my paper cartridges with good results.

 

[CaptainVane]

Probably like any military operation, conservation of ammunition wasn’t a high priority. My guess they were packing as much powder as would fit.
Ive read during the Walker war they were exploding cylinder so much that Sam told them no more than 50g.
I read in Iraq there were thousands of rounds expended for every kill. Maybe tens of thousands, something ridiculous.
My own father told me in Korea, in 2 years his M1 carbine never came off full auto, aiming is for the movies.
The main reason the army adopted the 223 was half the weight of the previous 30-06 so a soldier could carry twice the ammo for a given weight.
Civil war guys probably the same.