Ruger Old Army projectile/powder performance test - Part 2

[duelist1954]

This is the second episode in a six-part series where we test both projectiles and powder in a pair of Ruger Old Army cap and ball revolvers. In the series we'll test three different projectiles, round balls, standard conical bullets and Kaido's heavy hunting conicals using both Goex black powder and Hodgdon's Triple-7 substitute black powder. We'll shoot everything through a pair of Ruger Old Army revolvers, one with a five and a half inch barrel and the other with a seven and a half inch barrel. We'll test each load for accuracy, velocity, energy and penetration. In this episode we'll be testing round balls and Hodgdon's Triple-7 substitute black powder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj2nQPdJm_I

 

[Blizzard of '93]

good write-ups mike.
I'll have to try the 777 since it offers velocity boost but if accuracy suffers back to the real deal FFF

 

[aeatwood]

I kind of wish he had tried 2F. It would have been illuminating. Most guns I own, it knocks 1/4 to 1/2 off group size. I've had guns shooting 3 1/2" groups go to 1 1/2" with the switch.

Yeah, the velocity was lower - the paper and the armadillos never noticed.