yeah I think i'll order another pistol measure just to see!
Were it me I’d get an adjustable rifle measure with a funnel. Useful for any BP arm and the funnel is great to have.
yeah I think i'll order another pistol measure just to see!
Grains is a unit of weight.
https://www.dixiegunworks.com/index...335/product_name/QA1102+Pistol+Powder+Measure here's the one i want to get next as the one i have now dosen't have the funnel...Were it me I’d get an adjustable rifle measure with a funnel. Useful for any BP arm and the funnel is great to have.
It's about the same as a 380 ACP. So...…………..
Ballistically it's like a .380 ball round, but with an even worse ballistic coefficient.
It had a reputation for being effective in combat, but in no way shape or form is it a good deer or hog round.
but remember guys people die from 22lr all the time and its way smaller than that 36 caliber ball!
I certainly agree with that. That poor ballistic coef. also makes it slow down quickly when it hits tissue, thereby transferring its small energy more quickly.
I’m not so sure about that. Seems to penetrate just about as much as a FMJ or similar caliber and those don’t just slow down once they hit tissue. Now were it to expand nicely I’d agree.
There is an excellent article (Chapter 24, in the book Stopping Power, by Marshall and Sanow) where the author presents results of tests with black powder round ball and conical bullets. He tested in ballistic gel and measured penetration and stretch cavity volume. Get a copy if you can find it. Very interesting read.
Does it mentioned the powder(s) used? I wonder how much that plays into it. There’s ballistics gel testing showing the penetration of a ball and without a full charge of powder in a .44 it still penetrates over 20”.
They found out that the greater the powder charge, the LESS the penetration. Don't recall the powder used, but they list the velocities of each test. For .44 cal, 756 fps=21.8 in penetration, 840 fps=20.8 in., 1031 fps=19.0 in., 1181fps=18.2 in., and 1287 fps=17.8 in. All 141 gr round ball.
Different bullets at different velocities. If you want to hunt bear with your 1851, I say go right ahead. it's a free country.Higher velocities must mean more expansion? I have seen tests where a 9mm bullet went further when fired into water, it stayed together whereas a 30.06 bullet only went a quarter as far and basically shattered.
Yes, that's about as useful as all the nonsense about the .45Colt knocking over horses. As I've repeated many times, we don't have to rely on 150yr old myths and legends. Suffice to say that no handgun round "blasts through" a car's engine block. Not today, not 80yrs ago.As to a .357 being marginal for hunting, keep in mind it was developed to blast through a car engine block and heavy sheet metal to stop gangsters in the 30s. I have been told that a 125 grain bullet would not take down a ram silhouette at 200 yards. But being dumb and not knowing any better I did it anyway. Seemed to surprise the fellow shooting a .44 mag next to me that told me that. Go figure.
An 80gr round ball at 1000fps. I'd say a handful of folks who have never done it OVERestimate its capability.