You're under informed sir. 4F is the equivalent of 1850s-1860s Hazard's Pistol Powder. The very powder that the originals were supplied with in loose form and with the paper cartridges. Folks laugh at the poor performance of .31 cap and ball revolvers as they are loading them with coarse 3F...
When we load our Pietta New Model Belt revolver with 24 grains of Olde Eynsford under a round ball, the round goes supersonic. The damage a .36 round ball or conical ball bullet does is all out of proportion to its paper ballistics. It is far more powerful than a .380 and more like a hot .38...
During the War of Northern Aggression, a Yankee officer was escorting some Confederate prisoners to the rear when he came upon some fellas trying to harvest some wild hogs. He shot them dead with his last rounds from his '61 Navy.
The problem with many folks perception of the prowess of...
You can get 35-37 grains of powder under a round ball without a wad. I would not use Pyrodex but rather, 3F Olde Eynsford. Might even try 30 grains of 4F Olde Eynsford under wad. I would not hesitate to use a 240 grain Kaido Conical with 30 grains of 3F Olde Eynsford. That load hurts my hand...
Keep them both and buy two more. If you sell the kit gun that you built and tuned and love to shoot so much, you will regret it later. That's a keeper to hand down to your kin. Hardly any recoil with the .36s and they can use less powder and lead so they are more economical to shoot. Might...
They shoot and penetrate just fine with 4F powder. This is what was used back in the day before lawyers.
As for the lack of conicals for the .31 caliber: Lyman 31950, Hensley & Gibbs #79, Dixie CA0901, Big Lube DD 32 RNFP
A pound of powder feeding an Old Army 30 grain shots will get you about 230 shots or 38 cylinders worth of shooting. My girls are itching to go shooting and I reckon we'll take them before summer's over but we usually avoid this season due to the heat. We'll probably go in July. Once we get a...
Are you down in Broward Mike? I'm up in Saint Lucie county and shoot over in Okeechobee at outdoor ranges. A long time ago I used to shoot at Markham Park.
My Black and Decker screw gun is older than yours! Do you have the little gel pads on the left side? 14.4v?
Tighten up those holes, you can get a bunch more wads out of that material.
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