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In the Fall edition of Guns of the old west. The author did a write up on Gallery loads. Said a little history of the loads. The proceded to do his write up. Basic is this. After firing the spent cases are cleaned sized (if that) (supposably in the old days a lot of cases were just loaded up). Then primed. The 45 colt cases were loaded up with approx 5-15 grains of black. A .454 round ball was press in. Then by using a wooden Dowel they were hit down until they met with powder. On top of the ball grease aka lube was put in place. then a wad was used over to keep the grease from spilling out. This was also done on both the 45-70 and 45-90. Difference was the 45-90 and 45-70 were loaded up with 15 grains of black. Amazingly the author says with the 45 colt shooting out of a revolver he was shooting 15 grains at 663fps and shooting groups within a 1.5 inch diameter.
All i can say is wow never heard of loading in such a way. Whats your guys opinion on this.
All i can say is wow never heard of loading in such a way. Whats your guys opinion on this.