fishblade2
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I recently acquired a black powder pistol through some trading. I am not sure what it is completely. I know it's a colt replica from CVA. I'll add pictures of it below. I believe it to be a .44 cal as well (not completely sure though). The .44 cal powder loads will be used as the prime example but I'm also asking this in general for all black powder. When asking the company the max load to place in the revolver they said 25 grains. Then duelist1954 on Youtube (a huge black powder lover that knows his stuff) stated his favorite load was 30 grains for the .44 cal. Now when I was asking the company they thought I was talking about black powder substitute and the guy on youtube was using real black powder. Does this make a difference? Is there a load difference like this for all black powder pistols/rifles when using a substitute vs. real black powder?
My other question is about chain fires. Chain fires I know occur when you don't properly lube the chambers but the procedure that people do is different so I was wondering from others who have possible experimented with this, which of these will work. Some people just place lube over the chambers after loading them with the round ball. Some people place wonderwads between the powder and round ball and some people do both of these. My question is which is the correct way? I don't want to waste money on wonderwads and lube if one of the two can be used and that's enough.
Is there anytime in which maybe the power of the load would result in using both for extra safety? If only one of the two can be used and it will be safe from chain fires then which one is more effective at preventing chains (between lube and wonderwads).
My last question is still about chain fires. For a long time I had only seen and read that chain fires were due to improper lubing of the chambers but recently I watched a video where a guy testing different brands of black powder pistols had a chain fire because he added a couple grains more then the gun was apparently able to handle. Can this cause a chain fire? what else can cause a chain fire in pistols?
Because of seeing that the smallest load difference can cause chain firing I was wondering if anyone knew where I could go to get load manuels for black powder rifles/pistols of certain calibers so I know the safe loads for them all. Thanks for all the help!
My other question is about chain fires. Chain fires I know occur when you don't properly lube the chambers but the procedure that people do is different so I was wondering from others who have possible experimented with this, which of these will work. Some people just place lube over the chambers after loading them with the round ball. Some people place wonderwads between the powder and round ball and some people do both of these. My question is which is the correct way? I don't want to waste money on wonderwads and lube if one of the two can be used and that's enough.
Is there anytime in which maybe the power of the load would result in using both for extra safety? If only one of the two can be used and it will be safe from chain fires then which one is more effective at preventing chains (between lube and wonderwads).
My last question is still about chain fires. For a long time I had only seen and read that chain fires were due to improper lubing of the chambers but recently I watched a video where a guy testing different brands of black powder pistols had a chain fire because he added a couple grains more then the gun was apparently able to handle. Can this cause a chain fire? what else can cause a chain fire in pistols?
Because of seeing that the smallest load difference can cause chain firing I was wondering if anyone knew where I could go to get load manuels for black powder rifles/pistols of certain calibers so I know the safe loads for them all. Thanks for all the help!