CVA 36 revolver

[Big Daddy K]

I recently became the owner of a CVA revolver in 36 caliber.

Have some powder and balls.

How does 10 gns. of BP sound for starter?

Would prefer the lightest load possible.

 

[mykeal]

Well, 10 grns would certainly be a light load. 5 grns would probably work also. However, accuracy would be compromised at those levels, and by accuracy I mean group size. That is, your results would be inconsistent. Every gun/shooter combination is different, but in general you'll get the best performance from that gun by loading in the 17-23 grn range.

 

[sundance44s]

Useing the light loading in a Cap & Ball revolver be sure that the loading rammer is long enough to seat the ball on top of the powder with some compression ..any airspace here will cause the inconsistent shots ..I use a cylinder loading stand on my Remingtons and the rammer is long enough to bottom out on an empty chamber ..I`ve shot 5 grs loads this way , and it was like shooting a 22 mag.

 

[Big Daddy K]

Thanks.

10 was neat but 20 was better. I probably dont wanna go more than 20ish.

This was my firt time to shoot BP pistol.

May try some F bp for smoke and fire effect.

I shot some decent groups at about 20 ft using 10, 15, and 20 gns of powder under ball.

 

[mykeal]

What is 'F bp'?

 

[Big Daddy K]

Dunno but a guy told me there is F FF and FFF. The F being the dirtiest.

Maybe I have the wrong alphabet.

 

[Tommygunn]

Coarse Black Powder, I would assume. I think it's used in cannons
F
FF
FFF
FFFF

 

[scrat]

I would recomend reading through black powder essentials before shooting any further. You need to read and understand what your doing. And not go out and buy cannon powder to run in your revolver. This is not the smartest move in the world. Remember you are messing with black powder and a firearm. Please go through black powder essentials. If you look on blackpowder 101 post you will see a description of what the F means in powders.

 

[mykeal]

Let's help the guy out:

Fg, also written fg, means fine grade and is used in cannons and some fireworks. It is not for use in rifles or handguns.

FFg, or ffg, is fine, fine grade and is intended for use in large bore rifles (.50 cal & up) and shotguns. It can be used in pistols and lower caliber long guns with some reduction in performance.

FFFg, or fffg, means, well, you get the picture. It's intended for use in pistols and small bore long guns. It can be used in large bore long guns with some reduction in performance, depending on the target, range, etc.

FFFFg, or ffffg, is the finest granulation and used almost exclusively as priming powder in flintlocks.

I suggest you get some FFFg real black powder or Pyrodex P for use in a pistol.

And please do read the Black Powder Essentials sticky. It's most informative about many, many things.

 

[scrat]

FG (1F) - Is used in large gauge shotguns and cannons.
FFG (2F) - Is used in most muzzleloading shotguns, large bore rifles, and pistols .45 caliber and larger.
FFFG (3F) - Is used in rifles and pistols .44 caliber and below and all revolvers.
FFFFG (4F) - Is used only for priming flintlocks

Copied from Black powder 101 Still needs to go through blackpowder essentials thats why its there