Filling The Chambers to The Top?

[Cosmoline]

I've been doing more shooting with C&B this "spring" due to ammo shortages, and I've noticed several of my Uberti's seem to shoot more accurately if I just fill the chambers with 3F and compress the powder a notch with the roundball. It's also very fast.

Anyone else doing this? Or am I crazy?

 

[BlackNet]

some brands of powders does in fact do better when there is some compression. The question remaining is will the frame of this revolver support that charge weight.

 

[Willie Sutton]

Been my field-loading MO for years: Produces fast, efficient, and repeatable loadings. Use the cylinder as a measure, and load a ball.

I can't help but think that in the heat of battle, this was exactly what was done for a reload back in the old days......


Willie

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[swathdiver]

Can't hurt them steel framed guns with 3F, but the Colt's wedge may get battered, depends on the gun and brand/type of powder.

The boys over at the Yahoo Percussion Revolver Group have already figured all that stuff out.

 

[Cosmoline]

Thanks! I started doing it to get my shots in before cease fire was called.

 

[VA27]

I've done it with a Walker and an ROA...fire, noise, smoke! Good stuff! Never had a problem.