Black powder revolver ammo

[1tuf57]

I couldn't pass up a 1858 Remington new army revolver 44 cal and I wanted to know what kind of conicals you guys were using without having to pull the cylinder to load it?
I was looking into buying a .452 160 grain flat nose lee bullet mold to use but I don't want to have to pull the cylinder or carve up the gun to use them.
Any input or suggestions on bullets would be greatly appreciated!

[VooDooV]

44 cal = .429 ?

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slug out your bore first. Most of those will mic out to .454 might get lucky with a smaller one. I mic mine out and it came .453

This is if you are using a conversion cylinder to shoot 45Colt.
If you are shooting cap and ball. Chances are you will find the best accuracy using .454 or even .457. However for best accuracy you need to slug the bore. Also if you are using cap and ball. you may want to get a black powder mold. Lee precision has a nice bp mold for cap and ball measuring out at .456

http://leeprecision.com/mold-d-c-456-220-1r.html

So i use a lee mold. 452-255RF. a 255 grain mold. Now the mold is designed to be .452. So i cast a few bullets then drilled a very small hole in the back side in one of the bullets. After you do this i jb welded a 1/8 penny nail in the bullet. then put some polishing compound in the mold put the bullet in. Connected the drill to the 1/8 penny nail and honned it out till it was throwing out bullets just over .453.
After that you need to remember that when loading 45 colt. You need to get the length correctly. As if you make them too long they will not turn in your cylinder as the lead will stick out the other side. So with that i would load up 35 grains of Goex followed by a wad then cow cream of wheat to make up any difference to make sure when bullet is pressed it would sit at the correct height. May want to make up some with out powder first to get the length correctly. When using black powder the pullet must compress the load you can not have an air gap. so using the correct powder charge followed by wad and a filler to make sure the pullet pushes down on the powder. Once you get it you will find it so easy.

LUBING

Also you must use a black powder lube. i made up my own. Go to michaels arts and crafts. pick up a brick of bees wax. cut half of it. put it in a pot and let it melt all the way then had 40% of olive oil. mix it good. Then pour it in a tupperware container. the bullets when done i throw them in the lube wait a minute to make sure the bullets get hot in the lube then pull them out. then let them cool and they will be ready to load. The tupperware container works good as the next time you need to lube bullets you can throw it in the microwave until it is liquid and hot. i use a paper clip i bent like a long scooper to lower the bullets in the lube. When lubing this way if you lower the bullet in the lube then pull it out to quick you will have a glob of lube on the bullet. So you have to let them sit there a while so the bullet gets hot too. then they will come out hot but coated in the lube. Sort of like shooting a 22lr you know how they have that waxy coating on them. when i pull them out i put them standing up on wax paper. They usually come out pretty good. PM me if you need any more help.

[1tuf57]

I read somewhere that the lee BP revolver bullet did not fit in the cutout of the 1858 revolver frame.

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this will.

http://www.amazon.com/Traditions-Performance-Firearms-Revolver-Cylinder/dp/B000PW45GS