[Im283]

Anyone ever load shot (pellets) into their revolver?

how'd it work out? What did you use?

[icebones]

i have a remington 1858 with the brass frame, a long barrel 8 or 9'' i think
i havent shot it in a long time anyway...

one time i fired pellets out of it just for the heck of it.

i loaded a light charge of powder, 10 grain i think, put in a wadding (paper works, packed the wadding, added about 25-30 pellets of #8 size shot and more paper wadding to hold it in place. something a little more advanced that nokebook paper would probaly give better results.

from about 7 paces the shot covered a 6'' area, might be useful for showing off and shooting hand thrown clays with your revolver, or snakes...

a black powder revolver isnt a shotgun, but necessity is the mother of invention right?

[JCT]

If you have wax "lube pills", you can load your powder, put in a felt over powder wad, fill remainder with shot and leave enough space to seal the chamber with the wax wad. It'll hold it all in really well.
I've shot #8 shot and #0 buckshot out of my Dragoon. Someone here will probably be able to tell more about the "Texas Ranger load" which I think was 2 buckshot and a .45 ball on top, loaded in the Walker.

[Pulp]

I tried some awhile back with my Walker, wasn't really impressed, but it's still fun to try every once in awhile.

[mykeal]

Works just fine, however, the pattern is worthless after about 10 yards. Disperses very quickly.