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I tried my Pietta Remington NMA “Sheriff” 5.5” .44 and my Pietta 1851 .44 “Navy” with three different loose powder/ball loads and three .45 Colt loads using conversion cylinders.
TLDR; The Remington was almost exactly the same accuracy-wise with both cap/ball and cartridges; while the Colt was much more accurate with cap and ball. I only shot one group with each load and I’m not the greatest bench shooter so take it for what it’s worth. But it was sort of interesting. Took way longer than I thought it would and I was bored shooting paper by the end LOL.
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TLDR; The Remington was almost exactly the same accuracy-wise with both cap/ball and cartridges; while the Colt was much more accurate with cap and ball. I only shot one group with each load and I’m not the greatest bench shooter so take it for what it’s worth. But it was sort of interesting. Took way longer than I thought it would and I was bored shooting paper by the end LOL.
Wanna see? Video for any interested: