BCRider
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A few weeks back I managed to buy this Uberti 1866 Yellowboy with octagonal barrel chambered in 44-40. The plan is to primarily use it along with a cut down external hammer side by side and my C&B guns for Frontiersman category cowboy shooting. I've got this bug to try to be as period correct in my firearms as I can manage within reason. Pictures of the new toy shown below.
Anywho.....Because of the brass receiver and general weakness of the toggle action I'd really like to reduce the load down to around 25 to 30gns of 3F and use a filler to gain the desired compression. To keep it simple because the cowboy loads simply don't require the ultimate accuracy but need to be simple and fast to load I'm looking at dropping in the powder with a drop tube then top the charge off with a measure of Cream Of Wheat to get to the proper height for about 1/8 to 5/32 inch worth of compression.
The question is will the compression prevent undue mixing or would I be better off with a separator?
The bullets I'm using are produced commercially by a local outfit. The owner shoots his bullets with the stock lube in black powder "Frontier Cartridge" so I'm guessing that he uses a BP friendly lube for general production. I've sent them an email asking to confirm this or if I need to use a different lube.
One option if I need a different lube would be to make up some lube pills that take up the extra room. And perhaps the COW could be mixed in as a filler so I don't use up so much lube mixture.
Anywho.....Because of the brass receiver and general weakness of the toggle action I'd really like to reduce the load down to around 25 to 30gns of 3F and use a filler to gain the desired compression. To keep it simple because the cowboy loads simply don't require the ultimate accuracy but need to be simple and fast to load I'm looking at dropping in the powder with a drop tube then top the charge off with a measure of Cream Of Wheat to get to the proper height for about 1/8 to 5/32 inch worth of compression.
The question is will the compression prevent undue mixing or would I be better off with a separator?
The bullets I'm using are produced commercially by a local outfit. The owner shoots his bullets with the stock lube in black powder "Frontier Cartridge" so I'm guessing that he uses a BP friendly lube for general production. I've sent them an email asking to confirm this or if I need to use a different lube.
One option if I need a different lube would be to make up some lube pills that take up the extra room. And perhaps the COW could be mixed in as a filler so I don't use up so much lube mixture.