Hammerdown77
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Howdy fellers,
I've decided to throw myself into this black powder madness and ordered an 1860 Army from Cabela's today. Also, I picked up a pound of FFFg and another pound of FFFFg, both Goex. I have the rest of the necessary accessories coming from Dixie Gun Works.
I was hesitant to get the FFFFg powder, but the store owner thought that the one pound can of FFFg was "not completely full" so he gave me both cans for roughly the price of one. He also told me that yes, I could load revolvers with the FFFFg.
I have seen some loads for the 44 cal cap and ball guns using a .451" 138 grain ball with FFFFg in the Lyman book. Have any of you tried these loads? Do these loads require a felt wad between the ball and the powder? I did not purchase wads, I was just going to seat the ball on the powder and fill the space above the cylinder with lube.
I am also planning to load 45 Colt cartridges to shoot in a Ruger Vaquero and maybe my Cimarron. Can you use FFFFg in these, with a felt wad and filler (like Cream of Wheat) perhaps?
I've decided to throw myself into this black powder madness and ordered an 1860 Army from Cabela's today. Also, I picked up a pound of FFFg and another pound of FFFFg, both Goex. I have the rest of the necessary accessories coming from Dixie Gun Works.
I was hesitant to get the FFFFg powder, but the store owner thought that the one pound can of FFFg was "not completely full" so he gave me both cans for roughly the price of one. He also told me that yes, I could load revolvers with the FFFFg.
I have seen some loads for the 44 cal cap and ball guns using a .451" 138 grain ball with FFFFg in the Lyman book. Have any of you tried these loads? Do these loads require a felt wad between the ball and the powder? I did not purchase wads, I was just going to seat the ball on the powder and fill the space above the cylinder with lube.
I am also planning to load 45 Colt cartridges to shoot in a Ruger Vaquero and maybe my Cimarron. Can you use FFFFg in these, with a felt wad and filler (like Cream of Wheat) perhaps?