What Size Balls in a Uberti 31 Pocket Pistol?

Ebay has a 5 lb bag for sale

https://www.ebay.com/itm/00-Lead-Bu...402586?hash=item3fe37a9a5a:g:TboAAOSwbFFezbcE

Mike 56 said:

I was shooting .323 balls I bought online. I have a Lee .319 mold they fit but I don't feel they are tight enough when I shoot them I use wads and lube over the ball. Not much room left for powder. A while back I found a stash 12ga #00 buck I had forgotten about. I have been taking them apart there is twelve .330 balls in each shell. Track of the Wolf sells .330 balls but I hate paying or shipping and waiting I buy local whenever I can. What are you guys shooting?

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Some folks were buying 8 lbs. jugs of buckshot in bulk from Ballistic Products. --->>> https://www.ballisticproducts.com/Lead-Buckshot/products/65/
The chart shows that there are 1040 pellets in a jug.

That was because Hornady had stopped producing it in 5 lbs. boxes.

I have used .323 round ball for more than 25 years on two different Uberti 49 Pockets which were manufactured about 15 years apart. The .323 was getting hard to find but The Log Cabin Shop stocks cast round ball in that size. I have not tried buckshot as I was a little concerned it would be too hard on that small rammer on the 49.

.323 all the way at about the 3 minute mark in this vid I talk about 00 buck being not the best.



PS this vid was probably incorrectly named what is this revolver i was shooting?

Mike 56 said:

Thank you for the link. Last night I found that web site and almost bought some #00 buckshot until I read that the buckshot is nickel-plated and contains arsenic. Now I am thinking I might a Lee #00 .330 mold.

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No, that superbuck shot is definitely not nickel plated.
That's only a generic statement, and that part applies to their nickel plated shot which is a totally different product.
It's called a "boilerplate" statement and has confused people in the past.
I'm quite sure that Superbuck shot is not nickel plated shot at all.
Notice the slashes in between the words.
It's intended to be a general disclaimer to cover all of their lead products, whether nickel plated shot, lead shot or slugs.

"WARNING: THIS NICKEL PLATED PRODUCT/LEAD SHOT/LEAD SLUG PRODUCT CONTAINS INORGANIC LEAD, ANTIMONY, AND INORGANIC ARSENIC. MISUSE OF THIS PRODUCT CAN PRESENT A HEALTH HAZARD. ...."

damoc said:

.323 all the way at about the 3 minute mark in this vid I talk about 00 buck being not the best.



PS this vid was probably incorrectly named what is this revolver i was shooting?

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AFAIK that's called the Pocket Model of 1849 because it has a loading lever.
Without the loading lever it's was named the Wells Fargo.
See the caption under the photo at the top right side of the page: --->>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Pocket_Percussion_Revolvers

Mike 56 said:

Thank you, arcticap so it is plain lead shot, I think I am going to order some and give it a try.

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I edited my post to correct the number of pellets per jug to 1040.
Good luck and let us know how they work out.

damoc said:

.323 all the way at about the 3 minute mark in this vid I talk about 00 buck being not the best.

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damoc, I'm surprised that you don't take he cylinder off the frame to load the .330 balls, just whack them into the chambers with a mallet of some sort.
Then they can be seated deeper using the loadiug lever if needed.
Your barrel seems to come off of the frame very easily.
All of the Wells Fargo owners need to load off the frame too.
And I thought that I could hear the loading lever creaking in the video.

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damoc, I'm surprised that you don't take he cylinder off the frame to load the .330 balls, just whack them into the chambers with a mallet of some sort.
Then they can be seated deeper using the loadiug lever if needed.
Your barrel seems to come off of the frame very easily.
All of the Wells Fargo owners need to load off the frame too.
And I thought that I could hear the loading lever creaking in the video.

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LOL Im a little subconcious about whacking on ball and barrel in front of the camera I do it all the time and don't feel I'm endangering myself but some others on Youtube would not agree or approve. Yes that little loading lever needs a lot of force applied.

You should have seen me trying to load in that recent traditions cannon vid.

I use the .330 balls in my 31. Wells Fargo, Rem Pocket Pistol and my latest Traditions Derringer.
Using a Lee .330 double cavity.
They fit tight with a complete ring..

good .323" leaves a ring , slightly, in my Uberti Wells Fargo and is the correct ball for my .32 CVA Muzzle loader pistol, with a wad underneath

I was running single Aught salvaged from grodey old 12 gauge shells ....

cut a ring in an un known brass 1849 colt repro FIE import and pietta remington. load both off gun....with a wood mallet and short starter then snug up on gun.

-kBob

kBob said:

I was running single Aught salvaged from grodey old 12 gauge shells ....

cut a ring in an un known brass 1849 colt repro FIE import and pietta remington. load both off gun....with a wood mallet and short starter then snug up on gun.

-kBob

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single ought seems more appropriate for a .32 1849