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To remove a ball from a cylinder that won't fire I use a thin screwdriver to make a hole in the ball, then drive a large wood screw into the ball. Then just wiggle the screw back and forth a couple of times and pull the ball out.

I did similar calculations on my Pietta revolver. The web thickness for it is 0.050" =1.39mm same as yours. Using Quickload, 576 foot-lbs = 18,000 psi or 1200 bar. Using the Lame formula this pressure requires steel with a yield strength of 90,000 PSI. Mild steel (or unhardened...

You could also take 3F black powder and grind it finer with a mortar and pistil. I'd also be curious about how much effect compressing the powder during loading has. You could try a fixed weight of powder and load with and without compressing it and see if the velocity changed any...

It was my mistake for bringing smokeless into it... Back to the original topic: I would think that the manufacturer (Colt Remington, Umberti etc) would have designed the guns to handle "common worst case conditions" which to me would mean filling the chamber completely, possibly with the wrong...

Smokeless has about 4-5X the power of black powder so if you use the same amount of smokeless as you normally would for BP you will hurt yourself!! However if you pick a load consistent with the design of the gun, which looks to be around 4.5 grains of smokeless for a 44 cal cap & ball...

I have also been trying smokeless in my cap and ball relvolver: Using Quickload I worked out the following loads using a fast pistol powder like TiteGroup for my 44 Pierta Navy. Grains Press Energy FPS 3 4k 140 670 4 6k 228 856 5 9.4k...

Some suggestions: You can use the Lame formula to calculate the strength of the cylinder: S = P * (r1^2+r2^2)/(r2^2-r1^2) Here S it the tensile stress on the metal and P is the pressure. r1 is the inner radius and r2 the outer radius of the barrel. For my revolver the web thickness...

Three robbers, hmmmm, you need one of these: :D Seriously, give them what they want. If they don't leave then do your best to fight and get away. Never get into a vehicle, it's better to be shot on you own ground than being taken to a place where the attacker has more control. I...

Primers are much more sensitive to friction than direct pressure. Thus if there is any twisting motion when trying to seat a cap it is more likely to go off. Or, it the primer some how got on the sides of the cap instead of just in the bottom there could be friction when pressing it on. Its...

I don't see how the toy caps would be more corrosive than something like pyrodex (which contains potassium perchlorate). I did try the ring caps on my revolver. They did not ignite the pyrodex powder that I was using. The other thing was that I had to stretch and wiggle the cap quite a...

Plus your state laws may be more restrictive. Busyhands, check out the definition of "zip gun" in your CA laws. While the Howdah Hunter is legal, many things you make may not be under CA law. For example potato cannons are not legal in CA. The CA law is quite complex and hard to figure...

A BB-gun without the BB will also work for bugs at very close range. (Works good for spiders up near the ceiling). Or shoot rubber bands at them.

Blackpowder is actually much safer than smokeless power. BP has a higher ignition temperature, and is less sensitive to shock. The people that make these powders have also done a very good job of reducing the sensitivity to static electricity as you can see in the earlier post. The fact...

I did some expriments in Quickload In Quickload about 5 grains of a fast smokeless powder will give 870fps with only 5,000 psi in a 44 cal gun with 8" barrel (A 22 LR by comparison is 16,000 PSI) There are a number of factors that keep the pressure low, the chamber is large, and the bullet...

Thanks, It is 44 cal and I have 0.454 round lead balls. The manual does give the #of grains but I though this was a volumetric measurement. (I have a scale that measures weight in grains). Also the manual that came with the gun does not match the little guide that Cabella's sent with it...

I just bought a Prieta Colt Navy style revolver with a brass frame. My local gun shop only had Pyrodex so I bought a pound of it. How many grains of powder by weight should I use in each chamber? I also bought some CCI #10 caps, I have to push hard to get them down on the nipples, is...

I like to design and build things and I would like to make two guns: 1. 9mm smooth bore muzzle loading handgun. 2. 9mm rifle (single shot or semi-auto), 17" or more rifled barrel, 26" or more overall length with less than 10 shot magazine. Both guns would use smokeless powder but be...

Hi, I am thinking of buying some Hodgdon tightgroup powder, I read that it is a "ball type" powder and I was wondering what size the grains were. Thanks