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The thread "conical bullets" caught my eye, so I thought I'd check in and see what's going on. I enjoy Lee 200 gr. conicals glued over 30grs. 3f Goex in paper cartridges rammed in my all steel Pietta 58 Remmy. Loads easy and shoots well. Haven't hunted with it, but sure have punched a lot of...

Mec, thanks for the info on the mould, but more for the ballistics. And you're right about 40grs. under a ball in a 60. I did it once recently with all 6 chambers. Like I said on an earlier post, I had to push a tad harder to seat the ball low enough to be able to rotate the cylinder. It is...

Been pretty busy the past few days and couldn't get back to this like I wanted to so I guess it's better late than never. Anywho, this thread sure wets the whistle and it really makes you want to go bust some caps. Lookin over Mec's results it's easy to see why the Colt Walker and Dragoons had...

LEE looks like what I'm lookin for. SG, Voodoo, & 4v50, if that LEE 452 BP boolit is heeled like it looks, it shouldn't be too triflin hard to load in my 1860 pie eater. I plan on contacting them tomorrow and see if I can get some specs. Then to Midway for the mould. Got some ideas I want to...

I was born at nite...but not last nite!

Years ago, I left my 1858 Remmy loaded and capped in the back "bed" of my 76 Dodge Street Van for I know a minimum of 18 months, probably longer. I lived in Louisiana then and still do. The humidity is always high. When it was hot the windows and the roof vent were open. The weather here changes...

Seems I've read here that Walkers have used a conical called a Picket. Don't recall reading any old or new history on conicals and the 1860. What's out there?

Thanks gentlemen for the additional 1860 Army History. Can't read or learn too much about something so favored, although I'm gonna have to figure out how to see a bit farther. It's a combo of old eyes and glasses. Ya'll's (that's plural possessive for ya'll) contribution will be printed and...

Sage, That's good to hear. Wasn't the 1860 designed (sights set for) 75+ yds.? I don't know what I'd roll over at that distance, but it's good to know I could if need be. And I thought I was the only one who did some things just to see what the results would be....at least that's what my wife...

Thanks for the kind words gentlemen. Smokin,I don't know how much more it'll hold, but like Voodoochile's, there's a little room left over after the ball is seated. We're talking 4 more grs of Pyrodex P to get to the big 40. I looked for what I had read on this (sixguns.com/range/CBSIXGUNS2.htm)...

I recently read somewhere on this forum that lite loads lob the ball out of a barrel like my pie-eater 1860 Army. That the recoil raises the barrel early enough to throw the shot off cause the ball ain't movin down the bore fast enough. Well, I got a chance to check that out today. Wish I'd a...

Dark Side? Seems to me that us BP Shooters are in the "light of day".....after the smoke clears, that is. Started long time ago with the open top "1861 Navy 44". went to the 58 Remmie 44, and I'm back an have been for a while with 1860 Armies. For me, the 1860 Army is everything the 1858 New...

1860 Army, although the 1858 Remington is a stout and excellent shooter. And then there is the Walker....hmmm. But I gotta admit that I've always been an 1860 Army fan. Prefer diet pepsi MAX too!

Been loading 12ga with buck or ball for some time now. Using 90gr equal in pyrodex RS. That's 72 gr. pryodex. At least that's what I got from my trusty DGW catalog. Anyway, with the pyrodex, a 5" x 5" piece of newspaper (makes a 1/2"wad), a .715 550gr. round ball, a little paraffin to hold it in...

yongxingfreesty, Try Traditions Performance Firearms. Is .31cal with faux ivory grips. Price is $158.00. DGW had them a couple of years ago, but not now. They don't even have any parts. Needed a main spring and found it at Traditions. The old one broke after only 25 years. Imagine that. I'm...

Sooooo many choices Pretty much depends on what you plan to do with it. Once you make that decision, you can tackle the lot that's produced from it. Next, you have to decide what to get for the second one. And the beat goes on, and on, and on. Question...what sparked your interest in a BP Arm?

Coon Ass Pancho, A Coon Ass is a slang term for a Cajun from the bayou/bayou country. He's a guy that will go jugging for catfish off the intercoastal when invariably at the end of the run the first jug gets a hit. Then it's a race using the trolling motor on high with the 8' gator who hangs...

Size Does Matter Me, I like dem big ole crawfish ball, boudin ball, 44 cal. ball and dem 72 cal. 12 gage ball too.

Hillary And about Sillary "dodging sniper fire". You can believe one thing for sure. She won't be behind Bill on this one!

Looks like it's time to clarify Pulp, when I said I'd be lookin for another job, it wasn't cause I feel we should be able to play at work (eventhough we all do) it was more to the point of the censorship issue. Within reason, we should all be able to speak our peace and not have the anti...