After testing conicals vs roundballs... confusion
This is an old post, it took some time testing and now I'm really, really! confused. Get confused more and more about the inconsistend results. I'm just a crappy shooter probably... and I don't care!
If anybody's interested, view along and see what happened.
Ran out of conical bullets so stopped. Next summer I'll cast some more and keep on testing till i'm grey and old, or maybe I'll grow tired of it before that
I have used three revolvers, a Walker, a Dragoon and an original Rogers & Spencer. Think the Walker is the best performer with its quick twist barrel.
Walker twist: 1/2 twist over the barrel length (the fatest). 7 shallow grooves
Rogers & Spencer: 1/4 twist over barrel length. 5 deep grooves
Dragoon twist: 1/8 twist over barrel length (slowest). 7 shallow grooves
45 grain Explosia behind the conicals
54 grain Explosia behind the roundballs
All with lubepills below the bullets
32 grain Swiss with lube on top of bullets
Dragoon: 37 grain Swiss with lubepill
Walker: 45 grain Swiss with lubepill (on both roundballs & conicals)
37 grain Swiss with lubepill
34 grain Explosia with lubepill
36 grain Explosia & lubepill with roundballs
29 grain explosia & lubepill with conicals
29 grain Explosia with lubepill, the last 6 (green) were shot without lubepill
36 grains Explosia powder
36 grains Explosia with lubepills & started a fire on the range
Sometimes the range owner is not too happy with me. 'Jeese, Hildo with his old blackpowder rubbish again'!
45 grain Explosia powder with bullet lube pills
45 grain Explosia powder with bullet lube pills
Something completely different that I just had to share with you
Wait for 8 seconds and see this antique lady do her thing!
Hildo