GeoffC
Member
I might just have missed some very basic piece of info somewhere along the line, but I'm quite sure some on of you guys can set me straight on this.
Load data for the 58 Remington that I've seen seems to be around the same as that for the 1860 Colt Army.
This being the case, Why in the heck are the chambers so deep on my Remington? If I load the both pistols with the same load, I swear I've got a half inch of jump between my ball and the forcing cone in the Rem...
The colt will barely have a jump, some but minimal.
I could fit at least three wonder wads between my ball and charge and still have some room. That kind of shooting could get steep fast. I know about the cream of wheat trick and all that, but what was done back in the day about this?
Also this is with my 24 grain target(flask) load. I'm shooting balls, not conicals.
Load data for the 58 Remington that I've seen seems to be around the same as that for the 1860 Colt Army.
This being the case, Why in the heck are the chambers so deep on my Remington? If I load the both pistols with the same load, I swear I've got a half inch of jump between my ball and the forcing cone in the Rem...
The colt will barely have a jump, some but minimal.
I could fit at least three wonder wads between my ball and charge and still have some room. That kind of shooting could get steep fast. I know about the cream of wheat trick and all that, but what was done back in the day about this?
Also this is with my 24 grain target(flask) load. I'm shooting balls, not conicals.