Bench Loader C&B

[whughett]

Just purchased but have not used in the field as yet Powder Incs. cap and ball loader. The brass jags supplied are for 36 and 44 round ball and as such deform the more pointed conical and round nose bullets I was hoping to try in the 1860 and ROA.

Would seem to be a simple matter of shaping a brass rod to fit any profile of bullet but I have no expertise or equipment for this.

Anybody here have this loader and does anyone know of someone who would make such a jag using a sample bullet. Tried the supplier of the press but currently they have only the style of jag they supply with the loader.

I use scrounged lead for casting and as such some of my projectiles seem a bit hard and require an extra effort to seat.

 

[72coupe]

I would think that would be a do it your self project with a dremel tool maybe.

Surely there is a machine shop in Rhode Island/Florida that can cut you one if you can't make it yourself.

Some things I have made before by chucking the item up in an electric drill in a vice. Then I take a dremel tool with the appropriate bit and cut what ever shape I want into the end.

 

[cheatin charlie]

powder incs

Wax up your bullet nose and mix up some JB Weld and put it in the loading jag
bring it down onto bullet let it harden and presto a perfect fit!

 

[davepool]

I only load round ball with mine, but get yourself an extra jag and do what cheatin charlie or 72 coupe says. I think the threads are standard 8-32 on the loading rod or maybe 10-32.
I have a spin jag i use to load spitzer bullets in my in-line , but it's too long to use in the loader.

 

[DPris]

Can that press accommodate a three-inch .36 Navy cylinder?
Denis

 

[davepool]

Yep, it's adjustable for the height of the cylinder

Hmm, never thought about it until now, but i might be able to use the spin jag if i adjusted it high enough

 

[DPris]

If it can adjust for a 3-inch cylinder, I think you just solved a problem for me.
Thanks.
Denis

 

[straight-shooter]

I just picked up a BigLube Tower of Power Loader and the gentlemen that makes them will make any jag you would ever need for any profile bullet. He made me a custom cylinder pin for the Walker revolver since it has a larger arbor hole in it.

I know, a moot point since you have the Powder Inc. loader but thought I would give a heads up for anyone else needing a nice loader.

 

[whughett]

I just picked up a BigLube Tower of Power Loader and the gentlemen that makes them will make any jag you would ever need for any profile bullet. He made me a custom cylinder pin for the Walker revolver since it has a larger arbor hole in it.

I know, a moot point since you have the Powder Inc. loader but thought I would give a heads up for anyone else needing a nice loader.

Use the bench loader today for the first time. Just became a fan of "off gun" cylinder loading. I think the accuracy improved from shot to shot. The ram can be locked with a collar to limit depth of seating so every charge has the same amount of compression. The depth of seating can readily be seen. The loader has the parts for Colt or Remington/ROA arbors and base pins, as well as one for Walker and the Dragoons. My current batch of "scrounged lead" seems to be a bit hard and additional pressure is required to "cut" the ring of a RB. These loaders have all the leverage one needs.

Powder Inc. is addressing my request for additional jags also.

 

[AbitNutz]

There is no doubt in my mind that everything improved as soon as I mastered off gun loading. I use D/D Tower of Power with a positive stop.

It started out as a way to more easily load bullets and turned into the way to improve almost everything. I can load and fire far faster than using the on gun ram as well as have more consistent shots.

 

[whughett]

Another session today with the Powder Inc. bench loader. This time with the ROA I follow the printed instructions advise and ram the lubed wad over the powder before seating to ball. One can actually feel the powder grains crunching down. Once again accuracy has improved over on the gun loading.

Wednesday will be the 36 caliber day. Have a Paterson with out a loading lever so have not shot it much. The 1862 Police due to its smaller loading lever is also more difficult to load on gun so the press should shine here also.

My club has installed 8" gongs at the 100 yard line. Thirty plus shots with the ROA resulted in only an embarrassing number of hits. Need to set up a large paper target to see where the balls are going.:banghead: Can't see the dirt puffs because of the smoke.