With several examples I've handled and shot, the Walker will hold 55 grains of Black powder under a ball. None of them will hold 60. The Dragoon will take 45 grains and allow you to seat a ball without undue distortion but will not allow a 50 grain charge. Both will hold 60 and 50 grains/volumn respectively of pyrodex because it compresses enough for seating a ball.
I frequently see magazine articles in which the expert claims not only to have loaded 60 grains in the walker and 50 in the Dragoon but also presents allegedly chronographed velocities with these loads.
Has anybody out there shot a walker that will hold 60 grains of black powder or a dragoon that will hold 50?
I frequently see magazine articles in which the expert claims not only to have loaded 60 grains in the walker and 50 in the Dragoon but also presents allegedly chronographed velocities with these loads.
Has anybody out there shot a walker that will hold 60 grains of black powder or a dragoon that will hold 50?
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