Hi,
I'm a noob in BP... discovered it a few months ago, but love it
Then I wanted to know how it felt to load one as if I was 150 years ago... which means: to defend my life, make the more damages with only BlackPowder and lead (remain "authentic")... as I suppose I would if I was living 150 years ago...
I bought: a brass-frame 8" 1858 rem/pietta (<=noob choice), a 9" Walker (Uberti), and a rare 18" 1858 CARBINE rem/Uberti, .457 143gr lead balls... + a Chrony, and 2pounds (100$) of SWISS ONE/FFFFG (<=I suppose the best Black Powder of the world, made with the same tools since 1848...).
I maxed the loads (only max VOLUME of powder+ball in chambers, crushed with loading levers (balls almost touch the barrel...)...
The results are incredible (for me(<=noob)):
-Rem 1858: 360.6 m/s, 601 Joules!! (1182 ft/s, 443 ft/lbs)
-Walker: 436.1 m/s, 880 Joules!!! (1430 ft/s, 649 ft/lbs)
-Rem 1858 Carbine: 453.9 m/s, 954 Joules!!!! (1488 ft/s, 703.6 ft/lbs)
With only pure old good BLACK POWDER... it was quite some serious weapons 150 years ago...
I thought posting the results obtained with this Black Powder would be of interest, as I never have seen such high numbers with anything else (substitutes...).
Any comments?
I'm a noob in BP... discovered it a few months ago, but love it
Then I wanted to know how it felt to load one as if I was 150 years ago... which means: to defend my life, make the more damages with only BlackPowder and lead (remain "authentic")... as I suppose I would if I was living 150 years ago...
I bought: a brass-frame 8" 1858 rem/pietta (<=noob choice), a 9" Walker (Uberti), and a rare 18" 1858 CARBINE rem/Uberti, .457 143gr lead balls... + a Chrony, and 2pounds (100$) of SWISS ONE/FFFFG (<=I suppose the best Black Powder of the world, made with the same tools since 1848...).
I maxed the loads (only max VOLUME of powder+ball in chambers, crushed with loading levers (balls almost touch the barrel...)...
The results are incredible (for me(<=noob)):
-Rem 1858: 360.6 m/s, 601 Joules!! (1182 ft/s, 443 ft/lbs)
-Walker: 436.1 m/s, 880 Joules!!! (1430 ft/s, 649 ft/lbs)
-Rem 1858 Carbine: 453.9 m/s, 954 Joules!!!! (1488 ft/s, 703.6 ft/lbs)
With only pure old good BLACK POWDER... it was quite some serious weapons 150 years ago...
I thought posting the results obtained with this Black Powder would be of interest, as I never have seen such high numbers with anything else (substitutes...).
Any comments?