For our Black Powder Through the Ages Pistol Fest, I load about 20 grains of 3f Goex into a 45 Colt case with a .454 round ball crimped into the case mouth. I shoot those loads in a Ruger Blackhawk 45 and in my Tom Ball 1858 Remington revolver with a conversion cylinder.
In my Blackhawk, the only problem is that the round ball load will shoot to a different elevation because of the difference in weight between 45 Colt bullets, about 250 grains, and round balls, which are about 150 grains. In the 1858, the load almost exactly duplicates the skirmish load, so the sights are dead on.
Bob Anderson
Ordnance Sergeant
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
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