Max charge 3F with eras gone by dragoon bullet. Will the chambers hold enough powder to get 950 fps with that big bullet ar do I need a Walker? Will a Walker even do it? Thanks for lookln.
Max charge 3F with eras gone by dragoon bullet. Will the chambers hold enough powder to get 950 fps with that big bullet ar do I need a Walker? Will a Walker even do it? Thanks for lookln.
Look for information on modern velocity reading using a chronograph. IIRC, a Dragoon cylinder will hold 50 grains of powder, while the Walker held 60 grains.
Gil Davis Tercenio
# 3020V
34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA
What I guess I need to know how much powder it will hold with Era bygone dragoon bullet. Seems like a bit less than with a round ball.
I shoot the regular Era's Gone bullet from an 1860 Army (Pietta) with 24 grains of Swiss 3F in nitrated brown coffee filter paper. I chronographed these and they averaged 790 fps. I contribute that to the Swiss powder. FWIW if I do my part it will shoot a nice round 6 shot group of 3-4 inches at 25 yards.
Bob
Seek and ye shall find.
Did a Yahoo search and....
Black Powder Ballistics (poconoshooting.com)
It doesn't list the Dragoon with a conical, but does list a Walker, so it's close.
Last edited by Muley Gil; 02-27-2021 at 07:08 PM.
Gil Davis Tercenio
# 3020V
34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA
Thanks all gents. Have made the purchase and supposed to arrive Thurs. Next the mould. Will have to wait to fall nats. to get a better powder than my goex 3f. Next question is how high a front site will I need and what type and kind. Had a front site installed on a revolver years ago. Still needed to be higher. This is not to be a skirmish gun. Jaeger out.
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