Refering to the Civil War .56 caliber ... can anyone tell me the cylinder length & powder load please ?
Refering to the Civil War .56 caliber ... can anyone tell me the cylinder length & powder load please ?
I thought most revolving rifles used about 60 grains - but I dunno if this varied for big calibres.
Are you considering shooting a percussion revolving rifle? If so, I hope you've thought through the safety aspects. It's not for nothing that they never really caught on like the arm's length pistol, and AFAIK are not being repro'd currently .
Regards,
MikB
...history... is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. (Edward Gibbon: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)
You mean based on the 1873 revolver design, but with cap nipples instead of .44-40 or .45 LC cartridges?
If there's no cartridge with a nice roll crimp, I'd be more'n a bit worried about flashovers a couple of inches from my face, and with my left hand in front of the cylinder...
Regards,
MikB
...history... is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. (Edward Gibbon: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)