Originally Posted by
Abasmajor
Hello,
After all the discussion, it would be nice if you could maybe post some pictures of your new acquisition . The link below is to photo of my Ruger Old Army which I had converted to also shoot smokeless powder using 209 shotgun primers for ignition. As I carefully weigh my smokeless powder charges, I decided to do the same with the BP substitute (Hodgdon 777) rather than dispensing by volume. The best results I've had with the substitute was using 13grns of 777 with a .457 ball seated over a greased wad. The comparable smokeless load is 4.5grns of Herco with a .457 ball lubricated with Alox obviously without the need for a wad.
Both loads shoot to the same POI on a PL7 target at twenty five yards and easily hold the black if I do my bit.
https://imgur.com/33xXWRN
Brian
Nice looking gun. Interested to see the cylinder has a very different appearance to mine - like the stripey effect. Is that a special model of some kind?
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