Conical Bullet For Ruger Old Army Revolver.

[Abasmajor]

Thanks guys, well worth a discussion to clarify the reasons why ball is preferable to a conical bullet in the muzzle loading revolver.
Brian

[TALL]

i am sure i have some, some where,
as with the others i went back to round ball
PM me your address and i will send you some to try,
stay safe
T

[Abasmajor]

i am sure i have some, some where,
as with the others i went back to round ball
PM me your address and i will send you some to try,
stay safe
T

Hello,
Much appreciated, but as expected the general consensus suggests it's not a wise move, so I will stick with round ball.
Brian

[TALL]

A very wise choice,

[davederrick]

Ive shot round ball & conical in my NMA, group size is about the same. The only difference I could see was the conicals grouped high & right compared to the ball, otherwise nothing better about them.

[loiner1965]

Ive shot round ball & conical in my NMA, group size is about the same. The only difference I could see was the conicals grouped high & right compared to the ball, otherwise nothing better about them.

going to try all this out as soon as we get back to normality.....what load did you find most promising?

[davederrick]

going to try all this out as soon as we get back to normality.....what load did you find most promising?

TBH, I cant remember.

[TALL]

this one i did try and got quite good results with it at 25m
put the conical in back to front, it works like a wad cutter,
lovely neat holes
i still ended up back with round ball, but it was different,
have fun what ever you try,
T

[Born Again]

My ROA is the 7.5" stainless version, it shoots best with stout loads and .457 ball. I don't have a BP licence, so use 777 instead. A .44 Special case full works for me, makes a lot of smoke though.