.36 conicals

[loiner1965]

Anyone used .36 conicals in their revolvers esp eras versions

[BLONDIE1866]

Used them in my 36 navy,
did not see any difference to R-B,
I think I still have moulds somewhere,

[loiner1965]

You know how it is with a new toy lol
Even though I have 3 other bp revolvers but I like to try them out

[BLONDIE1866]

I only shoot my .45 single shot pistol and my .45 Ruger revolver with round ball these days,
but being the hoarder I am, still have all the conical moulds,
the only real success i had with CONICALS was in the Ruger,
load them backwards and they go great, like wad-cutter,

[BaskervilleDog]

Anyone used .36 conicals in their revolvers esp eras versions

I've tried them in my Colt Navy and also a Remington Navy (original and repro in that order) but to be brutally honest they never seemed to perform as well as Round Ball, so that's what I more or less exclusively use. I had a dozen Era's Gone .36 cal Bullets from a good friend of mine but they were much the same. My go-to load for .36 is 12 grains Swiss 2 plus semolina (probably 9 grains?), .380 LRB and a smear of Castrol white grease.

[BaskervilleDog]

Incidentally I'v got a dozen Era's Gone Bullets for my .44 from the same guy but haven't gotten round to using them yet...

[loiner1965]

I've tried them in my Colt Navy and also a Remington Navy (original and repro in that order) but to be brutally honest they never seemed to perform as well as Round Ball, so that's what I more or less exclusively use. I had a dozen Era's Gone .36 cal Bullets from a good friend of mine but they were much the same. My go-to load for .36 is 12 grains Swiss 2 plus semolina (probably 9 grains?), .380 LRB and a smear of Castrol white grease.

Similar loads to what I use … 15gns Swiss and 8.3 gns of cream of wheat and a .380 ball
Harder to focus on the sights at the club due to their lights as it’s perfect at my house when I try the sights out …. Might try your load and see if it’s better .

[loiner1965]

I only shoot my .45 single shot pistol and my .45 Ruger revolver with round ball these days,
but being the hoarder I am, still have all the conical moulds,
the only real success i had with CONICALS was in the Ruger,
load them backwards and they go great, like wad-cutter,

Strange as I am not as accurate with my ruger old army against my rogers and my old faithful pietta 1858 even though it's easiest the best revolver for sights . Both the rogers and 1858 use the same load data and achieve around 2 inch at 25 yds
I have a hollow point ruger old army mold too and tried reversing them but made no difference .
It's not the revolver it's me not use to it yet but still fun

[series2a]

Conical in pistol is better at longer range. Try dimpling your Balls like Golf balls, it does work.