Anyone chrony a Walker with 60 grains of BP?

Hey mec,

Thanks for posting your data. It would appear that you gave your Walker a torture test. There have been reports that around 60 grain loads that some people have experience crushed wedges or other damage to their Walkers. Just curious, did you notice anything that would lead you to believe that shooting 60 grains loads is a bad idea. It could be that the Uberti Walkers are a bit tougher than ASM, et al. What manufacture year is your Walker stamped?

Impressed that 37 grains of 777 gave you that result.
 
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made in 2005. The only problem with the full charge is getting a ball seated on top of it. Likely a lot of stress on the rammer. There is no particular indication of excess pressure, recoil etc with the full charges but 55 grains is a decent level for most shooting. My 60 grain charges were mainly to see what would happen with various powder types and I never have shot them extensively.
The only experience I had with ASM was a nicely finished Dragoon. The finish was nice but the other aspects of the revolver were NOT. Chambers were of different sizes, timing was pitiful. It had to be reworked in a major way to make it shootable.
 
refrence

An Ed SANOW article from a Feb '98 issue of HANDGUNNER mag lists a vel of 1287 fps w/ 60 gr BP and 14gr roundball.

The article was entitled "BP Stopping Power" and they shot perc revolvers into gelatin as well.

The Walker, and the Dragoons, were the hands down winners.
 
Think you typo-ed and meant a 141 RB.

Wow, thats cranking it out there considering just the 9 inch barrel it has.
 
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