OK, made it to the range today and had some time to shoot a couple of cylinders out of the 1848. Tried two loads: 40 and 50 grains of Pyrodex P. It liked the 40 grain load better.
The CCI mag #11 caps worked fine - but did have to pinch them to make em stay on. I used .454" balls but they seemed a little loose and a couple acutally stuck to the loading ram and pulled back out, so I'm going to try .457" balls.
The target is the 4th, 5th and 6th shots out of the revolver - it took a few to figure out where it was hitting. Point of aim is the lower left corner of the paper. Distance was 40 meters, and I shot with my forearms supported on that bag.
I'm pretty pleased with this level of accuracy but will try some other loads - the 40 grain loads where seated pretty deeply in the cylinders.
Oh, and with the 50 grain loads, the loading lever popped loose every shot - so need to do a little surgery on that catch and maybe something under the spring....
The CCI mag #11 caps worked fine - but did have to pinch them to make em stay on. I used .454" balls but they seemed a little loose and a couple acutally stuck to the loading ram and pulled back out, so I'm going to try .457" balls.
The target is the 4th, 5th and 6th shots out of the revolver - it took a few to figure out where it was hitting. Point of aim is the lower left corner of the paper. Distance was 40 meters, and I shot with my forearms supported on that bag.
I'm pretty pleased with this level of accuracy but will try some other loads - the 40 grain loads where seated pretty deeply in the cylinders.
Oh, and with the 50 grain loads, the loading lever popped loose every shot - so need to do a little surgery on that catch and maybe something under the spring....