TruthTellers
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Speer had a rebate for their bullets and I ended up finding a good price for some .454 round balls and bought a dozen or two boxes, so I'm pretty much inundated with almost 3000 .45 round balls.
Original plan was to load up some .45 Colt using two balls and I will do that, but I'm gonna have enough to shoot my .44 black powder revolvers, but I'm a bit tired of the 8 inch NMA I have and am thinking of a shorter barrel .44.
I don't have an 1860 of any flavor and I see Pietta makes a snub version with a bird's head grip. I like the bird's head grip, it feels comfortable in my hands regardless of barrel length and I like that I could add a longer barrel later if I wanted.
Not much of a question, but what kind of velocity can be expected from such a short barrel for black powder? Is a snub 1860 better than a snub NMA?
Original plan was to load up some .45 Colt using two balls and I will do that, but I'm gonna have enough to shoot my .44 black powder revolvers, but I'm a bit tired of the 8 inch NMA I have and am thinking of a shorter barrel .44.
I don't have an 1860 of any flavor and I see Pietta makes a snub version with a bird's head grip. I like the bird's head grip, it feels comfortable in my hands regardless of barrel length and I like that I could add a longer barrel later if I wanted.
Not much of a question, but what kind of velocity can be expected from such a short barrel for black powder? Is a snub 1860 better than a snub NMA?