I've just measured my Walker cylinder with and without powder...
Cylinder is 1.775 inches deep (45mm)
19gr of powder leaves a gap of 1.2 inches (30mm)
.457 ball if just to the end of the cylinder would leave a gap of .743 inches (18.8mm).
So there is a gap of 3/4 of an inch that needs filling with a filler or a wad... and wads ain't that big.... so how does that work?
Max powder to allow ball to be just loaded in each cylinder would be 55grains.
Cheers
Gaz
Cylinder is 1.775 inches deep (45mm)
19gr of powder leaves a gap of 1.2 inches (30mm)
.457 ball if just to the end of the cylinder would leave a gap of .743 inches (18.8mm).
So there is a gap of 3/4 of an inch that needs filling with a filler or a wad... and wads ain't that big.... so how does that work?
Max powder to allow ball to be just loaded in each cylinder would be 55grains.
Cheers
Gaz