Conical bullets in a cap and ball revolver

[sethwyo]

I’m not looking to sell my mould, but I can send you a handful of conicals.
Jay

Thank you for offerin , can you post a picture of the type of slug you've got and the weight of it please? What I'm really wanting is something that is the same as what they would have used in , say 1855 or so, something authentic for my nostalgia

 

[Jay Templin]

Thank you for offerin , can you post a picture of the type of slug you've got and the weight of it please? What I'm really wanting is something that is the same as what they would have used in , say 1855 or so, something authentic for my nostalgia

According to my arrowhead scale the conicals are almost exactly 150gr. They’re .607” long and .381” at their widest, with a .380 band at the base, which is easiest to see on the middle bullet in the last photo. The mould is an old Navy Arms that came with my .36, and is marked .36.
If you want some, just DM me your address. Another forum member recently did me a similar favour, so I’m happy to pass it on.
Jay

 

[Throwdown58]

Thank you for offerin , can you post a picture of the type of slug you've got and the weight of it please? What I'm really wanting is something that is the same as what they would have used in , say 1855 or so, something authentic for my nostalgia

The Eras Gone molds are duplicated from period bullets.

 

[sethwyo]

 

[sethwyo]

 

[AlexB]

Any pics of old caps?

 

[sethwyo]

I was looking for conical bullets that were used in the old muzzleloaders and found some of these pictures of what the originals looked like,
If I or some of the other brothers here find some pictures of the original caps maybe we'll start a thread here about original percussion caps

 

[sethwyo]

brother here sent me some of his cast conicals for a 36 but I can't get them to fit in my particular make. it's a pietta

 

[nkbj]

For Pietta's reduced diameter chambers, .36 caliber I used a round ball mold and added an adjustable length body that slips into the chambers. Thought about doing the same thing for their .44's but there's so many .45 caliber bullet molds floating around that I never bothered.

 

[UXCZ]

Yes, conical bullets can be used in both the Colt Navy and the Colt Walker revolvers, as well as other cap and ball revolvers.

 

[rodwha]

brother here sent me some of his cast conicals for a 36 but I can't get them to fit in my particular make. it's a pietta

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I don’t believe the cutout (loading window) was designed for use with conicals. My Pietta NMA needed a lot of work there for me to be able to load my bullets.

 

[nkbj]

Various reproductions based upon the 1851 design, particularly when adapted to .44 caliber, can give you very little room for loading anything but round ball. Depends upon who made it and when.

If the bullet is designed to not stand tall out of the front of the cylinder before shearing off a ring then so much the better. When loading bullets from .45 caliber molds I size the rear end of the bullets to let them slip into the chambers and shear off on the remaining large diameter forward parts. That way I can get them under the loading ram (if the dimensions on the revolver are otherwise agreeable) and there's no problems with maintaining acceptable alignment during seating.