4f for .44 cal revolvers?

[SDSmlf]

Wondered if someone was going to point out that issue. Safe, OK. But not accurate at much more than across a poker table range.

You are correct, only a matter of time before an expert that cries about the dangers of 4F and would not use it themselves for a main charge complains about it not being accurate…..

Just not my experience. Have tried and used 4F in a number of revolvers, including original and replica Remingtons, along with replica Colts, and accuracy was comparable to 3F sporting powder. Plus it shot as clean as or cleaner than courser granulations.

 

[Uncle Miltie]

I made the initial comment about ffffg not giving accurate results for me and said not one word decrying the safety of same. Accuracy is relative though I suppose....

 

[Bad Karma]

I made the initial comment about ffffg not giving accurate results for me and said not one word decrying the safety of same. Accuracy is relative though I suppose....

And often has as much to do with individual revolvers/shooters as anything else…

 

[Stantheman86]

The original powder used in revolver cartridges and some pistol cartridges for the .54 smoothbores was observed as being equivalent to 4f , when original cartridges were opened, i.e. "Powder, Fine Pistol" probably because it burned cleaner and didn't foul up the gun as bad.

I've done the opposite, I've fired 1F through .44 revolvers and it did OK. I agree that "accuracy" has become one of my personal pet peeves because trying to explain what my standard of "accuracy" is vs someone else's is like trying to explain what the color orange sounds like. I accept "period combat accuracy", that is why I shoot these weapons. Someone may feel because I can't put them through the same hole at 50 yards they aren't "accurate".

I've also had people get snotty when I say I try to stay as close to the period "service loads" as I can and one dude is like "were you there ? How do you know what a period service load is?"

Using 4f in revolvers is probably closer to what was originally used. Or something in between like a 3.5f