oldsalt444
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I've been shooting smokeless guns for 55+ years but my experience with BP is limited. The only BP gun I own is a brass frame 1860 Army revolver. I got invited to a rendezvous and had a good time. I'm a bullseye pistol competitor and earned my Distinguished Pistol Shot badge from the CMP a couple years ago. I've done my share of hunting but living in the Republic of Commiefornia makes hunting difficult and frustrating. Anyway, I joined this forum looking for technical knowledge, tips and tricks, and some good ideas. I'm toying with the idea of getting a cap & ball revolving carbine and buying the extra cylinder for 45 LC cartridges. The rendezvous taught me a few things and with research, I found out that you shouldn't use Triple 7 in a brass frame revolver (ooops, but I didn't shoot too many of those loads), and that you have to use wads when loading BP into brass cartridge cases to take up any remaining space. Quite different from smokeless reloading which I'm very good at doing.
I understand that pure soft lead is the "go to" for BP, but is it possible to use wheel weights? Thanks to all.
I understand that pure soft lead is the "go to" for BP, but is it possible to use wheel weights? Thanks to all.
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