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To: Jeff Chandler
With cylinder fully packed
60 grains
was quite the wheelgun

I have packed 70 in mine which is a Hawken rifle load

The Dragoon...a hair smaller was fine too

Fully loaded walker ballistics similar to .357 but heavier grain......in conical

Impressive for 1847

29 posted on 12/25/2014 1:28:21 AM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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To: wardaddy

60 grains of black powder was the standard arsenal load for the 58 cal. Springfield rifle muskets used during the civil war.


33 posted on 12/25/2014 4:13:30 AM PST by X Fretensis (How)
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