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RAE, I hadn't considered the fact that the first revolver/carbine rounds were bottlenecked...but I am stumped as the why that negates the need for a roll crimp?? They were used in revolvers too. I wonder if recoil caused bullets to pull loose in black powder revolvers?? I have only fired a blackpowder revolver a few times, but the recoil did feel somewhat "different" to me.
If silhouette (sp? I KNOW there's an "h" in there SOMEWHERE!) shooters can get away without crimping while using W296, I suspect that the heavier bullets they are using allows that.
Oh well. Sometimes I get to thinking too much and end up at a dead end, like this. Time to do a little research to find out if and how they crimped tghe old black powder cartridges. Anyway, it doesn't hurt to explore a subject like crimping, it's good mental exercise. Sometimes I learn a thing or two (or three or four) in a deal like this.
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