1851 Pietta

Old Smoker · January 20, 2012, 01:25 PM

What is the correct cap size and fffg powder load for an 1851 36 cal pietta?

Noz · January 20, 2012, 02:50 PM

boy, what a can of worms.

Generally #10 Remingtons will work on most guns. Add TRESO nipples and it's a guarantee.
Powder? FFFg 20 grs? As many opinions as there are forum members.

Fingers McGee · January 20, 2012, 04:29 PM

What Noz Said. Especially about the many opinions part.

If it's a brass frame, I'd drop back to 15 to 18 grains of fffg

mykeal · January 20, 2012, 08:25 PM

There is no 'correct' load, only a bunch of opinions. Your job is to try a few and see what works best in your gun.

Caps are nearly the same problem - OEM nipples seem to vary with every new batch of guns. What one guy says works for his gun may or may not work for yours, and someone will absolutely come along and say they don't work for his.

Old Smoker · January 20, 2012, 08:30 PM

Thanks

January 20, 2012, 04:29 PM	#3
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2008 Location: High & Dry in Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2,113	What Noz Said. Especially about the many opinions part. If it's a brass frame, I'd drop back to 15 to 18 grains of fffg __________________ Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee - AKA Man of Many Colts - Alter ego of Diabolical Ken; SASS Regulator 28564-L-TG; Rangemaster and stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman, Pistoleer, NRA Endowment Life, NMLRA, SAF, CCRKBA, STORM 327, SV115; Charter member, Central Ozarks Western Shooters Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision see things as they are, not as they should be. Ambrose Bierce

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January 20, 2012, 01:25 PM	#1
Old Smoker Member Join Date: June 11, 2009 Location: Northren Wisconsin Posts: 63	1851 Pietta What is the correct cap size and fffg powder load for an 1851 36 cal pietta?

January 20, 2012, 02:50 PM	#2
Noz Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2009 Posts: 643	boy, what a can of worms. Generally #10 Remingtons will work on most guns. Add TRESO nipples and it's a guarantee. Powder? FFFg 20 grs? As many opinions as there are forum members.

January 20, 2012, 08:25 PM	#4
mykeal Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 2,772	There is no 'correct' load, only a bunch of opinions. Your job is to try a few and see what works best in your gun. Caps are nearly the same problem - OEM nipples seem to vary with every new batch of guns. What one guy says works for his gun may or may not work for yours, and someone will absolutely come along and say they don't work for his.

January 20, 2012, 08:30 PM	#5
Old Smoker Member Join Date: June 11, 2009 Location: Northren Wisconsin Posts: 63	Thanks