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DPris · April 4, 2015, 09:50 PM

Bought my first percussion revolver at 17. In 1969.
All these years it's been Navies, aside from a custom Ruger Old Army that goes head-to-head with my Blackhawks.

This is the first time I've tried anything with a 60 Army & I'm finding accuracy is generally dismal above 25 grains of Swiss, with .454 Speer & Hornady balls, CCI & Rem 11s, and a commercial lubed felt wad.

One exception at 27 grains wasn't too bad.
Best accuracy was one test load at the end of the day, at 20 grains.
I prefer more power than that.

Not expecting to find one single universal Best Load, but looking for multiple experiences & trying to see if there's a general trend that might give me a reference scale to judge mine against, in terms of charge weights & accuracy level correlations.

Thanks for any & all comments.

Denis

April 4, 2015, 09:50 PM	#7
DPris Member Emeritus Join Date: August 19, 2004 Posts: 7,133	Bought my first percussion revolver at 17. In 1969. All these years it's been Navies, aside from a custom Ruger Old Army that goes head-to-head with my Blackhawks. This is the first time I've tried anything with a 60 Army & I'm finding accuracy is generally dismal above 25 grains of Swiss, with .454 Speer & Hornady balls, CCI & Rem 11s, and a commercial lubed felt wad. One exception at 27 grains wasn't too bad. Best accuracy was one test load at the end of the day, at 20 grains. I prefer more power than that. Not expecting to find one single universal Best Load, but looking for multiple experiences & trying to see if there's a general trend that might give me a reference scale to judge mine against, in terms of charge weights & accuracy level correlations. Thanks for any & all comments. Denis