Anybody shoot round ball loads in Cowboy45Special?

[Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329]

I'm looking for a recipe.

Thanks

--Dawg

[Warden Callaway]

5 hours ago, Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 said:

I'm looking for a recipe.

Thanks

--Dawg

 

I tried it once. 454 ball.  Probably with 1.3cc of BlackMZ.   Balls went every wichaway.  Target looked like a buckshot pattern. 

[John Boy]

Same 44 reload as a cap & ball in a brass case with a primer

25 - 30 gr FFg and a greased felt wad

[Patagonia Pete]

Nooooooooooooo ... but round balls are 140/142gr .. AND ... when I first started loading Cowboy Special I used some Bear Creek 160s w/ 3.0gr of Bullseye ... they sounded (and shot) great but only made 400 fps (exactly) ... 64pf ...

 

IMHO ... 3.0+gr of Bullseye w/ a round ball would be a great starting point.  

 

[Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329]

Thanks PP:

I know about the black powder recipe -- shot that for years.

But I was hoping on a smokeless recipe.

--Dawg 

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

4.0Gr TightGroup.  451 round Ball.  Crimp'd tightly in the fat part of the ball.   

 

OR:

 

APP to the ball and crimp'd same same.