Bullett Sass 19707 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 What diameter 44 cal round ball works best for pietta revolvers. Thanks Bullett Quote
Dapper Dave Posted February 24 Posted February 24 The only Pietta I had was a brasser 1851, and it worked just fine with the Hornaday .454 diameter balls. Good clean shaving of the "gas ring". Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 I like the .454 ball in my 1860s in .44 cal. Good shear ring and seals very nicely!! Quote
Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 The standard sizes have always been: Pietta .451 Uberti .454 Ruger .457 Piettas will shoot a .454, but are more accurate with a .451 and they load easier --Dawg 3 2 Quote
Bitterroot Jake, SASS #9532 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 I have 8 Pietts CB revolvers, use .451 balls in all of them with good results Quote
Diamond Curly SASS#57086 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 The four Pietta revolvers I have shoot best with 451. The two sets of Uberti revolvers shoot best with 454. I do have a Pietta snubbie in 44 that I have shot a lot over 10 years that now shoots 454 better than 451 but only the one. Try each in your revolvers and see which works best for you. Good luck. DC Quote
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted February 24 Posted February 24 PLUS ONE for The Prairie Dawg. .451 Ball works very well in Pietta Cap Guns. Shaves a nice little lead ring and seals the chamber nicely. .454 for Uberti and .457 for Ruger are also the correct choices for good performance. You can, of course, run .454 ball in Pietta but it is a bunch of extra work to load and adds stress to the loading rammer. Quote
Griff Posted February 24 Posted February 24 A bunch of over-compensaters... the .36 is a fine killer of steel... even if a little quieter in the process! 💀 2 Quote
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 You haven't run into lots of our spotters who close their eyes for C&B shooters and just listen for rings instead of seeing the misses. GJ 2 Quote
Griff Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Just now, Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 said: You haven't run into lots of our spotters who close their eyes for C&B shooters and just listen for rings instead of seeing the misses. GJ Oh... I know all about SASS spotters. MLB umpires are culled from our ranks. I've been called for 10 misses for 10 shots... More than once! When it's only one spotter, it makes little difference, but when all 3 simply say I didn't hear the target ring or see it move... Ya pays yer money & takes yer chances... The one that frosted my rear was during a Plainsman match... 1st shooter on freshly painted targets; my 1885 in 45 Colt w/225 grain pills smacked the single rifle target with 5 shots in the exact same spot... Spotters called 4 misses... said they only saw the one bullet impact. 1 2 3 Quote
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted February 24 Posted February 24 A BIG PLUS ONE for Griff you betcha I hate blind, deaf, stupid spotters. I got really sick of idiot spotters when shooting my 36s. So I switched to cast EPP UG - 36 BULLETS!! They give a nice 38ish KLANG you can hear even on dead targets. for my .44s, I have also switched to BULLETS!! I had one Deaf, Blind, Dumb spotter at a dedicated BP match tell me I needed to add more powder to my loads cause he couldn't hear the impact. What a dullard. 1 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 I’ve had a spotter tell me that he couldn’t hear the targets ringing because my rounds were so loud!! 🤪😡 1 1 Quote
Todd Hayseed Posted February 24 Posted February 24 2 hours ago, Griff said: Oh... I know all about SASS spotters. MLB umpires are culled from our ranks. I've been called for 10 misses for 10 shots... More than once! When it's only one spotter, it makes little difference, but when all 3 simply say I didn't hear the target ring or see it move... Ya pays yer money & takes yer chances... The one that frosted my rear was during a Plainsman match... 1st shooter on freshly painted targets; my 1885 in 45 Colt w/225 grain pills smacked the single rifle target with 5 shots in the exact same spot... Spotters called 4 misses... said they only saw the one bullet impact. If they did that to me I'd come out the next month with two Walkers and load them full up. And I HAVE two Walkers. 1 Quote
Dapper Dave Posted February 25 Posted February 25 That would be fun to watch...from a safe distance. Quote
Griff Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Life is serious business... this game is not totally serious business... driving to and from the match is serious business and demands our attention to all the details involved. Certain aspects of this sport demand serious attention to details... loading, shooting, muzzle control among others... However, spotting isn't, so if someone loses a bit of focus and makes an incorrect call, I can't really fault them... Proves they're human. Humans can be frustrating... enjoy! 2 Quote
Kid Rich Posted March 8 Posted March 8 I had a group of spotters at a state match call misses on me when I shot my rifle. Not my home state. Took care of that, on the next stage I stopped after every shot and hollered "pay attention" and placed 10 rifle shots in the same spot. They paid attention after that. kR 3 1 Quote
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted March 9 Posted March 9 I load all my cylinders on Powder Inc. Press , Not on the gun itself. So I use 454 in all my 44s No matter the manufacturer. 457 in Rugers Just Sayin. Rooster 1 Quote
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