maxi ball in a Cb Revolver

[chuckpa]

You are right I got it backwards.
I was having lunch today with a fellow black powder shooter that I work with and he is selling me another Remington which he believes has the proper dimensions. I will mike it tomorrow night and let you know what they are.

[chuckpa]

RM
I picked up another Remington on Friday and had a chamber chamfered I hope to take it to the range tomorrow and do some experimenting with round balls and a .45 long Colt bullet cast from an original mould and lubed 50/50 Bee's wax and olive oil. I will keep looking for a maxi ball mould.

[twotrack]

I believe most bp rev have under sized cly for insurance reasons. Slug your barrel and have your cly reamed to fit it isn't that expensive and you will have a more accurate rev.

[chuckpa]

I was not able to get to the range to do any significant work with the first rev. I picked up a second one for $150.00 and slugged the bore and the best that I could figure it is .443 and the cylinders are .447.

I was able to pick up some maxi balls at a gun show and the base of the balls miked out to .454 and some variations between the bullets I don't think it was very significant.

I was thinking that I should get a .450 resizer die  for the maxi balls.

I would also like to know if anyone has caste maxi balls from a lee mold and what do they mike out at approx. I know there is a variation with lead mixture etc.

[chuckpa]

OK
I think I have the problem solved, I found a Lee .430 resizer die and I resized the first ring on the maxi ball and it slips right into the chamber. I am going to lube the grooves with 50/50 beeswax and olive oil. Now all I have to do is get some time over this long weekend to test this combo out.

[chuckpa]

I went to the range and the maxi balls did not work well at all as a mater of fact there was some key holing. I tried a few 454 balls and the results were better. I think I will have the cylinders reamed out to .451 and stick with the round balls and about 20 grns of goex 3f.
Thanks for your comments.

[FG1]

I had pretty good luck with pure lead cast 230 gr RN meant for a 45 acp . I lubed with spg lube and sized to .452 . They had more recoil than roundball but you new for certain when you wolloped a clanger !

[chuckpa]

Thanks FGI for that information.
I took both of my 1858 Remington s and traded them in on  one made by Umbertie. The owner of the store slugged the barrel and we miked the chambers. I do believe that this revolver will work a lot better. The revolvers that I turned in were made by other manufacturers and seemed to have tapered bores.
Now all I need is some range time.