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DarylS
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Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver
02/02/18 04:01 AM

Best results will come with a cylinder full of 3F - with room, slightly compressed for a thin lubed felt wad, then oversize ball.
Measure and make sure the cylinders are larger than the groove to groove diameter, the get a mould corresponding to that diameter.
Some guys pour the powder, seat a ball THEN fill the chamber mouths with some form of grease - Crisco Shortening is often used.
This will work, but is really messy and runs with a hot cylinder. Normal BP bullet lube is better, as-in a concoction of beeswax/Vaseline. More beeswax makes it stiffer, but 60:40 works well. By Volume.
Lyman's BP BP Gold or SPG can also be used - made a bit softer with added Vaseline or some oil, like Olive, Grapeseed or Avocado oil.
Better accuracy will usually appear without smearing grease over the ball, and using a felt wad, as taught by Elmer Keith.

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Daryl

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Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	CptCurl	01/02/18 12:28 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	DarylS	01/02/18 05:40 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Rothhammer1	01/02/18 06:53 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Rothhammer1	01/02/18 07:07 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	tinker	01/02/18 08:02 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Wayne59	01/02/18 01:33 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Huvius	01/02/18 01:58 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	DarylS	01/02/18 03:49 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Rothhammer1	01/02/18 11:26 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	CptCurl	01/02/18 10:41 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Rothhammer1	02/02/18 12:00 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Maxim	02/02/18 01:21 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	tinker	02/02/18 03:03 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Wayne59	02/02/18 03:47 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	DarylS	02/02/18 04:01 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	cordite	02/02/18 07:41 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	fsrmg1	28/03/18 08:57 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	CptCurl	29/03/18 09:33 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Vladymere	29/03/18 01:08 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	ducmarc	18/04/18 12:08 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	ducmarc	18/04/18 12:13 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	DarylS	18/04/18 01:04 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Wayne59	18/04/18 09:15 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	DarylS	29/03/18 02:02 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Vladymere	29/03/18 03:04 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Vladymere	29/03/18 02:00 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	NitroX	01/02/18 10:49 PM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Rothhammer1	01/02/18 04:33 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Wayne59	01/02/18 04:57 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	Rothhammer1	01/02/18 05:12 AM
Re: Colt .36 cal 1851 Navy Revolver	tinker	01/02/18 02:50 AM
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