Schofield With Black Powder

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Aaron posted this 05 July 2024

I had read and also seen video of Schofield revolvers getting bound up after only a few shots when shooting black powder or Pyrodex powder. Well believe it. I got 4 shots before the cylinder bound up and necessitated hand revolution to get it to rotate. That residue gets driven directly into the cylinder pin recess since no barrier is there preventing its deposit. The longer cylinders on these modern replica revolvers, longer to chamber 45 Colt or 44 WCF, require the omission of that barrier. Original revolvers chambered in 45 Schofield with their slightly shorter cylinders, allowed for the barrier.

Frustratingly, I didn't even get to fire all six cartridges before the crud gods reared their heads. I'll just stick to smokeless for this revolver moving forward. The shooting video is here:

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With rifle in hand, I confidently go forth into the darkness.

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linoww posted this 05 July 2024

that saved me some time,thanks! A buddy was asking me to help him load some BP loads for his Uberti .

edit- it was gonna be in 45 Cowboy special brass with FFF Goex.

I shall tell him to stick with the Unique loads.

"if it was easy we'd let women do it" don't tell my wife I said that!

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RicinYakima posted this 05 July 2024

I've been loading FFF Goex in 45 balloon head cases from the 1930 for a few years. 38 grains, compressed and the RCBS 270 bullet works good. I can go at least 4 cylinders without having to spray some water on it to flush the crud. Of course the SAA has a different design on the base pin, and you can not have too much grease (not bullet lube) on it. FWIW

p.s. The heavier you load it, the less it fouls.

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Aaron posted this 05 July 2024

I shall tell him to stick with the Unique loads.

That or TiteGroup.

There is no cylinder pin bushing on these revolvers like the original ones which helped to keep the fouling out of the pin race. I thought I would get two or three cylinder runs but got 4 rounds. Very disappointing for a guy who likes to shoot BPCR. The 1873 revolvers perform much better due to having the bushing.

With rifle in hand, I confidently go forth into the darkness.

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fc60 posted this 05 July 2024

Greetings,

Perhaps a Duplex load would reduce the fouling.

i.e. if loading 30 grains of Black Powder, try 3 grains of IMR4227 topped with 27 grains of Black.

Cheers,

Dave

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Aaron posted this 06 July 2024

Perhaps a Duplex load would reduce the fouling.

That might do it but it's too much hassle for me. Six grains of TiteGroup or some other smokeless load will work just fine. One powder throw per case.

I have used duplex loads in the rifles to shoot cleaner throughout the afternoon, but even there, 30gr of black is more fun!

Safe shooting.

With rifle in hand, I confidently go forth into the darkness.

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linoww posted this 07 July 2024

yup,that's why I refrain from BP loads in CF pistol as well.

"if it was easy we'd let women do it" don't tell my wife I said that!

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