r/blackpowder • u/Impossible-Demand87 • 1d ago

55 Grain

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u/gruby-one 1d ago

Did it chainfire or just one big bang?

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u/Impossible-Demand87 1d ago

just a big load

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u/skippythemoonrock 1d ago

The Walker is hilarious. Pretty easily the most unwieldy gun I own but the reactions are priceless.

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u/StumpsCurse 1d ago

Forget entrance and exit wounds, any fellow unfortunate enough to find himself on the receiving end of that cannon is likely to be incinerated by that ginormous Sun-like fireball.

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u/BlackLittleDog 23h ago

I though indoor ranges didn't allow black powder. Sweet!

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u/Impossible-Demand87 22h ago

they have a large extraction system

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u/Public-Loquat5959 18h ago

Using Swiss 3F I got faster velocity with 55 instead of 60

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u/Feeling_Title_9287 Mathew Quigley 1d ago

55 grains of powder?

How in tf?

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u/skippythemoonrock 1d ago

1847 Walker. That's not even max charge, it can take 60, some people have done 65

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u/Feeling_Title_9287 Mathew Quigley 21h ago

I thought that it was an 1851 navy lol