Hello the Camp,
I just finished testing two loads in my Henry and my Schofield. A smokeless load (5.0 grs. Bullseye/200 gr cast) had a velocity of 956 fps. in the Henry, and 717 fps in the Schofield- A 239 fps difference. The B.P. load was 892 for the Henry; 675 for the Schofield, a 217 fps difference.
Now I've got to clean the darn things
Matt,
Thank you for your test results. Just curious.....what was your b.p. load?
36 grs. FFG typically gives 1,200 f.p.s. in my .44-40 '73 (21" barrel).
Interesting in a 24" barrel, the velocity gain was only 21 f.p.s. for the additional 3".
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