"Well, Your headed in the wrong direction with the wrong powder and the wrong bullet. In theory. "<<<It's beginning to look that way. This 36 cal. 1851 Navy has been a reloading pain when I bought the 38 LC Kirst Konversion cylinder, here's why>>
The .36 caliber percussion revolver barrel has a bore diameter of .375 inches. Today’s .38 caliber bullets are .357-inch diameter bullets. To attain best accuracy with a .38 caliber cartridge, in your reproduction Navy revolver, you must shoot a soft lead, .38 caliber, hollow base bullet, or .38 caliber, heeled bullet. The soft lead hollow base bullet will “bump up” to the .375-inch bore diameter and shoot very accurately. <<<<But I still love this revolver, I like the shooting heeled bullet and Trail Boss works good for that.