It all depends...

by Paul , Thursday, August 03, 2023, 16:58 (413 days ago) @ Hoot

As JimT and JT mention, proper fitting balls that shave a bit of lead when chambered will not back out under the relatively mild recoil generated even by a full charge of black powder. Way back in the 20th Century when I was playing around with "unauthorized" loads in the ROA, I don't recall having any back out either, and that was with loads that gave about the same recoil as a Blackhawk with 2400 under a 250 gr bullet. BUT, the bullets I was using were hard cast, emphasis on hard, and gave a bit of a workout when seating them in the cylinder. I suspect that if I'd used softer bullets I might have experienced bullet pull, but the friction fit of the linotype bullets was sufficient to keep them in place.