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According to the same article in The Gun Report from Nov 2005 the sample carbine provided to the Bureau of Ordnance was based on Remington's standard .50 Spencer rimfire model. This one was not accepted and the advise was to keep the grooving, twist etc but increase the barrel length 4", the sight ...

Just read a nice article: Remington's Model 1867 Navy Carbine from "The Gun Report" Nov 2005 that mentions a 385 grain bullet over a 45 grain charge.

As for the bullet: hat will take a couple of weeks before the mold is available. will keep ypu posted!

JW

You are right, the original charge is indeed 45 grains. That is indeed the load I used to figure out how far the bullet would be in the cartridge: 50-70 brass shortened to 1.35"

JW

Hello,

I also asked the question on the Rolling Block Facebook group, and yes: I am looking for a heavier bullet. Looking at 430-450 grain. Have used accurate mold in the US before on other bullets and am working on a design that is just shy or against the rifling with a 40 grain blackpowder charge ...

Attached some pictures of how I measured it, need a lathe and some mechanical skills however. Or a good friend having both.. I took a short piece of brass a little over .5" in dia and length and machined part with the diameter of the bore, in my case .50 and a short section: .025-.03 with the ...

Hello,

I recently bought a Navy Carbine 50-45-400 and am looking for a bullet mold. On the internet I found that the twist of older Rolling Blocks should be around 1:42". I measured the twist on my Rolling block and found a twist of 1:28" a lost faster..
Has anyone ever measured their barrel??