Reloading .577 Webley/Boxer Revolver?

[Sarg]

Does any one on here reload for the .577 Webley/Boxer in a Revolver ?

I have a couple & one is a extra huge & strong thing & Id like to shoot a Deer, Pig or Goat with it.

Thanks if any one has any info .

 

[frog stealer]

Please post some pics! I’m assuming these are black powder rounds?

 

[Sarg]

Yes as far as I know only ever been loaded with Black Powder but some ammunition was loaded in Europe so you never know ?

Here are the few I have with a .45 ACP to compare.

 

[frog stealer]

Wow, those are chunky! Any idea on what the ballistics are?

 

[PerH]

.577 Revolvers | Classic Arms Journal

Ross Seyfried wrote this piece about .577 Rwvolvers.

 

[Vanguard2279]

.577 Revolvers | Classic Arms Journal

Ross Seyfried wrote this piece about .577 Rwvolvers.

I was literally thinking about an article that Ross Seyfried had written years ago where he mentioned a .577 revolver and had a picture of it while I was scrolling down this thread. Thank you for posting the link to this article. It answered a lot of questions I've had.

 

[Sarg]

Wow, those are chunky! Any idea on what the ballistics are?

On my factory Eley box it has 28gr of powder & 450gr bullet, not a lot of powder if it is BP & I can't really afford to fire any off to check velocity lol

I have read that the .614 450gr bullet is doing 725fps with that load & puts out 28.6 TKO against the Ball .45 ACP with 12.6 TKO

Also some of the early coiled-foil cartridges held a 295gr Ball & 27gr of BP, these were used in the early Tranter/Webley solid frame revolvers with a separate back plate on the cylinder .