44) and probably a total of 5 or 6 Howell Conversion Cylinders - both for. I have quite a collection of C & B revolvers (.36 and. With a Howell, you remove the cylinder, load, and replace - no loading gate - but also no alterations to your cap and ball revolver. IMHO, the 1858s are one of the easiest revolvers to remove and replace cylinders in. If not - and you still would like to have the option of shooting 45 Colt/Schofield - then consider a Howell Conversion Cylinder. If ou like your cap and ball - then consider if it is worth making the alterations to the revolver for the Kirst and if when shooting as a cap and ball, if you can live with it not having the appearance of an unaltered 1858. Gofswithwolves makes a good point for you to consider. If you go with a Kirst, keep in mind that you will need to open up the loading channel on your revolver in order to utilize the loading gate and be able to insert/eject. The cylinder I have, fit all of them with no issues and functioned just fine. While it is my understanding that once i a while some "fitting" is required, I have 3 Uberti revolvers - 2 (" and a 5", as well as a Uberti 1858 Remington Revolving Carbine. I purchased a used Kirst Konverter for a Uberti 1858 Remington NMA (.44) from a member here - it had the 45ACP cylinder. The boolits in these are an Old Ideal design, the 456-401, a spire point wadcutter boolit that runs about 220 grains, IIRC. He had to replace the front sight with a higher one to bring down the POI to more closely match the POA.
My brother has an 1858, also set up with a Howell conversion, and has put several hundred rounds down range with it, all factory 45 Colt (he doesn't reload for that cartridge). Those loads are pretty heavy (13,000-14,000 psi, or more) for six shooters designed and built for Black Powder.
I would not load a 250 grain Keith to 850+. According to Lyman's 4th edition Cast Bullet Handbook,these run under 10,000 PSI. I load the 45-230 CM from RCBS over 4.5 grains of Red Dot or 5.5 grains of Unique. Cowboy loads are defined by velocity, not pressure, but I restrict my loads to cerca 750 FPS. On one of mine, it was drop in, the other required polishing the center hole to get it to fit on the arbor. Because of the open topped frame, I only load light 45 Schofield loads for it. I have the Howell Conversion for my 1860 armies.
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