"....for cowboy anyway, whats the point? We are't tying to kill anything, just make it ping!"
JB, that's not necessarily correct. I play cowboy the way I envision it being done in the 1860's through early 1900's. Easy to understand that I'll Never be any serious competition for anyone, but that is the point.
Besides, I DO try to kill with this load, I use it for deer, coyote and dispatching downers. I, being somewhat simplistic, like to use one load for everything. While there is normally a Combat Commander close at hand, there is ALWAYS a Colt SAA stuffed with 250 grains of wheel weights sitting on 38 grains of 3f beside my bed and as arcane as that may sound, I sleep quite well. Why, you may wonder, would anyone chose a SAA and Black Powder for home protection? Simple, it's effective, and in the course of a years time, I'll shoot 10 times as much of this combination as with all other guns and loads combined.