1851 Navy On The Range Today
Took it to the Range today and used TRIPLE7 and some Home-Made FFg Black Powder. Used the standard .375" round ball for everything, lubed with SPG. CCI #11 Magnum caps. Loading loose powder and ball I managed to shoot about 30 rounds an hour and had a great time doing it. Had NO misfires or hangfires. Had no caps dropping into the lockworks. It was just a great dirty time. Triple7 gave the best velocities and accuracy for me.
Took some video and then captured the moment of ignition.
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Targets
Best Triple 7 Target
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Best FFg Target
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1851 Navy On The Range Today
30 ROUNDS PER HOUR IS MOVIN' IT!
The capper really speeds things up. (nt)
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How is Triple7
in regard to fouling the cylinder arbor? That was always the biggest issue I had with my repro '51 and '61 Navies back in the day. In the day, meaning the Carter administration.
The formula was store bought .375 round balls, I think like 15 grains by volume of Curtis & Harvey 3F, and the once omnipresent Italian #11 caps. Lube was Crisco.
After 3 cylinders full, and sometimes after 2, the arbor would get grungy enough that the whole action was sluggish, and a disassembly and cleaning was in order.
The brass framed Spiller and Burr copy I shot a lot back then, seemed much better sealed again that sort of issue.
In those days or yore, J C Penney's had the best assortment of black powder gear in town. Also you had to make sure you had caps stocked up if you wanted to shoot on Sunday. Caps could not be sold in town on Sunday due the Blue Laws we had in place. The past was weird place.
I did not have any issues with it binding up during shooting
but when I pulled it apart in the shop after I got home, there was resistance to removing the barrel and sliding the cylinder off. Not great resistance but you could definitely feel it. It did not seem to affect rotation or at least, not much.
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The fouling from the home-made black powder was really ugly.
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Windex with ammonia soak for a few minutes, then pushed a clean patch through ...
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Ele era velho.
Ele era corajoso.
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