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Your just talking. I have done it. Vaseline over the balls and I was able to use up a whole box of.440 it chain fired every time I skipped the lube. I even got all six to Go off one time. With the lube no chain fire.

got home from a hike this evening and had just enough light to see my front sights. let two cylinders of 200g bad boys fly. The muzzle flash is quite impressive this time of the evening. hit the 5 inch steel a few times at 25 yrds, hit the 6 inch steel at 40 yrds a few hits on paper and a...

actually grease over balls has great efect in stopping chain fires if your balls are under sized. tested it with a batch of .440 balls. agreed that not necessary for chain fires with .454 balls but I do find that no lube equals harder to clean.

I shot out my first two brassers with real black powder. shot out the buffalo with T7. Super simple solution. Just say no to brassers. Buy steel and shoot whatever you want. Heck I did not even shoot heavy loads. Just 25g and round ball. I have to admit that I got sucked in by the pretty color...

I am sure it means that whatever it is it ain't strong enough. This rig was nice and tight when it was new.

I do use T7 so 25g quite a bit hotter than real BP. I shot about 80 rnds this afternoon. My accuracy went to **** at the end. Could have been fouling or a case of the flinchies. when I cleaned there was a band of thick fouling completely obscuring the rifling for about the 1 1/2 inches on...

The brasser colts I had in the 70s the arbor was loose after a thousand rounds or so. Finally the hammer would not even hit the nipples. Those were.36 cal. Simply not worth it for me to ever buy a brasser again. Three strikes now.. Just when you get the thing really dialed in it's toast...

It absolutely has cylinder shake. Lots of it but when it was new it was nice and tight.

I am not volunteering to stand in front of these things.

these things are cast with soft lead. they expand just fine.

not sure what that is supposed to mean. This is a 2020 Pietta and if brass is better than it was in the 70s this is certainly not good enough.

Shot my brass buffalo out. Shot two open top .36 cals loose in the 70s. I bought the rumor going around that modern brass is better than what they used in the 70s so I took a chance on a brass 1858 and I got burned. less than two years old when this revealed itself. she is looser than a 40...

After shooting the 200g lee conical in my 1858 for the last few weeks I am completely hooked. I put a brand new front sight on the 1858 from Taylors and benched it for a few shots. ground down the sight and then a few more shots until I got a 6 o'clock hold that I am happy with. I have not...

I have a buffalo fantasy gun but its a brasser and looser than an old saloon gurl now....

1851 navy is awesome just get 36 cal. with steel frame. if you want a .44 get a 60 army or an 1858

After shooting 3 brassers loose I see that as just $50.00 down the drain.

its not historically correct. it would have been in .36cal. Its a brasser. fine if you just want a wall hanger but if you are interested in a gun to shoot regularly with whatever loads you wish and last a lifetime get a steel frame.

Been shooting Lee 200g conicals through my 1858. Massive difference from round balls. Sends my steel absolutely Flying. I suspect.36 cal conicals would be much better than rb if you get the dope on the sights right. I am starting to get the feel for the 200g load in my 1858. Hitting 5" steel at...

starting to really like this load . Lyman 200g conical and 25g T7 getting good hits on 25yrd 5" steel and 40yrd 6" steel. seems to be more reliable than RB when left loaded? havent had a missfire or slow fire since I switched to conicals? perhaps this is because of the wax lube vs bore butter...

if you tried switching colt cylinders in the heat of battle it would not take long to lose your wedge. there were a heck of a lot more colts than Remingtons. Heck there are many more replica Rimingtons than there ever was originals. the most famous charecter from the old west known as a...