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off thread a bit but Fayette County. I have lived here since 1961 and have killed many many copperheads a few coral snakes and a pair of lost cottonmouth water moccasins caught wandering through my front yard a long way from the Colorado river...

Not a bad question mpatrick because a gas check is a copper disk with the edges turned up to form a shallow cup used to protect the base of a bullet from the heat produced by burning smokessomwhatless powders. A gas check really has no function in C&B shooting. I would suggest to use fingernail...

look for "every thing you wanted to know" further down in this section. There is a complete explaination of caps, cones and measurements. Twenty some odd pages of solid gold. Bunk

Art you are exactly correct, Shooting C&B revolvers is a pastime regularly done by me and always only five chambers on a six shot revolver are loaded and capped hammer down on the empty chamber. My 1862 Colt Police, being a five shooter, all chambers are loaded but capped on the firing line but...

My comment about mucking up the barrel was about boring it. out smooth. I did not see any leading in my barrel, but were less than 10 rounds fired and I doubt there will be any more. This exercise was simply a proof of concept operation. We do not have rattle snakes in this part of Central...

The gas check over shot wad worked very well. I used a .40 S&W case for a measure otherwise loaded as above but with .45 gas check skirt up rather than a lube wad over the column. It looked like a Wonder wad would fit over the powder with that powder and shot quantities. Seating the gas check...

The felt wad used in testing was very tight fit and the lube is sticky. There was no problem with anything coming loose. BUT if I was going to carry the revolver loaded like this the wad would be glued in place with a fast drying glue or fingernail polish. I am going to try the gas check idea...

RULE #3 applies to C&B just like suppository guns Bunk

but it will muck up an expensive barrel.

Can shot be used in a revolver and the answer is why not? The revolver used in this test is a .44 caliber Pietta Marshal 5 ½” barrel. Testing different volumes of GOEX FFFg powder and equal volumes of # 7 ½ shot the one that gave the best results was a 1.0 cc dipper of powder,(aproximately 15...

we don't have rattlers around here but with copperheads I just step on one when wearing boots then let the head come out and remove it with a sharp knife. A technique that takes some practice but it works. Back on thread Shot going through a rifled...

File or sand VERY carefully. The difference between works and junk is very small. A smart man learns from experience a wise man learns from others experience BE WISE go slowly Bunk

I have Slixshot cones on my 1860 Army Snubby and the CCI# 11 caps work pretty well on the first strike and almost always on the second strike. The gun is match conditioned with a Lee's Gunfighter lighter mainspring and that might be a problem. The hammer stop is set for that spring and I am not...

Hi NAS I was a CAS shooter and all I wanted is for the gun to go bang five times every time. Minute of M1 Abrams tank is good enough for that fun. Good luck at the championships and you need to squeeze every second of angle to compete in that rarefied atmosphere. Hold Center Hit Center That is...

Hi there Griz., Since I load off the frame it is faster for me to drop powder stick in a wad and go to the next chamber. But what ever works for you that lard wax 50:50 is what my wads are soaked in. I have in the past had problems with canola oil sweating out of the wad and contaminating the...

the load is 25 grains FFFg, a felt lube wad, a .451" ball. I decided to do this test after the cylinder was loaded . The lube used is a lard and paraffin wax mix about the consistency of SPG. As you can see the lubricant is blown away by gas escaping the barrel/cylinder gap, which is minimum. It...

get in a dimly lighted spot and pop a cap you will be amazed at the ball of fire. just the cap makes You don't notice it in the daylight but wow!

This is my final test using RWS 1075 caps on Slixshot nipples. The guns used were three Pietta snub nose revolvers one 1860 Army and two 1851 Navy all.44 caliber. All were match conditioned by the same gun smith except the Army main spring was replaced with an original heavier spring. All six...

Gentlemen, Since all my C&B revolvers are match conditioned and fitted with a hammer stop , Slixshot nipples, and lightened mainsprings my testing is somewhat restricted. I know for a certain fact that all the revolvers work with Remington #10 caps 100% but I hate to waste them rolling cans and...

Got in 5 shots with the 1075 caps on Slixshot nipples. The first round was dry fire the second strikes were live fire. Everything is loaded and capped weather permitting we shall see tomorrow June 2. Bunk