A fix for my new 1858 Remmie

[Brokenbear]

Sold some stuff for a tidy profit so I treated me to an Uberti 1858 Remington 8" blue ..I really never read or thought about it but the projectile ram/plunger is set up for conical s for sure ...
As a ball shooter the ram's sharp edges pretty well meet the lead ring shaved from the ball and sometimes it reinserts the lead ring back on top of the ball

Any one know of someone building this plunger for round balls?

Bear

 

[Gtrubicon]

Fill it with hot glue and stick a ball in it to conform to the ball. you can always easily remove the glue plug if you change your mind on projectiles. It won’t hurt the finish or the gun. I do this quite often as I am an avid reloader of the other type of ammo. I do this on the seating stems of some reloading dies to match a bullet profile that is differen.

 

[Gee Dog]

Pietta plunger. It will fit. Contact VTI.

 

[Freedom]

Just use a cartridge deburring tool to lightly chamfer the cylinder holes.. and it will stop shaving the lead ring.

 

[Flintlock Whiskey]

If you feel you are getting frustrated with it, you can donate it to my favorite charity.

 

[Blackpowderart]

It's the gun. Get rid of it immediately

 

[maillemaker]

I have used JB Weld to make the plunger match the bullet nose profile. Coat the nose of the bullet with vaseline and put some JB Weld in the plunger cavity and squish it on down. Then file it nice and neat once it sets up.

But really it's not a big deal. Basically you're turning your round balls into semi wadcutters. Should make nice holes in paper.

 

[Pete453]

This one

 

[Gee Dog]

A 21st Century problem,