Cap and Ball pistol for deer

[the priest]

I was out yesterday for a few hours inhaling white smoke. Ran through almost 3/4 pound of powder during intermitent rain showers. The loads were 30-50 grains of pyrodex p and wound up feel pretty darned confident about the accuracy of the revolver and consistency with it. (we're getting along nicely :grin

The only change is going to be the powder as I was getting a lot of hangfires/double ignitions(again),...and i believe the pyrodex is the culprit as black and 777 don't show the same problem. Lots of time for shooting and tinkering though. :winking:

On the conicals and wadcutters,...while I greatly appreciate any advice/insight,...I'm going to stick with roundballs. I've read a few articles from period writers all saying the same thing. The roundballs kill better/more effectively than conicals. Conicals being heavier will penetrate better for sure but don't do the damage of a ball as most are round nosed and won't open up at revolver velocities. The inverted conical is a great idea, and i've shot a 100 or so like this in the past, but accuracy is poor for me. IMHO accuracy is more important.

Sorry for the ramblings and thinking out loud in general,...this is something I've wanted to do for a loooooong time!!!!!

 

[Tinker2]

This is one of my deer guns.

Tinker2

 

[Lone Carabiner]

Nice shoulder stock. Where did you get it?
Noticed the 'barley corn' front sight, there is some glare on the rear- is that a target sight rail?

 

[the priest]

Nice looking stock Tinker2. How does it shoot? :hmm:

 

[bigbore442001]

That is a neat stock for the revolver. I always wondered how well they work. So, where did you get the stock if you don't mind if I ask?

 

[Tinker2]

Lone Carabiner

Shoulder stock is for the old 1851 Navy. I have had it
a long time.
Sights are just the standard sights on Cabelas 1858
Remington copy. glare on the rear is just glare. [url] http://www.cabelas.com/cabela...&parentType=index&indexId=cat20817&hasJS=true[/url]
Stock[url] http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_92_187_189&products_id=7271[/url]

The Priest

That gun, in the picture, I have not shot yet. That stock
is fit to two other pistols, one of which shoots as well as
some of my better muzzle loading rifles.

bigbore442001

For me they work great. Easy to put the stock in a back
pack and take with on treks. Very handy. I like them a
lot. Keep both hands behind the front of the cylinder.



Tinker2

 

[Old Ironsights]

A thought on shooting bullets. An artical many years back talked about using connicals loaded backwards in a ROA to get the wad cutter effect. You may not get as much penatration but a nice clean hole for more blood to come out off. Just a thought
The 44 will take deer in the hands of someone who knows how to use it.
I did see a deer run off after being shot twice with a 243, once with a 22LR and once with a 357 from 10 feet. Some deer are hard to stop.

Absolutely not needed. Not when the 200gr REAL is such a good bullet for that gun.

IMO, the round-nose "ROA Conicals" are good only as raw lead to re-cast into REALs.

If you want somthing heavier than a .457rb in a .45 ROA, you can't beat the 200gr Lee REAL.

It's an amazing bullet out of that gun.

 

[Lone Carabiner]

I saw in the Lee catalog the .45 REAL mould and wondered if they could be used in a .44 revolver. Do you personally use them? Any sort of resizing neccesary? I use conicals from a Lee mould in both my c&p revolvers, more wallop than a round ball, shoots a little better but takes a little longer to load. I've yet to discover a quick way to pre-lube them before going afield (foot trek). I just take GO-JO in an Altoids tin and dip the heel of the slug in when loading.

 

[Old Ironsights]

The top driving band of the .45 REAL is at least .457 since the chamber edge of a ROA cylinder will still cut a ring of lead on seating. (IIRC the ROA chambers/bore are .452)

Most .44 revolvers are smaller yet, so cutting lead from the topmost driving band might be problematic. Haven't tried it tho.

 

[spitfire]

I was wondering what your Max BP loads with 200gr LEE Real bullets in your ROA?I am also curious about Ballistics-Trajectory,Velocity and ft/# energy? :hmm:

 

[cs4268]

To answer you question... Back in 1988 when I lived in NY, you could not use a revolver during the Special Blackpowder season, but if you had a NYS - pistol permit, it would be legal to hunt with a percussion revolver during the regular season. I have shot several deer using a 44 Colt and 44 Remington. I used round balls and Blackpowder. All of the deer were shot at close range, 30 yards or less. Just remember to work up an accurate load and practice a lot.