carrying single shot pistol?

[ss1]

How does one carry single shot pistol and keep the ball in place. I do not feel that in the old days, they ckeked the ball ever so often?

 

[tom hargrove]

the patch should hold the ball tightly in place. :thumbsup:

 

[redwing]

What do you mean checked the ball very often? We carry our rifles muzzle down and smooth bores the same way. If you have the right patch and ball your load stays tight. Did you ever dry ball and try to pull the load out? It does not just fall out. Don't worry be happy.

 

[ss1]

This is good to know. Knew if ball got off powder it would cause buldged barrel. Have always carried rifle muzzle-up. Except when it rained or snowed, then I covered rifle and me . Thanks to all

 

[Thumbkid]

While ML deer hunting in Michigan in late 70's I was using a T-C Hawken .50 with T/C maxi-balls. Sitting on a stump watching a trail, I kept hearing a faint whistling sound. Looking around, I couldn't locate the source. After shifting my rear around on the stump to check all directions, and moving my gun from one position to another, I decided to re-seat the maxi-ball. When I looked at the end of the barrel the maxi was sticking out of the end of the barrel. Tipping the barrel up caused the bullet to slide back toward the powder, causing a faint whistling as the air vented past the projectile. I was glad that a deer didn't show and persuade me to pull the trigger with the ball half way down the barrel. The rest of the day the barrel always pointed to the sky, and after that, patched round balls were my load of choice. (maybe all that moving around is why I never saw a deer?)

 

[mec]

some manufacturers warn against using bore sized bullets (that slightly swage into the rifling on seating) in pistols because they might migrate forward during carry. I've loaded REAL bullets in my Lyman Plains Pistol and it doens't seem to be a risk. -thumped it barrel down on the shooting bench and then checked to make sure the bullet was still against the powder.

 

[JackAubrey]

I have a .50 calibre Great Plains Pistol.Now my GPR uses a .490- .495 ball.The lyman company recommends only the .495 to be carried in the pistol.Not b/c the .490 wont work properly just that the .495 prb will be much less seseptible to slippage,as it were.I have since used .495 in both rather than carrying two different ball sizes.best regards,J.A.

 

[Blizzard of '93]

I experimented with minis in my .50 pistol, accuracy wasn't good. I tryed Lee REAL also, some better but not much, stick with PRB's.

 

[buttonbuck]

there was some website I saw that claimed with a question mark that the 54 plains (the gun sure looked like the plains pistol) with a 300 or 380 real bullet and some unreccomended load in a plains pistol is "the most powerful handgun in the world" taking mine out tomorrow I hope to hunt deer with a prb in mine if Illinois allows it

 

[buttonbuck]

my correction it was restoration firearms they now do not state the powder charge but state a maxiball in 50 and 54 as the projectile. has anyone tried maxiballs in the lyman plains pistol? does it slide out sounds like fun to try.

 

[SAJones]

I've carried my pistols in a loop hung on my belt for years, never had concern w/ balls falling out. But then, I've always used patched round balls. The pistol is not a "deer gun", it's for the coup-de-grace if needed. I have shot a deer w/ a pistol before, but a modern .41 mag.