Somewhere (don't recall now) I read an article by a gentleman who had the brass tested at a lab. It came back as...ordinary brass, NOT "ordnance brass", which is indeed a much harder alloy that incorporates a higher content of bronze.
Leech and Rigdon? LeMat? Dance? Tucker and Sherrard?I've always kind of wanted one of the Confederate-type pistol replicas, but all have brass receivers. You have made me re-think this!
High bronze content. Much stronger than regular brass alloy. It was developed for small cannon.
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For me, I train with loads I would use for a fight, and 30 grains is what I would use for that purpose. It's the only reason I don't use lighter charges.
Usually as far as accuracy is concerned it's more about seating the ball as close to the forcing cone as possible without cylinder revolving interference than it it about powder charge.
The radial scratches are reamer marks and lead balls will not remove them. If you were shooting paper patchs they would smooth it up over time but probably not totally remove them.
Take the grip frame off and do a scratch test under the trigger plate on the frame.
Yes.
why did colt use a top strap on the 1873 in 45 which used 40 grains of BP? to make it weaker then an open top? I do not take any bodies opinion on anything when their means of making money is connected to what they are saying. look at vaccines
when I was framing houses most were on big farms that got cut up into 5 acre lots by greedy lazy kids after their parents died. I would bring the brass 1858 every day to the job for months firing it 50 60 times with 30 grains of BP along with me and 3 guys working for me. we set up a short 2x8 or 10 with the pistol in hand next to the knee and fire it from the hip. it was a lot of fun powder was cheap and available before all the hoarding
Maybe to do away with the troublesome barrel wedge design in exchange for a solid O-frame? Maybe because the cylinder did not require removal for cleaning with the frequency of a Rollin White bored-through cylinder made to fire enclosed brass case cartridges? Maybe to get a jump on the Remington conversions' more "modern" look? Maybe to do away with the hammer notch rear sight in favor of a grooved sight plane? Maybe just the next logical step in the metamorphosis of the dedicated cartridge revolver? (none of which have anything to do with vaccines)
beam me up. maybe they knew their open top wedge barrel system was prehistoric compared to the Remington. so they purposely made the 1873 weaker then the open top? I compared the vaccine to goons gun works cause his income comes from Colt open tops and is pushing to me a bad design. vaccines are pushed by the people making billions off them. they are no good either. how dont you see a connection?
Who is "pushing you to a bad design"? Last time I checked, this was America and you are free to espouse any opinion you choose, or any gun design you choose. I'm certainly not telling you which is right for you. As far as Goon goes, he works on open tops, SAA, Remingtons, and ROAs (among others), which two out of the three are top strap revolvers. In fact, his specialty is ROA conversions which are most definitely top strap design revolvers and probably the strongest of the bunch. I've had a number of very educational conversations with Mike on the pros and cons of various revolvers and their designs.
