Pioneer pistol from Traditions!

[PreglerD]

Hello from Germany,

I was able to buy a nearly new pioneer pistol for € 88/$ 105 at egun. Its cal is .45. Have anyone expirience with the pistol? What loads are used? thanks for any answers.

Kirrmeister

 

[renovato]

Hi Dirk. A friend of mine brings his Pioneer every time we go shooting. It loves 30 grains 3F Goex with a wad under the ball. It seems to like any load between 25 and 35 grains though. It's a very sweet shooting pistol. Congrats on the good deal!

 

[piteruu]

Well, it is Ardessa... The barrel isn't perfect, but not bad. It could be a little rough inside. The crown is rather ok. but ask photo. Twist (1:16") is ok for target shooting. Usualy they have heavy triggers. All lock parts needs some polish. Shoot good with 1.2 -1.5g BP, patch and roundball. You can shoot with maxiball and 2g bp too - heavy load, significant recoil.

 

[pathfndr]

I shoot a .45 Pioneer. It likes 25g P or goex fff with .015 pillow ticking patch and .440 Lee mold balls and a felt wad. The heavy trigger pull is caused by the little u shaped spring. Judiciuos adjusting that spring by bending it together slighly resulted in a real nice trigger pull on mine. Clover leafs at 25 yards off of sandbags.