Rem .36 cal.?

[Rebel]

Ok, i decided against the Rogers & Spencer because i have small hands and everyone said it fits large hands. So, how about an 1858 Rem. in .36 cal. Anybody got one? If so, how do they shoot? Are they as accurate as the .44 Rem.? How much powder will the chambers hold, more than a Navy Colt? Any info on these appreciated.

 

[arquebus]

As I mentioned in my post in your R&S thread, I bought a Remington .36 after having owned two of the Euroarms R&S revolvers, due to the Remington's grip being more suitable for my hand size. I enjoy shooting it immensley, it is VERY accurate.....from a rest it will easilly hold the 9-ring on a B-17 target at 25yds. I use 20gns (by volume) of Goex 3Fg with a Hornady .375" RB with just a little scoopfull of CofW between powder & ball. I use WonderLube over the balls, it does the job, but I think there are better lubes out there.....it gets very runny in warm weather.....but I have a dozen jars to use up!

 

[Rebel]

Thanks, how much powder will the chambers hold do you know?

 

[tom hargrove]

ever try the ox-yoke revolver wads there pre-lubed and work great plus they are never messy.and seal the chamber better than grease :wink:

 

[Rebel]

Yep and they do work good.

 

[arquebus]

For reasons unknown I've never had much success with wonder wads in either my .36 or .44 revolvers. However, they have made a noticeable improvement in accuracy in my .34 caliber Adams.
I also use a WW as an over powder wad in my .451 bullet rifle & it really does work wonders in it, either the lubed or dry wads.

 

[arquebus]

Rebel, I'm thinking about 25gns.

 

[Don]

Rebel,

The .36 Rem will hold 28 grains of 3f. I use Pyro P which compresses easier than old fashioned black. This load makes a .36 nothing to sneeze at in the power dept. Muzzle velocities over 1000fps and fpe over 200. My .36 Rem is very accurate with 25 grains of Pyro-P and round ball. I've also shot the Lee conicals out of it with 22 grains of powder and gotten acceptable accuracy but not nearly as good as the round balls. I think you'll like the Rem in .36.

Don

 

[Rebel]

I sure thought the Remmy .36 would hold mor epowder than that. I had a little Colt style '62 Pocket Police that was a tiny little thing and it would hold 22 gr. Ohh well.

 

[Robert an saa fan]

Years ago had a very early Lyman marked Remington .36 made by Uberti before Lyman switched to Euroarms.

The Lyman/Uberti was superb quality; fit & finish were excellent... even the loading lever flat had a nicely stamped assembly number.

Action/cylinder timing was great, no marring of cylinder.

Being an older Remington it had the smaller grip frame/grips.

I think the newer .36 size Remington replicas by Uberti & Pietta have the bigger grip frame/grips like the newer .44's do.

Hopefully you can handle various ages of Remingtons and find what fits you best. Think they have been making the bigger size for roughly the past ten years.

Can not remember how much powder that Lyman/Uberti would take as max. but it was a very good shooter.

Hope this helps. :hmm:

 

[Rebel]

The one i am working on getting is a Lyman, but not sure if it is Uberti or not. On the frame is stamped what looks like (PN and XX7), that tell anyone who made it?

 

[Don]

Rebel,

If you leave out the wad you might squeeze in a couple of more grains of powder.

Don

 

[Rebel]

Yea, a few more grains will fit then. I don't need max loads though, just wondered about the chamber capacity. Thanks.

 

[mykeal]

PN is the Italian proof house hallmark, which only says that it is an Italian manufactured gun. No information as to which manufacturer. There are usually two proof house hallmarks together, one with the PN and the other is a rectangle with what looks like crossed swords or guns inside. The XX7 means the gun was made in 1971.

There should be other hallmarks as to the manufacturer. A "U" inside what looks to be the end of an octagonal barrel is for Uberti; Euroarms uses the letters DGG with the two G's arranged vertically after the D, inside a circle. This hallmark may be on the underside of the barrel or the frame in front of the trigger guard.

 

[Rebel]

Thanks Mykeal, but all i have are a few pic of it to go on. Ohh well, i if i can get it cheap enough i guess it don't matter who made it as long as it isn't ASM. Ok, on the other side there is what kinda looks like the octagon with a U in the center, so i guess it is Uberti. Thats good. Thanks.