Richland Arms .44

[brazosland]

Anyone have one? It’s roll marked .44 on the barrel.

Having trouble coming up with a ball/patch combo that it likes. Using .410 balls and thick patched .395s. I ordered some .424 balls but they will barely go down the bore unpatched.

Pic for those of you like me that are just here for the gun porn…

 

[brazosland]

FYI

Bought these as a pair from a member here without locks. Fitted RPL locks, one flint and converted this one to percussion. Nice guns.

 

[deerstalkert]

my Richland arms rifle is Investarms made, are these also?
what ever that is a nice looking pistol! yep! just here for the porn!!

 

[Flintlock]

Is the bore super clean to begin with, have you tried a wide variety of powder charges, Has anyone else tried shooting it.

 

[brazosland]

Played with 30,35 and 40 grns of 3F.

They were unfired when I got them. The bores are shiny and slick.

Haven’t had anyone else shoot them but I am an LE/Mil/College instructor at a pretty high level and a Master class shooter in a couple of sports. Dont think it’s the loose nut behind the trigger…but you never know!

 

[deerstalkert]

hate to open this can of worms but what lube are ya using? and i assume they are rifled?

 

[brazosland]

Dry patches lubed with Tracks Mink oil. Yep, rifled.

 

[springfield art]

Anyone have one? It’s roll marked .44 on the barrel.

Having trouble coming up with a ball/patch combo that it likes. Using .410 balls and thick patched .395s. I ordered some .424 balls but they will barely go down the bore unpatched.

Pic for those of you like me that are just here for the gun porn…

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Very nice. I like the striations at the rear of the lock plate. There are guys who can make any diameter round ball mould you want. Good luck.

 

[springfield art]

hate to open this can of worms but what lube are ya using? and i assume they are rifled?

...said R.E. Lee, the guy who betrayed his service and Country and ordered thousands of his men into sure death at Gettysburg. Just sayin'.

 

[deerstalkert]

...said R.E. Lee, the guy who betrayed his service and Country and ordered thousands of his men into sure death at Gettysburg. Just sayin'.

????

 

[brazosland]

...said R.E. Lee, the guy who betrayed his service and Country and ordered thousands of his men into sure death at Gettysburg. Just sayin'.

What?

 

[Grenadier1758]

@brazosland, have you measured the land to land diameter of the barrel. Back when those pistols were made, caliber descriptions were less than precise and the 44 caliber is likely to be the groove diameter. The ball should be 0.020" smaller in diameter than the land to land diameter with a patch thickness that compresses to the groove depth. Use a reasonably slick lubricant. At this point, dishwashing soap or olive oil can be a reasonable lubricant. Spit will work too. Your choice of the 0.410 ball is likely to be good. You have the pistol so you should get the tools to do the measurements.

 

[Notchy Bob]

FYI

Bought these as a pair from a member here without locks. Fitted RPL locks, one flint and converted this one to percussion. Nice guns.

You did a nice job fitting that lock. I've heard of Richland Arms but I don't know anything about them. That's a good looking pistol.

For bore sizes of .50 caliber and under, you can use the smooth, unfluted shanks of drill bits as plug gauges to get a pretty good idea of land-to-land diameter. It's good to have sets of fractional, letter gauge, and possibly metric bits to cover all the sizes.

Best regards,

Notchy Bob

 

[hawkeye2]

I use drill bit shanks as pin gauges regularly. This set is a bargain for use like that they work surprisingly well as drill bits too. When I find a shank that fits I always check it with a mic as these are a little less than exact.

Titanium M2 High Speed Steel Drill Bit Set, 115 Pc.

 

[smoothshooter]

...said R.E. Lee, the guy who betrayed his service and Country and ordered thousands of his men into sure death at Gettysburg. Just sayin'.

??????
Wouldn’t hurt to read up more on Lee and legislative actions of northern politicians against the south.
Slavery, although wrong, was not the only issue.

 

[deerstalkert]

...said R.E. Lee, the guy who betrayed his service and Country and ordered thousands of his men into sure death at Gettysburg. Just sayin'.

educated in public schools were you?

 

[brazosland]

You did a nice job fitting that lock. I've heard of Richland Arms but I don't know anything about them. That's a good looking pistol.

For bore sizes of .50 caliber and under, you can use the smooth, unfluted shanks of drill bits as plug gauges to get a pretty good idea of land-to-land diameter. It's good to have sets of fractional, letter gauge, and possibly metric bits to cover all the sizes.

Best regards,

Notchy Bob

That is an outstanding idea! Never considered using drill bits as pin gauges! Love this place.

Not home at the moment where my calipers are…brought it with me to play with in the evening. Gonna try shooting the .395 balls with .02 patches. They seem to press fit well.

The .410 balls are giving me 3-4” groups at 20 yards. I’d like a little better than that.

The grooves are very shallow IMO…these pistols likely date to the 70’s or 80’s. Could they have been built for slugs?

I will post a pic of the flintlock also when I get home. They both balance and point nicely.

 

[springfield art]

??????
Wouldn’t hurt to read up more on Lee and legislative actions of northern politicians against the south.
Slavery, although wrong, was not the only issue.

Everyone's always trying to re-fight the Civil War; it was 160 years ago.

 

[springfield art]

educated in public schools were you?

Private.

 

[brazosland]

Private.

Good for you. Now take it somewhere else, I don’t need your thread drift in my thread.