Shot the sheriff pistol

[Alden]

Geez that's still nice and I'm glad you found it!

 

[cynthialee]

Well I just cast 90 good roundballs for it. Only had 30 rejects. Getting better at this casting thing.



It is loaded and ready to go but I ran out of gas after I got the casting and loading and cleaning up after casting done. Probably shoot it tomorrow. As it has no pins between chambers it is only loaded on 5 chambers.

It is loaded with 20 Grains of 3F and .380 round balls.

 

[azmntman]

I WANT ONE :wink: post some pics of target accuracy if ya get a chance

 

[Wes/Tex]

As it has no pins between chambers it is only loaded on 5 chambers.

Excellent plan...you can't be too safe...and this is the guy with a hole thru a door and the shower stall wall...now filled! Don't forget to take the smart turn in the road!

 

[cynthialee]

I do not see why they neglected to put pins on it. The hammer is slotted for them.

Yet another situation where I wish I had stayed in metal shop longer than 2 semesters and learned how to do my own metal work.

 

[Wes/Tex]

:thumbsup:

 

[MSW]

As it has no pins between chambers it is only loaded on 5 chambers.

Excellent plan...you can't be too safe...and this is the guy with a hole thru a door and the shower stall wall...now filled! Don't forget to take the smart turn in the road!

at least you got some metal shop ... my parents were terrified that I would "fall in" with "those people" (I guess they meant folks who worked with their hands) and that I would turn into some drooling knuckle dragger with the brain pan of a gnat and the attention span of a sugared up seven year old with ADD...


bwahahaha!

now I work in a mill and I wear safety shoes all the time and there's a union card in my wallet and

grrrrr!

I had to learn all my meager metal working skills by myself. wood working, too. (I did, however, have excellent coaching when it came to learning how to cuss ... four and a half years as a paratrooper will teach you how to swear in half a dozen languages, at least)

really like that pistol: plenty of bling, but still graceful..

:thumbsup:

 

[azmntman]

I learned both the art of cussing AND caught the BP bug from my boss in the pressroom. Still crack up when recalling some of the rigamores he used when we threw a plate etc. AND since he (foolishly) got out of BP I was able to buy all but one of his guns. passed on a TC flinter as it would NOT spark. I may rethink, offer a token amount and see if any of y'all can give me some pointers on why it only went off every three trys. NOT a metal guy so I cannot "harden" anything. Bet I could get it outta him for $100.00 +/-

 

[Alden]

And send the frizzen out...

Or stop by an old timey blacksmith shop, have them leave the face down in burning forge coals an hour, and spray quench the glowing face with oil.

 

[cynthialee]

I shot it again just to make smoke and I was clearing and cleaning another gun so I figured why not.

I need to set up some proper targets and take pictures.
30 yards, aiming at a shot up steel drum single handed, off hand, and 3 of the 5 shots for sure hit the barrel.
20 grains 3F goex, no filler, no wads, one drop of 30 weight motor oil over each roundball to seal against chain fire. I know I know....petroleum products and black powder.... :yakyak: Just one drop on the ball isn't going to complicate things.

I can't wait until I get some warm weather and the snow melts off my shooting table.

 

[hanshi]

That is truly a fine looking little revolver. Is it the one they call the "1862 Army Pocket Police" .36 that weighs at under 30oz? I've been wanting one of those for a long time and may find a way to get one before too long.

That's a really nice gun.

 

[cynthialee]

It isn't little though. The frame is as large as my 1851. Looks more like an 1860 but in .36 instead of .44
I just weighed it and it weighs in at 40.75 ounces.

Edit to add: weight is unloaded

 

[azmntman]

what size drum was it Cynthia?

 

[bubba15301]

its a 1861 navy with a shorter barrel

 

[cynthialee]

the big one 55 gallons
But it is half buried in the snow and I was aiming at the exposed part.