This sounds good. Am I like n my Colt s Patent repeaters of pocket, belt and holster calibers?! Oh, you know I am! , and that s true enough!
I ve got m all, and I don t mind saying, I don t have enough of them. I have at least an example each of all the production Colts. I fire an example each.
Where I am, I can fire at will! I fire about three times a week. I have targets set up all over the place. I have all the appendages for them, I fire light, medium and heavy elongated balls cast from the Colt molds. I can size down and up the balls for a perfect fit/performance affect. The light pocket (48 Pocket), I charge it with 1/2d /120 to the lb light elongated. I charge the pistol without disassembling it. It performs r e a l well at 50yds. The light elongated ball hot butter knifes right through a 2'' fir board where the round ball only penetrates half into the board.
I recently got ahold of a 1862 pocket mold for the improved pockets I have (4'' 49 Pocket). GREAT! just g r e a t .
1- picture shows,- Pistol- Improved Pocket, 4''. Shot fired from 70yds. Aim point was 60'' low (aim/hit point is zero at 220yds!!! 12' group). Missed target center by 13 ''. Ball,- 70g cast from a Colt mold from 1862. The fired one, recovered, next to an unfired one. Charged w/14g. Penetrated 2.2 7/8'' pine boards.
2- Target array. I fire at it from as far as 300yds. The bafflke target is for penetration results and so on.