Remington Bench Loader?

Howdy,

I recently discovered the fun of BP pistol shooting. I'm a relative beginner as BP goes, but I've done a fair amount of shooting in my day, and the smoothness and accuracy of my pistol is better than some semi auto handguns I've fired! I've found that being as fastidious as possible to consistently load the weapon is the key to high accuracy.

I like shooting my .44 1858 Remington New Army but reloading in the field can be a drag. I recently saw the post on shooting paper cartridges from rolling papers and I'm going to try that as soon as possible! Another thing I'd like to try is buying extra cylinders and preloading them at home on the bench. I try to be neat and tidy and like the controlled indoor conditions away from the wind and rains.

Does anyone know a good place to get a bench reloader for the Remington? Seems like this is also a good way to use the gun's loading lever as seldom as possible saving strain/wear on the parts.

Bonjour!
I have recently bought a Pietta 1858 Competition and decided to get a loading stand for it. The prices here (in France) are about $95 so I asked a friend who loves to make things if he could replicate one from the pictures in a catalogue. He is currently working on one for me so if it passes it's field tests I will post the details of how to copy it.

If you can't wait then try and find one with a regulator stop on it so you can adjust the depth of entry for the rammer.

I have attached a picture from a French catalogue so you can see what I mean.
Cheers
Duncan

You don't have to worry about the loading lever pin on the Remingtons. They wiill last forever and can take a lot of strain. The extra cylinders are really nice and the best way to go.
I load my powder and wad , grease over wad while the cylinder is on the bench. Then I place it in the Revolver to load the ball. Take out and do the next one and I leave that one in and cap it, ready to go. carry the spare cylinder in your cylinder pouch.
If you want to buy a bench loader here is where you can get them for for about $15.00. You can ad a gage as was suggested above or you can just place a mark on the ram with a metal awl. I just seat mine snug and firm and never had a problem.
Hope this helps with what you want to do.Mike
http://www.possibleshop.com/cap-ball-supplies.htm

Hello. I just got into BP revolver shooting myself. Though not new in BP shooting or hunting myself, last weekend was the first time I shot my Ruger Old Army 5 1/2" blued barrel. I used at Hornady .457 bullets behind an Ox-Yoke lubed wad and 30 gr. of 777. It made ragged holes at 15 feet.

I have to admit, loading was quite a pain. A bystander commented, "Sure looks like alot of work to me." I decided to get myself a loading stand from thunderridge muzzleloading. The order is still in process, but I'm sure it would make the loading process much faster and with less labor.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/Buff777/loadingstand.jpg