[Afy]

Well... as usual when I get involved with anything I become obsessive....

I have a couple of Remmie New Army's, a '60 Army and Walker all 44 which I enjoy shooting..

Am wondering if I should get a .36 and if so which one?

Personally I like standardisation which makes things easier and ammunition interchangeable.

Is shooting a .36 very different in terms of accuracy than a .44? Recoil is not an issue. Other than with a .22 my accuracy doesnt seem to change very much up to a .50 DE.

[hildo]

We have something in commen Afy.
I get obsessive too. Just started shooting a year ago and now have a Dragoon, Walker, Rogers & Spencer, two .69 muskets, a 50-70 (actually 12.7x43R) Swedisch Carl Gustaf made rolling block rifle... and ran out of money :D

If you stay with .44 you have standarized your guns!

My accuracy on handguns is not too good, except also with a .22 (revolver) with which I manage to keep it 'all in the black' on 25 meters (30 yards or so).
I do not understand why. Is a .22 more accurate than bigger calibers in general?

[Plink]

Thumbs up to both of you! Being obsessive about guns is what makes it so dang addicting!

.22's can be pretty accurate guns, but I think the reason many of us tend to shoot better with them is that they're just easier to shoot, overall. We spend more time focusing on the shot and less focusing on recoil followthrough. I often fall back to the .22 when my groups start to open up. Shooting it for a while gets my focus back and I can switch to the bigger guns again.

[pohill]

Get an 1851 .36 Navy or the 1861 .36 Navy. Great guns, cheaper to shoot (less powder, less lead). Great looking guns, too. Accurate, powerful...
Or the Remington in .36. Or a Paterson .36 (with separate loading lever) if you like a challenge.
I have a timeline going, starting with the 1836 Paterson to the 1862 .36 Pocket Police. I'm missing a few in between but it gives me something to look for...

[dwave]

I suggest getting a .36. My choice would be the 1851 Navy myself. I love mine. The .36 doesn't give off as much of a bang or smoke but it is so fun to shoot. I put more rounds through my 51 than any other gun I own.

Hey Pohill, I don't save any powder between my .36 or .44. I use 15 gr. 777 in both, and when I can the good stuff, real Black.

[Afy]

Well I put the proposal in front of my finance minister... i.e. the wife and she has shot it down.... ah well the joys of being whipped:neener:

[pohill]

There's a way around that. For some reason, women love the 1862 .36 Pocket Police. I bought one and announced to my wife that it was her gun. She actually likes it, though I think she only shot it once. About a year later I was going to trade it for another gun, but she said, "No way, that's MY gun." We still have it.

[Afy]

That wont work since she doesnt enjoy BP shooting. Doesnt like the smoke...

[mec]

big challenge having a wife and a black powder instrument in the same house. they generally deplore the cleaning ritual and the mephetic odor.
They think they own every sink in the house.

actually, there's little to choose from between the two bore sizes. both deliver light recoil and about the same accuracy. The .44 groups may actually look smaller as the larger holes look closer together.

[Old Dragoon]

I had a wife once. She said" It's me or the Guns, you have to choose." I told her; "I've owned some of those guns longer than I have known you!, and you won't like the choice I make!" :what:

She didn't. :evil:

Now I can clean my guns, reload, etc. on the kitchen table if I want too.:neener: .

[LubeckTech]

I got into Cap and Ball about 2 months ago with a Ruger Stainless Old Army then a couple weeks later bought a 1851 in .44 and enjoy both enough I am about to start casting .454 and .457s. A couple weeks ago I was at a gun show and spied a 1860 army steel for $125 I was disappointed when I discovered it was .36 the dealer dropped to $100.00 and said if I wanted a .44 he had a brass framed 1851 he would sell for $100.00. The 1851 was really ragged finish wise but had a good bore and action. I really didn't want a .36 but started thinking that it was a good buy and would be a good candidate for a cartridge conversion. After further ponderation and BullShooting with the dealer I made him an offer he couldn't refuse and walked away with both for $150. When you walk through a hotel lobby exiting a gunshow with a big revolver in each front pocket Bill Hockok style people get out of the way AND address you as sir - well at least those who are not making tracks in the other direction. Despite the looks of the 1851 it really shoots well as for the .36 I have not shot it yet but will soon. I'll post pics of them this weekend either in this or another thread on this forum.