Shiny New Remington

I use a large pot full of (almost) boiling water (lightly soapy) for cleaning my pistols. Your standard cleaning kit might or might not work, depending on the caliber of the brushes and swabs. Remember when brushing and swabbing, do the barrel from the rear. The cylinders are done from the front, of course. Remove the nipples and drop them in the water while you take the rest of the pistol apart.

I remove the nipples, grips, barrel, cylinder and drop the metal parts in the water while I clean the grips. Then pull up the barrel and clean it with brush and swabs. Get into the little nooks and crannies and wedge slot. Set it aside on a large cooky tin. Grab the cylinder and clean it, using a pipe cleaner on the nipple holes. Set it aside on the cooky tray. Grab the frame and clean it using rags and pipe cleaners. Set it aside on the cooky tray. Slide that tray into the oven preheated to 180F or so (not over 200F.) Pull the niples out and blow them out with a squirt from the Ballistol can. (I don't use the aerosol Balistol, but the 16 oz can with the pump sprayer.) The stuff in the oven should be dry by this time, so pull it out. HOT, HOT, HOT!!! When it cools to the point you can just barely handle it, spray it lightly with Ballistol, inside and out. The barrel will be the last part to cool enough to handle.

When the frame and barrel get cool enough to handle easily, wipe it down lightly and reassemble.

I use the same basic procedure with my rifles, but finish with a wipe down the bore of the barrel with Natural Lube 1000 or Wonder Lube while it is quite warm.

Pops

My new Cabelas pistols get wiped with a cotton tshirt. Then a coat of rem oil. Ballistil is great also.

Check out Duelist1954's videos on youtube. He has several that talk you through the loading, shooting and cleaning process. Congrats on the new arrival...NOW POST SOME PICTURES GEEEZE!

Most are that way. It wont be a problem once ya put the ball on and press it in.

I do not charge the cylinder when it is under the rammer. But down bbl up charge the cylinder nearest the rammer Lay the ball on top of the cylinder you just charged, and gently roll the cylinder and ball under the rammer. drop the rammer and let it center theball and cylinder. ram it home. do 5 if you want an empty cylinder, or all six. Then cover cylinder mouth with ball lube, so it won't chain fire.
I use virgin olive oil for lube on the cyinder pin and to lube the innards when I clean them ater shooting. if you get too much powder residue while shooting I clean again with the olive oil. Remy's are easy to clean and oil on the range.

Old Dragoon has it. Except that I load one, skip one, load the rest if I want only 5 loaded.

I've never used olive oil, but have heard it is pretty good for that lube. I like to use a graphite grease if I'm going to store the piece for a long period, otherwise I use Wonder Lube.

Pops

When I got a revolver new, all I did was grab a rag and go at it while watching a western. It gets a good amount of oil off the steel, but you still leave enough on to protect it from rust.

Congrats The 8" Pietta Remington was my first cap and ball too. It's still one of my favorites. Easy to load, forgiving, and easy to clean and maintain.

Enjoy getting to know your new gun

I grease the cylinder pin of mine with a Teflon based lubricant. It withstands temps up to 425 degrees, wipes right on, and doesn't cost much (since I just swipe it from work). So far, the infamous Remington Fouling Bind has never been an issue. I'll usually just wipe the pin down with a rag every 6 cylinders or so.

At any rate, enjoy it BP is a lot of fun. Historical, practical, cost effective, and nice way to experience a Zen Moment or two. I find that when I shoot modern guns, I blast away. With cap n ball, I can take my time, enjoy the loading process, and I always get a kick out the heads that turn at the range when a foot of flame blasts out of the end of my gun

gbeauvin said:

I've got 250 pre-lubed Big-Lube conicals ordered

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Details?

gb, I believe my Pietta 58, uses #10 caps the best w/o falling off and jamming the cylinder. In fact I use Remington #10's.

Ordered mine on the 11dec12 still not here killing me it should ship the 25th .

Pietta 58 Remingtons

My Old 2 Cents:

I Shoot Cowboy Action - SASS - I am a Rookie Frontiersman Catagory (Cap & Ball Pistols)
After some experimenting and Words of Wisdom from other Cowboys. I have found the following best for my needs.
Treso Nipples
#10 Remington Caps
451 Hornady Balls
35 Gr American Pioneer Powder FFF Per Chamber (Unless I am Reusing Balls)
Lubed Wonder Wads
I Load Powder / Wad / Ball
Nipples are Picked between reloads
Lube Action with Milatec / Clean Barrel , Cylinders and Nipples with Windex (Vinegar)
1380 Rounds Between these 3 58s - No Chain Fires or Miss Fires , So Far So Good.
Hope This Helps


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Nice rig!

35 grains per cylinder?

How do you get the ball to come out of the barrel?

OOPS

Talk About Laughing At Myself.
I Point the Revolver at the Ground and let ithe Balls Roll Out when I drop the hammer
It does save Money on Balls but it sure is Embarrising due to the Little Bit of White Smoke
Seriously: Thanks for pointing out the error. Made My Morning
Wife thought I had lost I was laughing so hard

I will correct the Post now that I have stopped LAughing

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I didn't laugh at your mistake, but I did chuckle a bit at your answer. You're welcome.

1/2 dollar

hagen what year is it?

1/2 Dollar Eagle Coins

They are from Tandy Leather. Engraved On One Side Only.
No Date

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Reusing balls? Explain

I posted a Error regarding amount of Powder I normally use
BAsed on the Powder Error the Ball would have done good to get out of the BArrel alowing me to reuse the BAlls
Sorry for the confusion I was laughing at myself for the Error

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