Are You In The Historically-Accurate Camp Or Modern Practical?

I'm not yet into BP but if I do it'll be modern/practical. All firearms I own are, first and foremost, tools. But I do have some fun with them too.

I do historical BP shooting. I do modern BP shooting. I also do post-modern shooting, building guns that could be used when many of the modern components are not available.

I also do post-modern shooting, building guns that could be used when many of the modern components are not available.

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I want to see some pictures of these!

I've quit posting images on the internet. They keep popping back up in the strangest contexts.
So do these posts, by the way. Ego-Google your handle and see for yourself.
So, no more images.

Not really sure that the brass framed "Confederate" copies of Colts can be called "modern", simply because they use non-historic metals in historic roles. The steel in the "correct" copies is often much better and not the type of steel that was used either... but it's safer. True the Ruger was made as an improvement on an old idea.

I like the fact that even the cheapie brass Colt copies actually shoot very well...mine do..., and mine are from Pietta.

LD

I agree Tpelle, as historically accurate as I can get. That includes the equipment I use as well as the firearms.

I definitely tend to fall into the historically accurate camp. Sometimes with small concessions (my Cimarron Type II Richards conversion is in 45LC instead of 44 Colt because at the time I didn't have a press and wanted to reload using a hand kit). That said, I do rather want to buy one of the Pietta Colt 1860 Army "snubnose/Avenging Angel" pistols, even though they're not exactly correct.

I enjoy both.

How foolish is it to deny yourself any kind of fun when shooting firearms? We live in a candy store, my friends. Let's indulge ourselves.

I'm more historical. My remmy is carried in a repro flap holster. I do have a brass period correct powder measure for it but generally I measure out the powder in little paper tubes and store em in my cartridge pouch.

For anyone wondering coco puffs and kix keep the powder in place when shooting blanks

I never met a firearm I didn't like.
I have and use both
robert

My interest was initially modern leaning, especially when I saw how deficient a RB was, both the BC and sectional densities, and couldn't imagine it being useful past 50 yds. But I spent a lot of time on traditional forums and reading about those puny RBs getting passthroughs out at 125 yds! So my less than traditional Lyman's Deerstalker gets PRBs and likely Olde Eynsford powder.

I'm not a purist, and would also like a method in which another ignition system can be used since they can often be unavailable for extremely long periods. I've been hoping for a set of pistol primer capsules for my Ruger Old Army.

I have been getting much more interested in the historical aspect and am both drooling over Civil War weapons and Revolutionary weapons. I'm likely related to John Hancock and wanted a rifle he used and found he did not, but had a set of pistols.

I cannot find myself very interested in an inline rifle though, and placin a modern scope or Red Dot just isn't right to me. I'd like a rifle with a Malcolm scope though!

I was 18 when I bought me first C&B revolver, a brass framed 44 cal Navy. It was many, many years later that I learned that there were never any 44 caliber brass framed Navies made. It did not bother me then, it does not bother me now.

If it bothered me, I would not have bought a reproduction 1860 Henry chambered for 44-40. I do shoot nothing but Black Powder in the Henry.

The same can be said about those today who buy replica Schofield revolvers chambered for 45 Colt. It's the only game in town, unless you want to buy a very expensive original.

For black powder guns I like to stick with historical accuracy. When I built my smokepole I got a Lyman Great Plains Rifle kit and finished all the steel/iron parts in brown. For a big bore revolver I like a "Dragoon" but got a 2nd model rather than a Walker since Walkers were so rare that it would be hard to imagine how one would come to possess such a gun.

I admit that I do have to make some concessions - since bear grease is hard to come by and modern steel is just so much more reliable and consistent.

I'm in the "it goes BANG!" camp.

My love of history got me started in black powder revolvers, but my historically incorrect '58 with the 5 1/2" barrel is my favorite.

Financial constraints limit my purchases to "historically inaccurate" black powder guns, that is, from Cabela's. I'm thinkin' they resemble the originals more than they don't resemble them, and that is fine by me. My historically inaccurate .50 caliber Thompson Center Hawken---made from a kit---has gotten me many a deer. (Shhh … I carry a S&W Model 66 as a backup, wear a Timex watch, Thinsulate in my boots, et cetera.) I probably won't compromise to the point of buying a modern in-line, but I'll admit it's pulling on me.

I sure do admire the reenactors who defarb their guns and dress in period-correct garb. I'd love to be part of that.

Tpelle: you wouldn't by any chance be from a town whose initials are SG? If so we be neighbors. I'm very much into history and reenacting.

Historically-accurate

I want all my guns accurate historically or modernly.

Put me in the historically accurate camp. Colt's are my preference; but G&Gs, L&Rs, S&Bs, and the odd Whitney in authentic calibers are amongst my favorites.


The pair of ROAs I have are for investment purposes only

4V50Gary, you are in the "historically corect" crowd. It's not your fault the ROA was born in tbe early 1970's !! Lol

I'm in the H.C. crowd as long as it includes converting them to shoot .45 Colt.

T Loco, you dont want a Walker cause it's so rare but you setteled for the rarest of the Dragoons ! (Not including the Whitneys . . . my fav.) You shoulda got a 3rd. Lol


45 Dragoon

I like them all for what they are. The historic ones are beautiful and the modern ones are practical. All of them present a puzzle that must be solved to shoot accurately. The only things I scoff at are scopes and pellet powder.

I guess I am more of a traditionalist although I don't have a big issue with the occasional nod to modern manufacturing processes---or having reproductions made in easily obtainable modern cartridges.

I doubt that I would have every bought an 1860 Henry repro if it had only come in 44 rim fire , nor do I think that Uberti would have sold very many either.

My very first black powder pistol was a Dixie brass framed Navy 36. If they had left the Colt cylinder roll engraving off, I guess I could have claimed that it was a rare Schneider and Glassick replica

However, at only $39.95, it fit my early 1970's budget, and I had my share of fun with it.

Most of my black powder stuff from that point on was fairly accurate (well as accurate as many of the Italian repro's get)

I have hunted with black powder for years, but did eventually get rid of a pretty but inaccurate looking TC Hawken for a more authentic looking Lyman Great Plains. I was too lazy to make my own and too cheap to go custom.

However, I have never considered getting a modern looking in-line rig, nor would I ever purchase a ultra modern looking black powder target pistol.

To me, such a gun is sort of like buying a Ferrari with Ford Escort engine in it. It's just not for me, but I have no problem with people who do buy and shoot them.

To each his own.

Cheers

I'm somewhere in the middle, leaning heavily toward historically accurate but like most folks, I pick and choose. "Weird" is a perfectly suitable adjective and I am comfortable with it. I despise "modern" muzzleloaders, i.e. stainless and synthetic inlines shooting modern bullets and wearing optics. I love traditional rifles but have no problem with substitutes, as long as they're loose and not pellets. I have no problem with .44cal 1851's but don't care for the Ruger at all. I don't like my Open Tops and 1860 conversions chambered in .45Colt but modern .44Colt is not exactly 100% authentic. I think it's strange to hunt with a traditional rifle while wearing modern camo clothing but I'm not a stitch counter either in my rubber-soled Ariat's. I do make an effort, however.