Feels Good! first time pistol shooter!

[ivankerley]

finally after almost a year i got to run my new uberti 1860! put 82 rounds through it at Friendship in a 3+ hour boom fest! only 2 of us shooting today, had the entire Cline range to ourselves
Gun ran fine, some cap jamming issues, especially if i didnt do the colt twist. 2 FTF dud caps but it ran pretty good better than i expected actually, i was mainly shooting to start to get familiar with it, shot high which i expected, probably not helped by the fact that i was using Old pyrodex RS (i know its not pistol powder) but im using up the bottle and i could punch paper with it
Nice to get out and make smoke, been a rough year since i got the darn thing, worth the wait, planning the next trek out there.
Thought id share, if i wasnt hooked before i darn sure am now
Thanks
Gene
PS first time with the BP irons that is!

 

[Pulp]

So I reckon that bright glow up North East of me was your smile! Sure is fun isn't it?

 

[ivankerley]

definitely! couldnt even tell ya with a straight face that i shot all that well but i had fun made a bunch of smoke and booms and im way more comfortable with an 1860 now, get that outta my system so the next time i can try a more sophisticated approach!
Thanks
Gene

 

[mec]

The only important thing is to shoot well enough to enjoy the process. Instead of the "gunfighter flip, you might try pointing the gun downward when cocking. It works for me unless the cap jams originate with hammer blow-back. I saw a slow motion thing on the history channel with an exhibition shooter working an army. He cocked his revolvers with the barrels dipping downward.

 

[eastbank]

i have owned about 40 bp revolvers over the years and have settled on ruger old armies and rem 1858 repo,s. for just plain good looks and handleing the colt 1860 army .44 revolvers are the best for me, but i have come to love the remington 1858,s for their qualites(solid frame,better sights and more durable over the lone haul. i fired a repo 1860 army 50 times with 51 pulls of the trigger(cap was not fully seated,fired on the second try) years ago useing my own over the bullet grease of crisco and bee,s wax. with out cleaning. eastbank.

 

[ivankerley]

The only important thing is to shoot well enough to enjoy the process. Instead of the "gunfighter flip, you might try pointing the gun downward when cocking. It works for me unless the cap jams originate with hammer blow-back. I saw a slow motion thing on the history channel with an exhibition shooter working an army. He cocked his revolvers with the barrels dipping downward.

initially was doin just this, wouldnt jam all the time but more prone to it than if i twisted just a little while i cocked for the next round. so its probably blowback, so what would be the fix for this?
Gene

 

[mec]

Recently, I had this problem with a new pocket model. The hammer would blow back even with very light charges, allow cap frags to tie the thing up. I tried tresco nipples- something that some shooters find works. I finally put one of my spare mainsprings under the primary one. The cocking force now feels about like most of my full size revolvers and hammer blow-back is cancelled. I find that I can discharge all five rounds without incident.
Recently, I handed the pocket model to a friend who fired the first shot and then cocked the revolver pointing at the target parallel to the ground as is the usual practice with a ctg handgun. When he cocked the hammer, the burst cap interfered with rotation and locked it up. .. every time. I reloaded the revolver and shot it empty pointing it downward for cocking. It was very smooth that way with no jams and no flatten caps blocking the hammer to prevent ignition.
If caps tend to jam up between barrel and cylinder as the cylinder rotates, it is possible to increase the clearance between these components without doing mischief to the revolver or its appearance.
Cool thing about Remingtons, Dragoons, Walkers, LeMats- they generally have very strong mainsprings- heavy parts and good clearances and work like a top.