Finally decided to buy a 1862 Colt Police

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After all this soul searching and bugging the Forum with every question that came to mind I finally ordered it from Taylor's. but taylor's didn't have anything else I needed. So, I went to Midway and bought a 2 caviety .380 mold but they didn't have the caps. So, I went to Dixie and got #10 and#11 caps and a loading bench but they didn't have holsters. So, I went to dell leathers and bought a holster made just for the 62 police with a 6 1/2 barrel. BTW they are also made for the 5 1/2 in. barrel. Soon there will be piles of boxes and packing material all over my shop floor.I'll clean it and load it and shoot it. The thoughts dance in my head like sugarplum faggots.
Or is that sugarplum fairies.
 
Sugarplum faggots dancing in your head?

I suggest a little professional help.

You shouldn't skip taking your meds like that.:D
 
Some molds are made more for display then use. You can tell because they have metal handles. Be sure you purchase a "serious" mold, and always cast using soft and not alloyed lead.

Now if you buy an extra 1862 Pocket Navy cylinder (which is unlfuted) you'll have a unique Jr. version of the 1861 Navy... :D
 
Old Fuff, I bought the Lee two cavity mold. I'm always tempted to buy steel molds but the Lee's are 1/2 the cost. Are you sure the Uberti Navy cylinder would fit the Police? I always cast in soft lead although I've read on this forum that some guys use harder lead alloys and I don't know what the advantage is or the wisdom in doing so. It would seem
that it would just make it harder to press in the round. I know it was old wisdom that alloyed lead would wear out the old softer barrels faster. I wonder if the modern repros modern steels can and should take it.
 
Yes they did but as you suggest it's not a given. This will make you choke, while surfing to find the best price I came onto Arms and Armour and they listed a matched set with sequential #'s for $440. I burned up the phone getting the company just to find out I'd missed it by about 2hours. He was selling out of C&B revolvers and these 62's were the last to go. This was the dufus that sold the C&B revolver and the conversion cylinder to the same guy at the same time shipped in the same box resulting in him being dinged by the ATF.
 
The 1862 models (Police and Pocket Navy) are the same except that the Police model has a 1/2 fluted cylinder and the round "1860 style" barrel where the Pocket Navy has an unfluted cylinder and an octagon/1851 Navy style barrel. Both cylinders are rebated toward the front like an 1860 Army. As with any cylinder, some minor fitting may, or may not, be required.

A hard lead ball (and more so a bullet) puts excessive strain on the loading lever, and something can bend or break - especially the screws. However neither soft or hard lead bullets will hurt the barrel.

Your Lee mold should work fine. I was worried you had bought an original style mold, intended as an accessory in cased sets. As a "user" mold they aren't worth a darn.
 
Old Fuff, been there done that. a long time ago. Those brass handles sure get hot! I didn't know that they didn't turn out good balls. When I did use it, it was with a patched ball and the patch is forgivable. And in a C&B revolver the swaging corrected the oversize. I'd been in trouble if it had been undersized. God loves the ignorant sometimes.
 
You're going to have fun

Hello, again, Pancho. That 1862 Police is one fine little gun. I have the 6-1/2 version and it shoots right on at 25 yards. I use about 15 to 20 grains under a round ball with Wonder Wads above and maybe some bore butter. Works fine and the Bore Butter keeps the fouling from getting too thick.

The Doc is out now. :cool:
 
Hmmm... I've used those brass molds and have got good results....
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The Old Timers would wire wood handles to the brass ones. I suppose they either had tender hands or were smarter back then... :D
 
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