WALKERs210
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Finally got to go out back and run a few rounds through the Walker and at same time I took my 1851 36cal for its maiden trip. First cylinder in the 51 using 15g 3F and if I could hold steady have no doubt it would have stacked the shots. Now comes the Walker, started off kinda wimpy but had to get the feel for it. First load was 20g 3F BP with .457 rb which was a dream to shoot. I then loaded the 51 again this time with 15 g of Triple 7 for comparison. Don't want any more Triple 7 period. Now its time for the love affair to start. Pulled the Walker out, loaded up with 40 g 3F BP again with the .457 RB. Defiantly more push but nothing that you can't handle and in fact I will more than likely increase the charge by 5g to see what it will do. The Walker will do a lot more than I am capable of doing but this outing has sparked a love affair that will be hard pressed to be beat. I didn't use a paper target so don't have picture to show grouping but for me I'm pleased.
Went back out to my shooting range and picked up the piece of Pine 1"x12" I used for a target, in old cowboy movies you see a guy in the saloon flip a table over and start shooting from behind it using the table top as a shield. For most of my life I thought, boy that is dumb, but to my surprise there embedded in the wood was one of the 36cal rounds. It was close to a knot in the wood and I suspect that the wood in that area was harder but never thought it would actually stop a round from going threw it..
Went back out to my shooting range and picked up the piece of Pine 1"x12" I used for a target, in old cowboy movies you see a guy in the saloon flip a table over and start shooting from behind it using the table top as a shield. For most of my life I thought, boy that is dumb, but to my surprise there embedded in the wood was one of the 36cal rounds. It was close to a knot in the wood and I suspect that the wood in that area was harder but never thought it would actually stop a round from going threw it..
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