StrikeEagle
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From time to time I read books on Colt SAA's and they often suggest reloading the rounds with black power for maximum authenticity.
I've fired rather a lot of black powder over the years in muskets, rifles, revolvers and pistols. It is filthy.
It's fun... but let's face it, it's extremely dirty. It gets into cracks and crannies like nothing else. And not only is it dirty, but it's kind of corrosive. It attacks metal in a way that's very hard to stop completely.
I just cannot conceive firing black powder rounds in my Colt SAA's. Not in my most fanciful imaginings.
Yes, I know that those revolvers were made and designed for black powder. I also know that the firearm made its reputation with black powder. But I know that when smokeless powder came out, folks moved to it pretty quick.
My Colts where 'sorta' expensive when I bought them... but today they're stratospheric. And Mike Venturino and his buds are suggesting I fire black powder cartridges through them?
Is this just me, being obsessive? Would any of you do the black powder thing with your clean 2nd gen Colts?
I've fired rather a lot of black powder over the years in muskets, rifles, revolvers and pistols. It is filthy.
It's fun... but let's face it, it's extremely dirty. It gets into cracks and crannies like nothing else. And not only is it dirty, but it's kind of corrosive. It attacks metal in a way that's very hard to stop completely.
I just cannot conceive firing black powder rounds in my Colt SAA's. Not in my most fanciful imaginings.
Yes, I know that those revolvers were made and designed for black powder. I also know that the firearm made its reputation with black powder. But I know that when smokeless powder came out, folks moved to it pretty quick.
My Colts where 'sorta' expensive when I bought them... but today they're stratospheric. And Mike Venturino and his buds are suggesting I fire black powder cartridges through them?
Is this just me, being obsessive? Would any of you do the black powder thing with your clean 2nd gen Colts?