My Lil Cannon

[Voodoochile]

Well the latest in what I've done to my Pietta copy of a .44 caliber Remington NMA w/ 5.5" barrel.

Well as many here may remember I:
Reamed the chambers from .4460 - .4510
Opened up the nipple area for a Snail capper.
Opened up the loading window to accomodate the larger conicals for it.
Throated & Crowned the barrel.
Smoothed & Tuned the action.
Redesigned the Cylinder pin for removal from the short barrel.

With all of that I've turned this Lil Cannon into a Lee 220gr. Conical launching machine with capable accuracy w/ 28gr. FFFG Goex of 2.0" average benched at 25 yards.
Now to give it a nice worn slightly old look I've browned it.

So here ya go, my Lil Cannon.

 

[Oyeboten]

Wow...


A whole buncha nice every which way.


Too bad Remington ( and their re-producers ) could not have emulated these features from the beginning!


Excellent Work...


I really want to be shooting 220 Grain Bullets with my 3rd Dragoon, but, the only way to do so, is via a Loading Stand, and removing the Cylinder.


I like how the Remington - if modified right - allows an easy means.

 

[shenandoah]

Beautiful Job.

 

[BHP FAN]

just GREAT work.

 

[BCRider]

It looks like a Gen-You-Wine antique now. Nicely done.

What's the recoil like with the heavier bullets?

 

[Pulp]

Nice looking gun ya got there.

 

[Voodoochile]

It looks like a Gen-You-Wine antique now. Nicely done.

What's the recoil like with the heavier bullets?

Thank you all, this was the look I had been looking for.

The recoil with the heavy conicals is a little stought but not too bad about similar to my .45ACP.