DaveP (UK)
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I must have blinked! When did that happen?
Never too old
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tpelle
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That's one of the features that I like about the Colt pattern pistols - the ability to remove the barrel and cylinder to help you get out of fixes.
I was experimenting with paper cartridges and had the charge in one cartridge only partly detonate. It pushed the ball just partly out of the cylinder and partly into the forcing cone. I pulled the barrel and cylinder, and decapped the remaining chambers. I then pushed the ball back flush into the chamber, removed the nipple and cleaned out the remaining cap debris, and poured a charge in through the nipple hole. I then replaced the nipple, recapped and fired.
As long as you're shooting a revolver, and using the loading lever to seat the ball, I bet you could do the same even with a Remmie.
I was experimenting with paper cartridges and had the charge in one cartridge only partly detonate. It pushed the ball just partly out of the cylinder and partly into the forcing cone. I pulled the barrel and cylinder, and decapped the remaining chambers. I then pushed the ball back flush into the chamber, removed the nipple and cleaned out the remaining cap debris, and poured a charge in through the nipple hole. I then replaced the nipple, recapped and fired.
As long as you're shooting a revolver, and using the loading lever to seat the ball, I bet you could do the same even with a Remmie.
Yeah if a remmie had a ball jammed between the chamber and forcing cone it would be a little more tricky. You would need a rod or something to hammer it back in a little so you could rotate the cylinder.
Im starting to like the colt a little more, i didnt care for it in the begining. It is harder to load because the frame seems so fat but i do like how easy it comes apart.
There are good and bad of each that i like and dont like.
I like the way they both look
Im starting to like the colt a little more, i didnt care for it in the begining. It is harder to load because the frame seems so fat but i do like how easy it comes apart.
There are good and bad of each that i like and dont like.
I like the way they both look
The Ramrod accident happened a few years back as related to me by someone who was there.The cannon field fire was on a hot dry day and the car parks where full so they used a field with long grass, the fire spread and burned the cars out.
DaveP (UK)
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I guess I must have been looking the other way , then. Archery rather than shooting.
I'll 'fess up anyway.
I haven't dryballed my revolver yet - just my .50 rifle - but as its an inline, designed to have the plug pulled, it wasn't much of a problem.
However, it's last outing ended with an early bath...
I had noticed that the flintlock lads never seem to use a loading funnel. I was curious about how much harder powder sticking to the rifling made the task of seating the projectile. So I dumped my charge straight down the barrel.
Thing is, I use REAL bullets, not PRB.
I got it as far as the short starter would send it, and a couple of inches more,
Then I went to where the big hammer hangs out - Home!
Never again!
I'll 'fess up anyway.
I haven't dryballed my revolver yet - just my .50 rifle - but as its an inline, designed to have the plug pulled, it wasn't much of a problem.
However, it's last outing ended with an early bath...
I had noticed that the flintlock lads never seem to use a loading funnel. I was curious about how much harder powder sticking to the rifling made the task of seating the projectile. So I dumped my charge straight down the barrel.
Thing is, I use REAL bullets, not PRB.
I got it as far as the short starter would send it, and a couple of inches more,
Then I went to where the big hammer hangs out - Home!
Never again!
Dframe
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Most of the folks at my old club had self tapping screws with the opposite end threaded for their favorite cleaning rod, to do just that. an alternative was a powder trickler that could trickle enough 4F through the nipple to allow the ball to be shot out. Otherwise most removed the nipple and trickled enough powder in to do the same thing.
Gatofeo
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Decades ago I began using lubricated felt wads between the powder and ball in my cap and ball revolvers.
This has prevented me from seating a ball without powder.
Through the years, I've forgotten a few times to add powder before seating the lubricated wad. No big deal; the wad can be tipped sideways in the chamber with a small screwdriver, then carefully manipulated out.
I've been a proponent of using lubricated felt wads in cap and ball revolvers for decades. Not only does the wad keep the bore cleaner but it's easier to remove if you forget to add powder.
Incidentally, the earliest reference I've found to using a felt wad between ball and powder in revolvers is in a 1928 American Rifleman magazine. The practice must be older, because it was suggested to a reader who asked how to load such a revolver.
Though some people have claimed that the old timers used felt wads, I've never read or heard of a contemporary source (diary, journal, exploration notes, etc.) that verify this claim.
As long as I load with felt wads, the prospect of forgetting to add powder isn't a problem for me.
This has prevented me from seating a ball without powder.
Through the years, I've forgotten a few times to add powder before seating the lubricated wad. No big deal; the wad can be tipped sideways in the chamber with a small screwdriver, then carefully manipulated out.
I've been a proponent of using lubricated felt wads in cap and ball revolvers for decades. Not only does the wad keep the bore cleaner but it's easier to remove if you forget to add powder.
Incidentally, the earliest reference I've found to using a felt wad between ball and powder in revolvers is in a 1928 American Rifleman magazine. The practice must be older, because it was suggested to a reader who asked how to load such a revolver.
Though some people have claimed that the old timers used felt wads, I've never read or heard of a contemporary source (diary, journal, exploration notes, etc.) that verify this claim.
As long as I load with felt wads, the prospect of forgetting to add powder isn't a problem for me.
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