Range report-Colt Navy

[TheWall]

I took my Pietta 1851 Colt Navy (.36 caliber) to the range again today.

I took a total of 36 shots from 25 yards and had a good day. It's only my third time shooting this pistol (and third time shooting any pistol!!).

All shots were standing using two hands.

I used about 20 grains of Goex FFFG, two wonder wads and a .376 round lead ball from Dixie Gun Works.

I had lubed the cylinder before hand with Bore Butter. Gun action was fine throughout. The last three times I loaded the cylinder I covered each ball with a little Bore Butter to keep the action working. No problems.

Here is the target for my last set of shots. Any bad shots I think have more to do with me getting used to shooting a pistol than the weapon itself.

Very nice piece and a total blast to shoot!

I ordered a Walker last week (it's on back order from S&S Firearms) so today's session was to "whet my appetite" for the Walker!

 

[Tommygunn]

Nice looking gun, there!

And, uh, nice looking target there, too!

 

[scrat]

very nice.

Wanna recipe to de blue her

 

[TheWall]

Wanna recipe to de blue her

Thanks, but I actually like her the way she is right now...

As much as I love shooting my Enfield and my Hawken, I really LOVE shooting this Navy!

And I think I have convinced my wife to join me at the range and try the Navy!!

 

[scrat]

oh well i tried

mine looked just like yours grips too.

here is how it looks now



here is when i first did just the gun not the grips

 

[JayC]

Scrat, how did you darken the grips?

 

[scrat]

Not hard. I ordered a set of grips from getgrips. However they came out wrong so sent them back Still waiting. Meanwhile i was getting impatient. Went to the hardware store. Came back sanded down the grips. Strung them up in the back. Then yep then brought out the can of krylon gloss black. Sprayed a light coat. Waited 20 minutes. sprayed again. Did it about 3 times. Then let it sit out in the sun for about 3 days. Then lightly sanded it down with 600 grain paper. To make sure its even and i had one little run. Then took some mequires polish and rubbed it out. There you go. if i had a better camera you would be amazed on how good it looks. The gun looks great.

 

[wacarney29]

Scrat, whats the recipe to take the bluing off?

 

[Pops]

I asked about 'antiquing' a new Pietta 1860 Army on another site..
Holy Sheepdip dere Ole..
You'da thunk I was a heathen communist fish-kissin' tree-huggin' tofu-fartin' anti-gun A-rab or sumpin'....

Pops

Apologies to any heathens out there

 

[scrat]

Very easy.

Need 1 Very Large bowl. or casaroll dish. 1 very large bottle of vinegar. 1 can of metal polish. I use mothers mag and wheel available from any auto parts store. Bought mine at autozone. Now take the barrel off and the cylinder off. Put them in the vinegar completely covered. So not one spot is showing. Now go watch TV or something. Wait about an hour the longer the wait the better. After your long wait. the gun will be alost all the way de bleached. The areas that are not just rub them a bit with a rag. After that Rinse off in hot water. Then dry. The metal is bare metal. Can rust quickly. So now take out the metal polish. i spent a good hour polishing mine. Almost looked like high quality silver. Just remember the inside too. Down the throat of the barrel i just run a piece of cotton with some gun oil. For the cylinders I use a q tip to polish up the inside. Sometimes i just put a like coat of gun oil. Then before i go shooting i take an alcohal patch and go through each cylinder. I just went shooting today. Tell you it looks really good. Sticks out a lot compared to my others.

 

[TheWall]

Were original Colts blued?

Were the original Colts blued? If not, why don't Pietta, Uberti, etc. produce them as exact replicas (eg with no bluing)?

 

[scrat]

Just finish cleaning. Man i need a new camera phone or something.