Been lurking for quite some time. Figured its past due to register and post.
I first got into BP back in my navy days. I was a Gunner's Mate so BP and reloading became part of my "training". My first BP was a CVA hawkens .50 kit, the one they called a carbine as it only had one trigger. later I picked up a CVA '61 navy .44 I loved those guns but fell out of shooting for years and sold them
fast forward to Cabela's sale and I picked up a Pietta '60 Army .44 I also took advantage of Bass Pro's fall hunting classic and picked up a Uberti 1873 Cattleman's .45LC Luck would have it I received both on the same day
now I am officially on the dark side. I already have plans on picking up a 3rd gen 'goon, a '51 navy and .50cal rifle - probably a inline version.
Last Fri I took my pistols to the range and ran into some problems. I had some old caps (stored in a military ammo box - free of moisture and they seemed in good shape). Anyways after firing a round of caps I could NOT get the spent caps off. These were #10 and some german brand (I think, dont remember now, I was upset so I gave them to the range officer to dispose of for me). I used them with my previous BP firearms with no problems. Needless to say I did not fire my new BP that nite. I finally got them off with a exacto knife.
So I bought some CCI #10 and ran into another problem. I couldn't get the caps to seat properly. I would think they are seated but when the hammer falls,... nothing. second try would fire. At least the spent caps fell off easily.
Would a #11 cap fix that or would I need to use something like a dowel to push them in place? I read somewhere that someone uses a dowel. That kinda scares me. I think if I was to do that I would find a way to push them in place under the hammer.
Anyhow, all I got to say for the moment. 'least now I can view pics that members post
Oh yea. I see that Pyrodex now makes pellets for pistols (surprised the powder-head behind the counter at the shop anyways). I picked up a can as the brass on my flask is pretty crusty and I can't seem to locate my powder measure.
I first got into BP back in my navy days. I was a Gunner's Mate so BP and reloading became part of my "training". My first BP was a CVA hawkens .50 kit, the one they called a carbine as it only had one trigger. later I picked up a CVA '61 navy .44 I loved those guns but fell out of shooting for years and sold them
fast forward to Cabela's sale and I picked up a Pietta '60 Army .44 I also took advantage of Bass Pro's fall hunting classic and picked up a Uberti 1873 Cattleman's .45LC Luck would have it I received both on the same day
now I am officially on the dark side. I already have plans on picking up a 3rd gen 'goon, a '51 navy and .50cal rifle - probably a inline version.
Last Fri I took my pistols to the range and ran into some problems. I had some old caps (stored in a military ammo box - free of moisture and they seemed in good shape). Anyways after firing a round of caps I could NOT get the spent caps off. These were #10 and some german brand (I think, dont remember now, I was upset so I gave them to the range officer to dispose of for me). I used them with my previous BP firearms with no problems. Needless to say I did not fire my new BP that nite. I finally got them off with a exacto knife.
So I bought some CCI #10 and ran into another problem. I couldn't get the caps to seat properly. I would think they are seated but when the hammer falls,... nothing. second try would fire. At least the spent caps fell off easily.
Would a #11 cap fix that or would I need to use something like a dowel to push them in place? I read somewhere that someone uses a dowel. That kinda scares me. I think if I was to do that I would find a way to push them in place under the hammer.
Anyhow, all I got to say for the moment. 'least now I can view pics that members post
Oh yea. I see that Pyrodex now makes pellets for pistols (surprised the powder-head behind the counter at the shop anyways). I picked up a can as the brass on my flask is pretty crusty and I can't seem to locate my powder measure.
