Uberti 1851 Navy London in .36 Troubleshooting for Carry

[Ugly Sauce]

Yep and that's why I have a rifle or shotgun when packing a C&B revolver. With a muzzle loading rifle, I'll take the Remington Navy or the 1860, in case I'm "interrupted" or pressed too closely while re-loading the rifle. (or musket) I'm confident that between a good rifle, my musket and either of those pistols I can fend off that stinky old wolf pack. The 1862 is more of a companion to a Winchester, or something like that...as I don't think that group of rascals are a match for a Winchester. In Winchester I trust!

 

[woodnbow]

Or...if you gotta go, take someone with you.

Exactly right. I’m 74, turn 75 this fall and I can see the end but my life won’t come cheap.

 

[drobs]

Reminds me of our other member on this board that CCW's a Single Action Army Revolver.
He's also an old timer.

I'm still young with hopefully a long life ahead of me. I want every advantage I can get out of a carry gun.

 

[gtrgy888]

I can appreciate that. The perspective is different as you get along further. I do carry the 9 mm during work days or even as a backup at the range, since it’s convenient. But I have no aesthetic appreciation for that weapon and it feels like a historical anachronism when most of my leisure is spent miles out on the range. I also examine other threats probabilistically. In order of threat probability, do these things to keep yourself safe: 1. Eat 6 servings of fruit and vegetables every day and eat at least 2 servings of beans per week (heart attack prevention), 2. Drive defensively and invest in a good model for the crash test, 3. Remember to keep your doors locked, windows blocked, and valuables safely stored as well as do your banking intelligently to prevent hacks and scams, 4. Save enough money and/or spare food and water for hard times, 5. Carry QuickClot and a good First Aid kit in case you get injured, 6. Pick a good long arm and practice, 7. Pick a good handgun and practice.

 

[webrx]

Wads, Grease, cardboard cards, fillers the frontier solider, cowboy, trapper or hunter must of had one big possibles bag. , or maybe the just carried ball, powder and caps, the solider paper cartridges.

I have to agree, I overthink things sometimes, and maybe this just applies to me, I shoot BP revolvers mostly for fun, not as a combat or defense weapon, so, I do not have the need to be, and, I am not as proficient with reloading them as I am my 9mm or 45 acp carry guns, 38/357 revolvers or 45 SAAs. I don't shoot BP as often as I do other firearms, or as often as the men of old may have needed to.

My guess, and I may be wrong here, is that they probably did not load them the way we all do today, powder, card, wads, ball, crisco, etc. I may not need to use a card under a lubed wad because I typically load, and shoot within a few minutes of each other, so powder contamination due to a lubed wad may not affect the powder in the "short term" unless I used really heavily lubed wads. That said, if I were to have to depend on a BP revolver for SD, I would do everything I could to make sure the powder stayed dry and lube free and the gun would function and shoot its best and most accurate when I needed it.

I read somewhere that Wild Bill emptied and cleaned his revolvers at least once a week, somewhere else that he did it daily, not sure if either of these is true or not, but, since he depended on them to save/defend his life I bet he did what he needed to in order to be doggone sure they went off when he needed them.

I also read that some soldiers used fat drippings over the ball, not sure if this was to lube or prevent chain fires, also not sure if either of the above is fact or not, I read it on the net at one point or another - so take that with a grain of salt . again, pretty sure this was a preparatory reload, and under fire, it was just powder and ball, and a fresh cap.

Long Winded - Sorry -
For me: I have found MY BP revolvers to be most consistent when using powder, waxed cardboard card, lubed wad, tight fitting round ball .454, with #10 Remington caps. I don't grease over the the ball, never had a chain fire, and hope I never do. So if I were going to carry for SD, that is how I would load them - in advance of heading out.

As for reload in combat, carry two guns (or more aka Josie Wales) if you think that is going to be a need, or carry a rifle/shotgun, or have a bunch of union or rebel buddies to watch your back while you do so, cuz for me, that isn't a quick task, maybe a couple minutes at best, though I would probably skip everything except powder and ball and cap if I needed to do it fast.

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