Video - Shooting Colt's 1849 Pocket Pistol

[duelist1954]

In this video we'll shoot the little .32 caliber Colt replica. This was Colt's best selling revolver during the cap and ball era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ptTCAcpbe0

 

[Rogue Coder]

Do you have any videos for the 1858 Remington?

 

[72coupe]

Why did you remove the wedge screw?

 

[duelist1954]

There are a couple of pistols where the corner of the wedge catches the front of the arbor when I put the barrel back on. This is
one of them. It is easier for me to completely remove the
wedge.

 

[72coupe]

None of the repros I have owned required the removal of the screw to remove the wedge. Of course I don't have the amount of experience or number of cap & ball pistols you have.

 

[kBob]

Doing most of the talking in the "studio" is an improvement. Some more editing would be nice as in when loading there was a lot of nothing on screen and out of focus shots. I hope you are also shooting alternative opening fro each one so that at some date you can compile them in groups , like say Colt percussion guns, and not have each session begin with "Today's test is of" but rather go directly into the meat.

I am enjoying these films.

I did wonder if the gun you were using had safety pins as you chose to do the modern "leave one empty" rather than loading the gun fully. I think that safety pins on the back of colt cylinders do rate a mention.

My most disturbing '49 experience was walking into a freind's office and seeing one on the wall in a shadow box. Seems a little old lady just gave it to him in a gym sock to be rid of it and yes it was an original of late war production. Nobody ever gives me nothing I guess I should join the Occupy Whatever group and demand equal access to free classic fire arms.

By the way if someone reading has a cheap brasser '49 (note the word cheap) they would like to sell, or (wishful thinking) donate to aid in childhood development of my kids along side their Bearcat drop me a PM.

-kBob

 

[Pulp]

I have the Baby Remington, but sadly no little Colts. That's something I need to remedy.
While they don't look all that powerful, mine penetrated a corrugated steel barn door and the 1X4 behind the steel.

 

[duelist1954]

kBob, the 1849 has one safety pin on the cylinder. A lot of Ubertis are like that.

I should do more with explaining period correct C&B carry procedures, but, as a magazine writer, I've been chastised by manufacturers for even mentioning that all revolver chambers were usually loaded loaded back in the day. The pres of Ruger even wrote a very irate letter to Guns of The Old West magazine about me. He was chastising me for even hinting that it was OK to load six because it could lead to someone having an accident today that would result in a lawsuit.

I fully understand their position...you wouldn't believe some of the gun lawsuits I've seen. So, I try to stay out of trouble on the videos.

 

[Tommygunn]

.....1849 has one safety pin on the cylinder. A lot of Ubertis are like that.

I believe because that's how Colt made them up until the 1851, IIRC.

 

[duelist1954]

Tommygunn, thanks. I didn't know that.

 

[Tommygunn]

Duelist, I'm going to modify that. The Walker had one pin like the 1849, but some of the later Dragoon series had six pins. I am not certain exactly when Colt decided to put in all six. But the 1851, the 1861 Navies had six, the 1860 Army had six & the '62 police as well, had all six. I have two versions of the '49; one with a loading lever & one without, and both have only one, my Walker has just one. I have a Dragoon that has all six. But I don't know offhand which version of the Dragoon I have. And I don't know about the Dragoons I don't have anyway.

 

[Majes]

Thanks for sharing duelist1954, I've also enjoyed your videos very much!!

 

[FreddyKruger]

A mate at my range shoot one or these when he isnt shooting his Ruger Old Army. He used some FFFFg in his but unknown to him it must have gotten wet at some time and he couldnt get any of the chambers to go off. He dried it out and it worked great.

He also found that it was more accurate when overball lube wasnt used.

And he also has the same problem of the cylinder. you need to visually check thats its all lined up before you pull the trigger.

Its not very accurate at range, but closer in which it was more deigned for anyway, its accurate enough.