LaneP
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So far I've tried Break Free CLP, Bore Butter, Ballistol and this week, white lithium grease with a drop of olive oil at the cylinder/arbor junction.
So far nothing allows me to one-hand cock all six shots, though lithium grease/olive oil got me up to 5 before the 6th shot becomes a bear to rotate (have to use two hands to crank the cylinder into lock up).
This seems most pronounced using the Lee 200 grain RN, cast from pure lead. Today I lubed them with SPG and didn't have to take the gun apart between cylinders but by the 5th and 6th shot of each cylinder it just seizes. Powder charge is 45 grains Goex 3F.
Alongside my Walker I shot my Uberti 3rd model Dragoon with .45 Colt Kirst conversion cylinder. These were 35 grains Goex 2F under a Lee 255 grain FP, loaded as dropped from the mold and lubed with SPG. I cranked off 18 shots and the 18th shot turned just as smoothly as the first one. For anyone interested these clocked at 778 fps from my Dragoon's 7.5" barrel.
This Walker gaps at about .007" when cylinder is held to the rear, so I know it's not too tight (I know some will say .007" is way too big ) I have the arbor set to bottom out in the barrel with a stainless washer and set screw drilled and tapped into the end of the arbor.
Maybe it's just "the way it is" with Walker repro's using this powder/bullet/charge combo?
On the upside, this pistol is impressively accurate, and easily as capable of grouping bullets into a ragged hole as any of my smokeless pistols are.
Do any Walker aficionados shoot conicals and have unlocked the secret to one-hand thumbing 6 shots? Thanks
So far nothing allows me to one-hand cock all six shots, though lithium grease/olive oil got me up to 5 before the 6th shot becomes a bear to rotate (have to use two hands to crank the cylinder into lock up).
This seems most pronounced using the Lee 200 grain RN, cast from pure lead. Today I lubed them with SPG and didn't have to take the gun apart between cylinders but by the 5th and 6th shot of each cylinder it just seizes. Powder charge is 45 grains Goex 3F.
Alongside my Walker I shot my Uberti 3rd model Dragoon with .45 Colt Kirst conversion cylinder. These were 35 grains Goex 2F under a Lee 255 grain FP, loaded as dropped from the mold and lubed with SPG. I cranked off 18 shots and the 18th shot turned just as smoothly as the first one. For anyone interested these clocked at 778 fps from my Dragoon's 7.5" barrel.
This Walker gaps at about .007" when cylinder is held to the rear, so I know it's not too tight (I know some will say .007" is way too big ) I have the arbor set to bottom out in the barrel with a stainless washer and set screw drilled and tapped into the end of the arbor.
Maybe it's just "the way it is" with Walker repro's using this powder/bullet/charge combo?
On the upside, this pistol is impressively accurate, and easily as capable of grouping bullets into a ragged hole as any of my smokeless pistols are.
Do any Walker aficionados shoot conicals and have unlocked the secret to one-hand thumbing 6 shots? Thanks