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Spru possition
I shot two cylinders through the 1858 after work yesterday. I hit 25yrd 5" steel and 35yrd 6" steel. I am sticking with my new sideways sheared off sprue position. It's the magic elixir ;) -
Spru possition
absolutly it was probobly just a gud day. However I still think sliceing the sprue off is marginaly a better idea than trying to place it in the center of the top of the cylinder which is pretty much impossible to do by hand. -
Flintolock pistol rises, never hit the target :-(
My first thought on the horseman shooting gangsta style was he was trying to keep the powder in the pan. doug. get a large piece of cardboard . something from an appliance box etc. bench and sandbag the pistol to find out whats happening so that you have a base to start with. -
Spru possition
My thought is that if there is an air bubble under the sprue the act of swageing into the cylinder will hopefully crush and fill that void. trying to center the sprue is pointless as it won't ever be perfectly centered doing it by eye. Slicing the sprue off with the edge of the cylinder... -
Spru possition
The sprue gets sliced right off when I seat the ball. I watch it happen. . the unscientific part of my post is that I did this and my accuracy improved dramatically. there is no real proven fact here because I was shooting off hand and changing my sight picture as well. Keeping in mind that... -
My recent purchase for $180.00
good looking pistol be he obviously forgot that he shot it a bunch or he shipped the wrong gun ;) as it has obviously been used quite a bit judging from the wear on the cylinder. -
Spru possition
This is completely un scientific. yesterday when loading my 1858 I placed the sprue up against the side of the cylinder wall so that it would shear off while seating. I had the best shooting session ever with that pistol hitting my steel at the same distances as my le page. of course it also... -
Critical shot placement
shooting paper puts me in a comma and I can not get on board with taking 3 min to make one shot. you say you can't miss fast enough to win a gunfight but with a 1911 I can make shots up so fast that it's still darn hard to beat. saying that all guns should be treated as single shot is nice but... -
Critical shot placement
Most of the steel matches I have shot you could keep shooting until you knocked them all down but the clock is running. -
Critical shot placement
One of the things I find so intriguing/ adicting about muzzleloader shooting is how critical each shot is. With unmentionables when you miss its its easy to rip off rappid fire makeup shots. With the muzzel loader when you miss its a done deal. I find this especially obvious when shooting... -
Confederate Revolvers
KH you are the one who needs to read history. BTW you don't get to fire your bow shot and then expect no return fire just because you say lets get back to guns now. I am actually very well read in the history dept. please start with reading the articles of secession from Virginia, South and... -
Got a new toy.
the breech face nipple thing looked funky and i wondered if it took a musket cap but apparently its a regular nipple... -
Confederate Revolvers
That pesky little business about bombing a union fort into rubble. that usualy gets things going pretty good. That and tearing the union apart , Oh that other little thing, a couple of million people in chains. Not right then but eventually that would also have boiled over. If thats the stuff... -
Confederate Revolvers
We were not going there but you done it. Yes it absolutly was about slavery 100%. The rich Southerns told all the poor white southerners that if there is no slavery all them blacks are coming for your farms, your jobs and your wimmen. Thats the way they always recruit armies. lies and fear... -
Confederate Revolvers
As usual it was the rich getting the poor to fight their battles for them.