3rd Model Dragoon A Real Shooter!

[Dave Rosenthal]

Had my 3rd Model Uberti Dragoon out the other day, and man what a beautiful piece this is! Used a 45 grain charge of FFFg Goex, a wonder-wad, and a .454 Hornady ball to great success! Scored an 81, 85, and 88x100 on the B-19 NRA BP pistol 25 yard qualification targets.

The weather on Friday was almost a balmy 55 degrees, so I took a piece of the afternoon off from work so that I could go out and make smoke . The custom-built loading stand came in real handy, so I could get uniform pressure and seating of each ball in every chamber. I also chrono'd the load to 1091 FPS.

Just one other thought: a question really; I'm too lazy to look-up the weight of a .454 ball...anybody here know it off of the top of your head and could tell me??

Anybody else get to enjoy that balmy weather??

Thanks as always,

Dave

 

[Don]

140 grains I believe.

Don

 

[torn moc]

Try shooting at 100 yds ! You will be surprised at the accuracy!

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

I've shot my Walker at a 135 yard gong before and did quite well with it, but I never did any long-range work with the Dragoon. Thanks for the idea!

Thanks also to Don, I believe for the ball weight factoid. Now I have the missing info I need to write-up a small story on the adventure for our local club newsletter

Dave