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I took my 2nd Gen Colt Pocket Navy out today, and loaded it with the 15 grain spout on my flask full of 777 "3f" , .375 balls and CCI #10 caps. No lube or wads. 15 grains seems ideal as 20 would probably blow the excess out the short barrel unburned anyway
With the ok quality rig from LePierre leather, I was able to wear everything I needed....the cartridge box has a pouch for a cap tin, and I had a bag of round balls and a brass flask in the main compartment
The "Navy frog" holster holds the gun nicely
I fired 2 cylinders point shooting at the red circle, at 25 yards and sprayed the balls high. Finally fired 3 cylinders from 25 yards, aiming at the bottom "waist" area of the silhouette . It still hit high but dropped them into a decent cluster, given the short sight radius, hitting a foot high at 25 and small grip making this less of a target revolver and more of a self-defense piece.
My arbor was bone dry and only after 5 cylinders did it begin to get a little sticky. With some good lube on the pin like MicroLube 2000 , I've shot larger .36 and .44 Navies all day with 777 , upwards of 15-20 cylinders with no wiping , cleaning or relubing arbor pins and nothing over the ball and no wads.
The CCI #10 caps seem like they are just a little lacking in pop to instantly ignite the 777. With other guns , CCI #11 Magnums have no problem lighting off the 777. I'm going to put Track of the Wolf nipples in so I can use CCI #11's.
![20230113_165743.jpg 20230113_165743.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/muzzleloadingforum/data/attach/189/189957-20230113-165743.jpg)
With the ok quality rig from LePierre leather, I was able to wear everything I needed....the cartridge box has a pouch for a cap tin, and I had a bag of round balls and a brass flask in the main compartment
![20230113_165236.jpg 20230113_165236.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/muzzleloadingforum/data/attach/189/189958-20230113-165236.jpg)
The "Navy frog" holster holds the gun nicely
![20230113_165211.jpg 20230113_165211.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/muzzleloadingforum/data/attach/189/189959-20230113-165211.jpg)
I fired 2 cylinders point shooting at the red circle, at 25 yards and sprayed the balls high. Finally fired 3 cylinders from 25 yards, aiming at the bottom "waist" area of the silhouette . It still hit high but dropped them into a decent cluster, given the short sight radius, hitting a foot high at 25 and small grip making this less of a target revolver and more of a self-defense piece.
My arbor was bone dry and only after 5 cylinders did it begin to get a little sticky. With some good lube on the pin like MicroLube 2000 , I've shot larger .36 and .44 Navies all day with 777 , upwards of 15-20 cylinders with no wiping , cleaning or relubing arbor pins and nothing over the ball and no wads.
![20230113_172040.jpg 20230113_172040.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/muzzleloadingforum/data/attach/189/189960-20230113-172040.jpg)
The CCI #10 caps seem like they are just a little lacking in pop to instantly ignite the 777. With other guns , CCI #11 Magnums have no problem lighting off the 777. I'm going to put Track of the Wolf nipples in so I can use CCI #11's.