I recently picked up a Pieta 58 Remy. Took it to the range for a little fun yesterday. It turned out not to be so much fun after all.
I've always shot Goex in everything before. Figured I would try something different. I bought a can of Pyrodex 30 grain pellets, and a can of OX-YOKE Revolver Wonder seals. Turns out to be a BAD combination. The pistol would not fire at all. :hmm:
I noticed, as I went to put the caps on, that there were tiny strings of something coming out the nipples. Didn't really think that much of it at the time. Well, pulled the trigger on the first cylinder, and nothing but a tiny pop. Second cylinder, tiny pop, and so on for all 6 cylinders. After pulling a nipple to check for obstructions, I noticed when looking down into nipple hole that it didn't look like powder. After finally forcing a ball out of a cylinder from the nipple hole, I discovered that the wad lube had traveled down the hole through the Pyrodex pellet and completed covered over the back of the pellet. It had also plugged up the nipple and coated the inside of the cap. :cursing:
After firing about a dozen caps on each cylinder, I was able to get the other five of the cylinders to fire.
So, moral of the story. No more wads for me, and probably no more Pyrodex. Gonna stick to black powder and ye ole trusty Crisco over the cylinders from now on. At least that has always worked for me so far.
I've always shot Goex in everything before. Figured I would try something different. I bought a can of Pyrodex 30 grain pellets, and a can of OX-YOKE Revolver Wonder seals. Turns out to be a BAD combination. The pistol would not fire at all. :hmm:
I noticed, as I went to put the caps on, that there were tiny strings of something coming out the nipples. Didn't really think that much of it at the time. Well, pulled the trigger on the first cylinder, and nothing but a tiny pop. Second cylinder, tiny pop, and so on for all 6 cylinders. After pulling a nipple to check for obstructions, I noticed when looking down into nipple hole that it didn't look like powder. After finally forcing a ball out of a cylinder from the nipple hole, I discovered that the wad lube had traveled down the hole through the Pyrodex pellet and completed covered over the back of the pellet. It had also plugged up the nipple and coated the inside of the cap. :cursing:
After firing about a dozen caps on each cylinder, I was able to get the other five of the cylinders to fire.
So, moral of the story. No more wads for me, and probably no more Pyrodex. Gonna stick to black powder and ye ole trusty Crisco over the cylinders from now on. At least that has always worked for me so far.