Charles D. Prokopp
40 Cal.
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Since you fellows have been having such a good time with Walkers and their kin, I decided to wander a couple blocks to Thunderstick Trading here in Tucson and take a look at what they had.
There were specimens of just about every Colt cap-n-ball ever made. Felt like a kid in a candy store. Checked out a Walker and realized that, for a guy my size, it was way too much gun. There was a Third Model Dragoon by Uberti right next to it that kept asking (nicely) to be taken home. Being unable to say "no" to kittens at the animal shelter, I succumbed, and now own my first revolver.
I've taken it out to play twice, now, and have had loads of fun. Strangely, I find I'm a better shot with this old-style pistol than I am with my modern Russian semi-auto. At 25 yards, it patterned 8" wide, with two rounds dead center in the bulls eye. Not bad at all, since I've always considered myself to be a poor pistol shot.
One problem I have is keeping the caps on the nipples. With flintlocks, that's never been an issue. Remington makes tiny little plastic tubes that fit around the cap and hold it in place. PITA to use, though. Would some other type of nipple work better that the ones used by Uberti?
There were specimens of just about every Colt cap-n-ball ever made. Felt like a kid in a candy store. Checked out a Walker and realized that, for a guy my size, it was way too much gun. There was a Third Model Dragoon by Uberti right next to it that kept asking (nicely) to be taken home. Being unable to say "no" to kittens at the animal shelter, I succumbed, and now own my first revolver.
I've taken it out to play twice, now, and have had loads of fun. Strangely, I find I'm a better shot with this old-style pistol than I am with my modern Russian semi-auto. At 25 yards, it patterned 8" wide, with two rounds dead center in the bulls eye. Not bad at all, since I've always considered myself to be a poor pistol shot.
One problem I have is keeping the caps on the nipples. With flintlocks, that's never been an issue. Remington makes tiny little plastic tubes that fit around the cap and hold it in place. PITA to use, though. Would some other type of nipple work better that the ones used by Uberti?