Fresh look at Crockett pistol accuracy.

[Kansas Kid]

So I have one of these unfired and am thinking of turning the barrel oct to round to reduce muzzle weight along with some other work to it.

I see these are 1-48 twist which seems slow to me. So before I do anything with it, is there any accuracy potential with these things for shooting in club matches?

 

[mushka]

I don't know the crockett pistol but I have a .45 cal cva Kentucky pistol and at 30 yards with a .445 ball, .018 patch, and 20 grns of 3fg will hold the ten ring really well on a 50 yard slow fire pistol target. Ten ring is probably 3 inches across.

Every gun is difference your results may vary. Next thing is: How good a pistol shot are you?

 

[Kansas Kid]

Well these are 32 cal with a 1-48 twist and we will say it is in a machine rest to eliminate the hypothetical answers.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

The most accurate pistol I ever had was cobbled together with various salvaged parts, including a 13/18 ACF 45 caliber rifle barrel cut off. A 32 in 1:48 is not much different. my experience is that a slower twist pistol barrel like that shoots better with a little more powder. Match shooters want fast twists to stabilize the ball better with minimal charges. I would suggest a bit more powder (in the 25 or 30 grain range) for the extra speed to stabilize spin.

I always thought the crockett could be a target gun, with a single set trigger and a lock with a fly.

 

[arcticap]

Yes, the Crockett pistol sure does have accuracy potential:

1.--->>> https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/crocket-pistol.102249/#post-1347820

2.--->>> https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/crockett-pistol.26660/#post-297180

 

[Kansas Kid]

Thanks, I found one of those threads but not the other.

 

[arcticap]

It's amazing to think that such an inexpensive production pistol could win a national 50 yard match at Friendship.
Did you see that post by Nightwind?
And 1sgt also took another 1st place in a Friendship match.

 

[Kansas Kid]

Don’t think I saw that thread, but maybe I did. They start with a 10 lb trigger pull but it does have a screw for sear engagement. Plan to add a fine spring to load trigger to sear bar.

 

[arcticap]

Don’t think I saw that thread, but maybe I did. They start with a 10 lb trigger pull but it does have a screw for sear engagement. Plan to add a fine spring to load trigger to sear bar.

1sgt said he won the match in post #3 of the 1st thread above.
Nightwind said he won the match in post #6 of the 2nd thread above.

 

[Kansas Kid]

Thanks, re read both threads.