larrymod wrote:I had a lot of fun shooting this today.
The RO was fine with leaving it at half cocked at cease fires.
I brought both loose Pyrodex with a measure, and Pyrodex tablets. It was extremely windy at the range, so I found it a lot easier to deal with the tablets. They worked flawlessly.
The part I found most difficult was fumbling with the percussion caps (I was using Remington #10s). I might try using one of those inline capping tools shaped like a pen. Any of you have experience with them?
I also found the action (cocking the hammer, rotating the cylinder) started to get labored and gummed up after about 25 shots. Is this normal black powder grit mixing with factory grease? (I didn't clean it out of the box, I just used the technique of "cleaning" the barrel and cylinder by shooting off 6 caps before I loaded it.)
They are fun, aren't they?
A capper is a useful thing, doing it with your fingers is a pita (and dangerous according to some people.)
25 shots is about average before they start gumming up. Make sure you are not using any petroleum based lubes - they turn to tar with black powder residue. Bore Butter is what I like.
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