It rained earlier then just got HOT outside... 88šs. Humidity was terrible. Bugs were terrible. I mean just a day you should stay inside where it was nice and cool.... Not me.
I sat and looked at the wall trying to decide what I wanted to shoot today. The I looked at the other wall and there was my choice.. the other inline. Well kind of any way. It is a straight forward ignition so that might count.
It is my .44 caliber New Army 1858 Remington target Revolver. This little beauty shoots 20 grains of Jim Shockey Gold 3f powder, a .451 lead roundball, and then fill the cylinder with grease (home made of course) The revolver is a L. L. Pietta sold by Cabela's. A very nice shooting revolver in my opinion.
I used to love to shoot revolver and pistols. But this thing was such a bear to clean until I switched over to Jim Shockey Gold powder.
I got it all set up and had the target at 25 yards.
I was shooting from a set of shooting sticks, basically to support my arm. These big pistols seem a lot heavier then when I was younger.
For the most part, this thing will really hold them if I have a support. Like I would if I were hunting. At 25 yards, I would be confident of hitting my target.. put it that way. But then what fun is that.
When I was a working man, we used to shoot 3 yards draw and fire from the hip. 7 yards.. draw, combat grip point and shoot. Then we'd shoot 15 yards aim free hand combat grip, and finally we would shoot 25 yards from barricade type incidents or prone.
So I decided that if this was used for self defense, studies tell us that most shooting situations are around 0-7 yards. Now I had no desire to fast draw, cross draw at that, from that holster. And I have no intention of every using this as a CCW.. now that it is legal in the state. But shooting at 7 yards can be done safely if the revolver is down and in the c0cked position but do so from a quick pull, point and shoot. After all I am no longer timed.
Granted I did spray a little. After all it has been many years since I used to practice this all the time. But I would have held my own. Most amazing is, I never had to break the revolver down, shooting JSG powder. Had this been black powder or Pyrodex P the revolver would have had to be cleaned a couple times. I am sure I shot sixty rounds today.
Needless to say, I got my smoke fix, was sweating like mad and came in and had to cool off.
This is how I now clean the revolver. I break it down, and then take to the sink and wash it like dishes. I have brushes that fit the barrel, the cylinder, and all the other parts. After that a few patches, some Q-tips and gun oil and it really is not the pain in the you know what it used to be, when I shot these things a lot.
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They really are a lot of fun. I think you need one. The bad part is we can not use them for big game. But that's ok. I have a lot of big game toys to shoot.
You should have seen that thing snort the day I was shooting Triple Seven 3f at 30 grains. That thing really bucked!!
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Cayugad, if that's how you shoot at seven yards point & shoot when you are out of practice, you must have been hell on wheels when shooting handguns on a regular basis. I would need a rest to do that.
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The Remington 1858 is the most desirable and economical model to start out with. It's extremely reliable and doesn't experience cap jams like the Colt models often do.
If loading more powder then the cylinder pin may need to be lubed more frequently which hardly takes any time at all.
When they're on sale at Cabela's, the Pietta 1858's are the best bang for the buck.
You found a great way to beat the heat there cayugad!
When its hot, I can sure tell I need to loose some weight. My light gray T shirt turned dark wet gray, and I was sweating so hard towards the end, I could hardly see because of the sweat in my eyes.
Arcticap I have heard some bad comments about the Pietta revolvers, but mine has worked flawless. I am glad it was the target model as it is easy to get it on target and shooting tight.
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Dave
The percussion revolver is legal in the regular wis gun season just like other Pistols. Not that I would want to try my 44 on deer maybe a finishing shot. I like my 54 single shot Lyman pistol for deer. You just cant use them in the Muzzleloader season has to be single shot.
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The other inline... kind of
