Thinking of selling Trad Buckhunter

I had this idea to buy a Traditions Buckhunter for a backup muzzleloader pistol. Well, I tried it this year, but where i muzzleload hunt, its alot of hiking. So this pistol in a shoulder holster along with suspenders, and backpack kills my back and shoulders after very long hiking. So I give up. I either use the rifle or the pistol, but not both.

So I thought about trading it for a 6 shooter. I like the Uberti Walker, but hate the sights on it. And there is several models out there in the 1840 to 1855 era. I know I want a .44 at least. Thinking of the navy version. What do you guys recommend?

Wow, nobody on this page shoots an old navy or any old 6 shooter to give a recommendation?

[cayugad]

I like my 1858 Army .44 caliber revolver. It has the target sights and with a .450 round ball it is really accurate with 25 grains of FFFg. I have squirrel hunted with it. I am not saying this is something that I would deer hunt with, but for target shooting and plinking this is a great revolver.

What model is it? Traditions, Uberti? I want a quality 6shooter that is meant to be shot and not just looked at. I thought about the Ruger old army.

[cayugad]

This is a .44 caliber F.L. Lippeta revolver with target adjustable sights. I bought this revolver at Cabela's for around $159.00 a few years back. It is an excellent revolver. Accuracy is equal to any standard modern revolver out to 25 yard shooting 25 grains of FFFg and a round ball. It has a max load of 30 grains of FFFg but is much more accurate with 25. It will also shoot small conicals. I always load a fiber wonder wad over the powder charge then set the ball and still Crisco the cylinders to avoid any chain fire.

I have shot over three hundred rounds on still the same factory nipples, and have never had a hang fire or misfire. It uses #10 caps. I also have squirrel and rabbit hunted with it (we like to go out on snowshoes and hunt in the winter snow with revolvers). This is a very good revolver for the money. My friend was so impressed with it, he bought an identical one. This was when he saw me knocking around a #2 lbs coffee can at almost 50 yards with it one afternoon.

Recoil is so minor that even the ladies enjoy taking a turn shooting this revolver, and some of them are excellent shots with it. It also makes a nice addition to the gun display....

[driftrider]

I have a 44 cal. Old Army made by an Italian company (can't think of it right off hand, and I'm not going to go dig it out). It has fixed Vaquero-style sights and shoots pretty good with 25-30gr of 3F and a roundball. Accuracy is nothing to write home about (3-4" at 25 yards) and velocities are mild at 600-700fps approximately. To get the revolver to hit at point of aim I had to file down about 2mm of the front sight. Before I did I had to aim about 8" high just to get the thing on paper at 25 yards.

It's a fun gun to shoot, but slow to reload. It also gets so dirty that after 12 shots or so it must be disassembled and cleaned or the cylender will gum up and become near impossible to turn.

I wouldn't use this gun for deer hunting, except maybe to provide a finishing shot on a downed deer, but such a purpose hardly warrants carrying a 2lb revolver when a knife or your primary gun will do. If I wanted to hunt with BP and a pistol, I'd go with a single shot ML pistol in 45-50cal shooting sabots or conicals.

I've found myself drifting away from muzzleloading lately and toward handgun hunting with a CF revolver. Since I started handloading smokless arms most of my interest in muzzleloading (and the rigors therein) has gone.

The traditionalists may accuse me of heresy, but I'm strongly considering the purchase of a Savage ML10-II and using smokeless exclusively. All the joys of muzzleloading without the damn mess and hassle. This gun would probably be for my wife to use, however, since I have my Super Redhawk to hunt with.

Mike

[papoe]

Ruger Old Army 45 caliber revolver. Adjustible sights. 71/2" barrel, shoots a .457 roundball over 15 to 40 grains of 3f and a felt wad. Very accurate! Lee makes a mold for 220 grain conical (round nose and hollow point) especially for the ruger old army. You can just squeeze about 35 grains of 3f under it and is it fairly accurate(seemed to shoot a tad higher than the round ball).
A great revolver and a lot of fun to shoot!

Papoe, is that for a trade for my buckhunter? Ok, I accept.

I don't want to use it for hunting, just playin around. The traditions buckhunter has some heft velocity with 1400fps with 70gr of pyrodex. Enough for deer. This is with roundballs, never could get it to shoot with sabots.