cap and ball gun pics

[Mike.357]

here is my family, post up yours

Edited April 5, 2008 by Mike.357

[SHbicycle]

I SEE NOTHING

[Rightwinger]

What the hell is that on Shultz'es chest?????? Cancerous growth??

[Mike.357]

it showed on my end but I did it again using TGO as the host for the pic

[Guest gunslinger707]

Mike357 that's some mighty fine looking smokepole's ya got thare!!!

[Guest Boomhower]

Boy they keep mulitipling.......

[Mike.357]

like rabbits they are Boom. Hard to just have one. So I think everyone really ought to have two at minimum. I am pretty good on them now, but if I found a Walker that was priced to sell I would have a hard time not adopting it.

[Mark@Sea]

Mike, you'll have some company next meet I'm home for. I need to pick up powder, patches, caps, balls and a flint or two. Will have a brass-frame Navy, a couple of flintlock pistols, and a flintlock rifle to make smoke with. Can't let Dotsun get away with the crazy BP guy comment... hehehehe

[Mike.357]

I would enjoy shooting a flinter.

[Mark@Sea]

They are a hoot... I couldn't find 4fg locally, so last time I tried mashing a bit of pyrodex as fine as I could (yeah, okay, not the brightest idea). It worked, but not well or consistently. I'll check out that shop in greeneville, see if I can get the real mccoy.

This new rifle I am looking at presents a new challenge to me - casting my own bullets. Still have some research to do, but it will be in the neighborhood of 510 grains, 45 caliber.

[Guest canynracer]

here is my family, post up yours

I REALLLLLYYYYY like the one on the bottom right!!! That thing looks pretty bad azzzz...

nice looking guns Mike!! what is that one, bottm right?

[Mike.357]

what is that one, bottm right?

1873 Single Action Army or commonly known as an 1873 SAA. it has a case hardened frame with 5.5 inch barrel. Being a percussion revolver it is a period incorrect reproduction of a Colt SAA. The 1873 was never made originally in this configuration but as a cartridge gun. It is a .44 caliber as it shoots a .454 round ball. I don't understand why it is not considered a .45 but in Black Powder to be a .45 one uses a .457 ball. Anyway the action is really smooth on it and it is a lot of fun to load and shoot. You have to remove the cylinder to load it, and use a loading platform. Most BP revolvers can be loaded with a loading lever that is built into the gun.

My favorite is the one on the bottom left. A 1858 Remington. Also in .44 cal and has a steel frame. It is a most stout revolver and is period correct. It can be loaded either by using the loading lever under the barrel or by removing the cylinder and using a loading platform. I also picked up a R and D conversion cylinder so now I can shoot .44 cal in BP or cartridges using .45 Colt cowboy loads. And of course that makes it a cartridge revolver that has no paper trail.

you do not fill out a 4473 to buy these things. I have purchased them all mail order.