Remington kid
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Today I opened my 5Th. #1 canister of Pyrodex "P". So I'm figureing #4 shot up and a pound of BP = 7000gr. and I was loading 22gr. to 25gr. in my 51 Navy .36 with a .380 ball. That works out to 280 shots per canister or there abouts.
Most of you know that I have been shooting this gun without a wad, lube pill or lube over the ball. Never had one chain fire yet and it takes no longer to clean the bore than it did using lube, wad or pill.The only draw back to shooting so much is a hole in my thumb from pulling back the hammer so much OUCH!!!
This Colt has proved itself to be very accurate after reducing the trigger pull, hammer spring and some stoning on all the parts.
I was an avid Goex 3 f user but after my supplier closed down I switched to Pyrodex P as was suggested by Mike Cumpston (Mec) on here. This powder is really great and I had no problems at all with it.
As another experiment with this Pyrodex P I loaded one of my Remington .44 with 40 gr. a few days after Christmas and today I shot it and all six cylinders fired perfectly.
On a side note I did have to replace one bolt spring and one hand spring in the Colt already. The bolt spring went first at around 400 rounds(just guessing here) and the hand spring went at about 800 rounds.
All in all this Colt is a pleasure to shoot and it feels good in the hand but my Remington's will always be my first choice if it came down to a shoot out with a gunslinger in town.
When I bought this Navy Colt I also bought a Lee #10 casting pot with the spout, .380 double cavity mold and a .454 double cavity mold. Needless to say the molds and the pot have paid for themselves by now. Got to go get a band aid for my thumb, Mike
Most of you know that I have been shooting this gun without a wad, lube pill or lube over the ball. Never had one chain fire yet and it takes no longer to clean the bore than it did using lube, wad or pill.The only draw back to shooting so much is a hole in my thumb from pulling back the hammer so much OUCH!!!
This Colt has proved itself to be very accurate after reducing the trigger pull, hammer spring and some stoning on all the parts.
I was an avid Goex 3 f user but after my supplier closed down I switched to Pyrodex P as was suggested by Mike Cumpston (Mec) on here. This powder is really great and I had no problems at all with it.
As another experiment with this Pyrodex P I loaded one of my Remington .44 with 40 gr. a few days after Christmas and today I shot it and all six cylinders fired perfectly.
On a side note I did have to replace one bolt spring and one hand spring in the Colt already. The bolt spring went first at around 400 rounds(just guessing here) and the hand spring went at about 800 rounds.
All in all this Colt is a pleasure to shoot and it feels good in the hand but my Remington's will always be my first choice if it came down to a shoot out with a gunslinger in town.
When I bought this Navy Colt I also bought a Lee #10 casting pot with the spout, .380 double cavity mold and a .454 double cavity mold. Needless to say the molds and the pot have paid for themselves by now. Got to go get a band aid for my thumb, Mike