Played hooky for a couple of hours and fired my 1860 Colt Army. First time it's ever been fired.
I mainly wanted to put a few rounds through it to just find out if it has any function problems. A couple of the Colt-curse cap jams from frags in the hammer notch. That'll clear up as I get to know the revolver.
.454 ball With 25 grains of fffg, it shot a foot high and six inches to the left at 25 yards. (and it seemed to still be high out to 50 yards.)
I cranked it back to 20 grains and it shot about 8 inches high, but directly above POA! Nice groups too. With a little Tennessee elevation, I could hit a coke can-sized target at 25 yards pretty consistently.
I want to put 100 more balls down range before I do anything with the sights. I hope the accuracy holds with heavier loads.
I mainly wanted to put a few rounds through it to just find out if it has any function problems. A couple of the Colt-curse cap jams from frags in the hammer notch. That'll clear up as I get to know the revolver.
.454 ball With 25 grains of fffg, it shot a foot high and six inches to the left at 25 yards. (and it seemed to still be high out to 50 yards.)
I cranked it back to 20 grains and it shot about 8 inches high, but directly above POA! Nice groups too. With a little Tennessee elevation, I could hit a coke can-sized target at 25 yards pretty consistently.
I want to put 100 more balls down range before I do anything with the sights. I hope the accuracy holds with heavier loads.
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