Hi, this is my first post here. My name is Gary and I just bought a 1851 Navy and a 1858 Army Pietta revolver. I went to the range last weekend to try them out.
I have a dilemma on the size of load. The gun manual says max grains of black powder for the 44 is 35 and the max for Pyrodex is 28.
It also says "suggested grains" is 12 to 15. What is the correct load size?
I did the 28 grains before I saw the 12 to 15 I thought I may have used too much and damaged the revolvers.
The one thing I did notice between the BP and Pyrodex is the Pyrodex produces a lot more "sparks". Is that normal?
I shot a tighter group with the BP then I did with my regular S&W revolver.
It took me almost 9 hours to clean the 2 revolvers and 5 cylinders.
I tried the Hoppes #9 on the first one but got tired so I tried the soap and water on the second. That was a lot quicker. I did forget to remove the wood grips before putting in water. Duh!
Another huge mistake I did was accidentally putting 2 balls in one chamber. I won't tell you how I fixed that - I'd get kicked off the forum before I even begin.
I have many "normal" guns , but these are the first BP ones so I'm sure I'll have a ton of questions in the future.
I have a dilemma on the size of load. The gun manual says max grains of black powder for the 44 is 35 and the max for Pyrodex is 28.
It also says "suggested grains" is 12 to 15. What is the correct load size?
I did the 28 grains before I saw the 12 to 15 I thought I may have used too much and damaged the revolvers.
The one thing I did notice between the BP and Pyrodex is the Pyrodex produces a lot more "sparks". Is that normal?
I shot a tighter group with the BP then I did with my regular S&W revolver.
It took me almost 9 hours to clean the 2 revolvers and 5 cylinders.
I tried the Hoppes #9 on the first one but got tired so I tried the soap and water on the second. That was a lot quicker. I did forget to remove the wood grips before putting in water. Duh!
Another huge mistake I did was accidentally putting 2 balls in one chamber. I won't tell you how I fixed that - I'd get kicked off the forum before I even begin.
I have many "normal" guns , but these are the first BP ones so I'm sure I'll have a ton of questions in the future.