Hello Members,
I recently came into ownership of a Euroarms Brescia 1860 New Model Army .44 caliber cap and ball revolver and now I am a new member to this group. The previous owner did not have any paperwork or instructions with the revolver but he told me that he used to load between 22 and 25 grains of fffg black powder with a .454 lead ball. The date coding on the revolver tells me that it was manufactured in 1974. It has a steel frame with a brass trigger guard and grip strap. He used sealing lube on the end of each cylinder but I had a question about this practice-is it better to use sealing lube on the end of each cylinder or are lubed wads placed between the powder charge and the ball a better way to go? Do the wads do a good job of reducing fouling in the barrel and keeping that fouling soft for easy cleaning? I've seen Wonder wads and Walters wads for sale and I was wondering which would be better to use and what size would be best. I have fffg black powder along with Triple Seven powder substitute. My understanding is that the Triple Seven load should be about 15% less than that of the fffg black powder load. Is this correct?
The revolver came in a nice wooden compartmented box for storage and presentation but no paperwork was present. Does anyone know of a good source to obtain the correct owner and instruction manuals for this revolver? If there is no such source, would any member who has this paperwork be willing to copy it and provide me with that copy? Thank you very much for any responses and I look forward to being a member for a long time.
Joe
I recently came into ownership of a Euroarms Brescia 1860 New Model Army .44 caliber cap and ball revolver and now I am a new member to this group. The previous owner did not have any paperwork or instructions with the revolver but he told me that he used to load between 22 and 25 grains of fffg black powder with a .454 lead ball. The date coding on the revolver tells me that it was manufactured in 1974. It has a steel frame with a brass trigger guard and grip strap. He used sealing lube on the end of each cylinder but I had a question about this practice-is it better to use sealing lube on the end of each cylinder or are lubed wads placed between the powder charge and the ball a better way to go? Do the wads do a good job of reducing fouling in the barrel and keeping that fouling soft for easy cleaning? I've seen Wonder wads and Walters wads for sale and I was wondering which would be better to use and what size would be best. I have fffg black powder along with Triple Seven powder substitute. My understanding is that the Triple Seven load should be about 15% less than that of the fffg black powder load. Is this correct?
The revolver came in a nice wooden compartmented box for storage and presentation but no paperwork was present. Does anyone know of a good source to obtain the correct owner and instruction manuals for this revolver? If there is no such source, would any member who has this paperwork be willing to copy it and provide me with that copy? Thank you very much for any responses and I look forward to being a member for a long time.
Joe