Pond James Pond
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After all this talk of BP and BP rifles, it seems one local gun shop has decided to stock some BP products.
Don't yet know if that includes powder.
I saw and handled on item and I liked it very much. It seemed very solid and very well-made by my limited judgement. Heavy, despite not being big.
So what was it?
A Pietta Smith Carbine in .50cal.
Seems an unusual design: a cross between a muzzle-loader and a single-shot because it has some sort of removable, thick-wlled case that you charge separately with powder and projectile and load into the split breech. The cap goes on the outside as usual.
The whole thing oozes solidity, to me at least.
It is very pricey, so I'm just satisfying my curiosity right now.
Does anyone have one?
Or shot one?
One big limiting factor that sprang to mind (although it may be a non-issue) is that, like the Uberti revolving carbine I saw online, is chamber size.
I saw the brass chambers that you can use to load the gun and it seems as though you'd be limited in how much powder you can put into one of those cases as you are with the chambers of the Uberti cylinder.
On top of that it is a .50cal, not .44, so more bullet to shift.
Is this a problem for the Smith Carbine?
I don't even know if they are good guns to own, but it looked gorgeous!!
Don't yet know if that includes powder.
I saw and handled on item and I liked it very much. It seemed very solid and very well-made by my limited judgement. Heavy, despite not being big.
So what was it?
A Pietta Smith Carbine in .50cal.
Seems an unusual design: a cross between a muzzle-loader and a single-shot because it has some sort of removable, thick-wlled case that you charge separately with powder and projectile and load into the split breech. The cap goes on the outside as usual.
The whole thing oozes solidity, to me at least.
It is very pricey, so I'm just satisfying my curiosity right now.
Does anyone have one?
Or shot one?
One big limiting factor that sprang to mind (although it may be a non-issue) is that, like the Uberti revolving carbine I saw online, is chamber size.
I saw the brass chambers that you can use to load the gun and it seems as though you'd be limited in how much powder you can put into one of those cases as you are with the chambers of the Uberti cylinder.
On top of that it is a .50cal, not .44, so more bullet to shift.
Is this a problem for the Smith Carbine?
I don't even know if they are good guns to own, but it looked gorgeous!!