dalegribble
New member
Newbee to BP here. Got a new 1858 Remington, cleaned and loaded gun and spare cylinder with a pyrodex pellet, wonderwad, ball and borebutter, no caps. Couldn't shoot as planned, left loaded for 2 weeks. Finally went out yesterday and the 2 loaded cylnders were disapointing, some misfires, some seemed like squibbs firing weakly. Reloaded using only pyrodex pellet and ball the gun worked well for the most part although 2 or 3 caps wouldn't fire on the first pull. Used a capper but not all caps seemed to be uniform on the nipples. Is there a trick to capping properly?
Can a gun be left loaded with a wonderwad and borebutter for extended periods like 2 weeks? Borebutter is extremely messy, how many people use it or some other grease? BP is dirty, the gun started to bind after 30 rounds. Is there anything cleaner than pyrodex? After the first 12 rounds the rest was alot of fun. enough bang and recoil to feel like a 44, fairly accurate and the smoke was pretty cool too. Observations of a first timer (with BP).
Can a gun be left loaded with a wonderwad and borebutter for extended periods like 2 weeks? Borebutter is extremely messy, how many people use it or some other grease? BP is dirty, the gun started to bind after 30 rounds. Is there anything cleaner than pyrodex? After the first 12 rounds the rest was alot of fun. enough bang and recoil to feel like a 44, fairly accurate and the smoke was pretty cool too. Observations of a first timer (with BP).