Ok, I'm gonna chime in on the accuracy portion of this thread as it applies to my 1858 Remmies.
I shoot these (or am just starting to) in Cowboy Action Shooting. As I am a bit of a nerd when it comes to preparing my guns for competition, I decided to bench these guns on my home range just to see where POI was as opposed to POA.
Mine are 1858 Remingtons in .36 caliber with 6.5" barrels. I loaded them with 20 grains of FFF Goex and no wad or filler.
My groups from both pistols were less than 2.5" at 25 yards. I was shooting at steel (recently painted) and the splatter from all five rounds touched each other. One pistol shot just a hair (1" or so) left and the other was all over the cross I made with a soapstone on the steel target. This result was as accurate as my .38 special Open Top Conversions that I use with smokeless for CAS.
I was impressed -- not with me, but the pistols.
T6 a/k/a Chickahominy Charlie
I shoot these (or am just starting to) in Cowboy Action Shooting. As I am a bit of a nerd when it comes to preparing my guns for competition, I decided to bench these guns on my home range just to see where POI was as opposed to POA.
Mine are 1858 Remingtons in .36 caliber with 6.5" barrels. I loaded them with 20 grains of FFF Goex and no wad or filler.
My groups from both pistols were less than 2.5" at 25 yards. I was shooting at steel (recently painted) and the splatter from all five rounds touched each other. One pistol shot just a hair (1" or so) left and the other was all over the cross I made with a soapstone on the steel target. This result was as accurate as my .38 special Open Top Conversions that I use with smokeless for CAS.
I was impressed -- not with me, but the pistols.
T6 a/k/a Chickahominy Charlie