Remington kid
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Recently I have gone back to basics and it sure makes C&B life simpler and more fun.It seems we keep getting more and more caught up in the "special lube's ", special wads, Lube pills , special oils, bad lubes , bad oils, bad grease , good grease and my favorite...."Shooting black powder is just to much work because you have to clean them all the time" Always sounds like a lazy guy to me. Now we offer Windex, Break cleaner, Soap and water, Peroxide, Simple green, Oil and water, spit juice, Camel urin, goat urin, your urin...well, you get what I mean A little soap and water is all that's needed.
The paper that came with the 50-51 Colt basically said ...Fill chamber with powder, leave enough room for ball, ram ball down on powder, place cap's on cylinder and go shoot.... Sounds to simple don't it? Guess what, it's supposed to be that way. OK, OK, we all know that we have to make sure the chambers are clean and the nipple holes are dry and open and the barrel is clean but this all just common sense stuff.
Anyway, I went back to basics for my Cap and ball guns and I'm glad I did. Just pour in 25g of powder , seat the ball, use a little crisco or grease over the ball, cap it and shoot...Simple and it shoots soooooo good.
Sitten on a log yesterday, picked out a stump about 30 yards away and the size of a gallon jug at the bottom of the hill, Hit that stump with my 1851 .36 4 out of 6 times. I like going back to basics
The paper that came with the 50-51 Colt basically said ...Fill chamber with powder, leave enough room for ball, ram ball down on powder, place cap's on cylinder and go shoot.... Sounds to simple don't it? Guess what, it's supposed to be that way. OK, OK, we all know that we have to make sure the chambers are clean and the nipple holes are dry and open and the barrel is clean but this all just common sense stuff.
Anyway, I went back to basics for my Cap and ball guns and I'm glad I did. Just pour in 25g of powder , seat the ball, use a little crisco or grease over the ball, cap it and shoot...Simple and it shoots soooooo good.
Sitten on a log yesterday, picked out a stump about 30 yards away and the size of a gallon jug at the bottom of the hill, Hit that stump with my 1851 .36 4 out of 6 times. I like going back to basics