Vettebeach
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This was my first time with BP, with a new Traditions pistol. I'm used to smokeless guns; a real noob at this black powder thing.
I had a Blast! (No pun intended). The gun is beautiful, fairly accurate (more my problem than the gun's), and had a lot of "guest" shooters. Lots of noise, lots of smoke, and women and children running for cover. A perfect day....
Only hiccups were some Remington #11 caps that fired but did not ignite the powder. I switched to Winchester magnums and that pretty much solved the problem. It was after about 10 shots, so the firing channel may have gotten crudded up. I was using 20grains (by volume) of triple-7 fffg.
Got a New Army 1858 on order from Cabelas. The madness has started....
I had a Blast! (No pun intended). The gun is beautiful, fairly accurate (more my problem than the gun's), and had a lot of "guest" shooters. Lots of noise, lots of smoke, and women and children running for cover. A perfect day....
Only hiccups were some Remington #11 caps that fired but did not ignite the powder. I switched to Winchester magnums and that pretty much solved the problem. It was after about 10 shots, so the firing channel may have gotten crudded up. I was using 20grains (by volume) of triple-7 fffg.
Got a New Army 1858 on order from Cabelas. The madness has started....