Video - Shooting Black Powder .44-40s

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duelist1954

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This video features four replica firearms; an SAA, an 1875 Remington, a '73 Winchester and a copy of the Colt Lightning.

I'm unhappy with the quality of this video. I'm still new at video photography and my camera lacks manual exposure controls. So the high contrast between sunny areas of the frame and shaded areas really tricked the auto-exposure. If I'd realized that I'd have staged the shots differently.

All I can say is I'm learning from my mistakes...:o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=774ely6_UaE
 
Cool video. I love my 44-40's. Legacy Sports is an importer tho, not a manufacturer. I think their SA Colt revolvers are all made by Pietta.
 
Here are the still pictures from the video.

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Technically, I thought that the video was fine, Mike. And it looked like a lot of fun, too!

Now my question! Do you have any problems cleaning the Lightning rifle? The '73 seems pretty straightforward if you take off the side plates, but the Colt is a little tougher to get at.

I ask because I've got an original Colt. It was made in 1884, so it doesn't have the sliding dust cover. It's got a (relatively speaking) tiny ejection port that makes it the dickens to get in there and clean things up.

I haven't shot mine with black powder, just smokeless cowboy loads, and not all that many. I guess that what I really wonder is how much fouling do you get in the receiver?
 
With a 44-40 it wont be hard to clean at all. The 44-40 has a thin case neck that expands and completely seals off the action from fouling. Leave a fired case in the chamber when you clean the bore and you will get very little fouling in the action.
 
I can attest to what Hawg has said. My Henry rifle in .44-40 doesn't get any fouling in the action from firing BP loads. When I clean it, I take out the bolt and clean the barrel from the breach end, so I don't dump any fouling in the action.
 
Hardcase,

For the number of rounds I shot in the video I didn't disassemble the Lightning to clean it. But, after a match I disassemble it completely.

It is pretty easy to do.
 
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