black powder pistol

[capt greg]

anyone have/shoot a black powder pistol?.. If so, do they shoot straight? how difficult to load are they?

Ive never owned a black powder pistol. I do have a inline rifle though.. (I know, its not a real muzzeloader..lol)

the pistol I was lookin at was one like josey used.. 36. cal, in outlaw josey wales.. thats my fav eastwood western


thanks,

[Wheres the bears?]

040.jpgI've got 5 of um . Their fun to shoot easy but messy to load and clean. They get gummed up fast and if you get one be sure to get the steel and not brass frame.

[V509]

I have 3 Black powder handguns.
A Ruger Old Army that is a real hoot to shoot.... I believe every one should own one
I also have a Traditions Buckhunter in 50 cal that is suprisingly accurate and inspired me to buy.
A Knight Hawkeye in 50 cal.. Have not shot it yet as it was missing the takedown tool but I found one last Thursday at Robinettes in Kentucky!

[capt greg]

seems like all the big mail order company's offer them.. I think they would be fun to shoot too..

[caferacer]

they are fun! not hard to load, acuracy will take a while to develope, depending on how acuratly you can load each charge

[Barenjager]

The link below relates what I did to improve the experience of BP pistol shooting when I first got a Ruger Old Army.

Old Army range report. (UPDATE 10/12/10)

I realize a replica .36 or .44 pistol is quite different from the ROA, but the basics remain the same and not only are they fun to shoot, but they can be surprisingly accurate as well.

I know the search engine here leaves a lot to be desired, but there are some excellent threads on BP pistol shooting here in the archives....hopefully you will be able to stumble across a few of those that offer far more insight than mine does.

Roe

[plumbernater]

The stainless steel white grips is my ruger old army. Shes the only one I have left. did have a 36 navy one time wanted to miss fire alot but it was not one of the better quality ones.

[TomG]

I cant stop once I get started about BP revolvers.
The Italian repos usually shoot high to the left, just compensate or modify the fixed sites.
The ROAs you can get with adjustable sites.
The ROAS are the toughest of the lot.
I love my big uberti colt walker and dragoon.
I sometimes take the walker or ROA with me while out hunting with my 336.
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I made a josie Wales shoulder rig to go with my 49 pocket revolver.
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[capt greg]

I cant stop once I get started about BP revolvers.
The Italian repos usually shoot high to the left, just compensate or modify the fixed sites.
The ROAs you can get with adjustable sites.
The ROAS are the toughest of the lot.
I love my big uberti colt walker and dragoon.
I sometimes take the walker or ROA with me while out hunting with my 336.
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I made a josie Wales shoulder rig to go with my 49 pocket revolver.
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WOW!! thanks for sharing

[plumbernater]

I want to think I was reading once that the colt walker when loaded properly was about the same as the 44magnum of today.