Colt 1860 Army .44 Black Powder cap & ball 6 shot revolver

[shatomea]

does anyone know of a good web site i could order parts for my Colt 1860 BP pistol like different style grips and other parts?

[nivek3211]

i have an original 1860 .44 cal colt army revolver, and an original colt .31 cal pocket revolver same era both black powder, both are still loaded and haven't been fired or cleaned in 2 decades. what should i do to unload them?

[leesherman100]

What's this guy shooting from, a hospital gurney?? Nice shooting though.

[mag30th]

@leesherman100 I know, I was looking at it the other day and thought the same thing. I had actually set up the table because I had a bunch of stuff to test out, and then I shot this on the table longways. After looking at it later I thought it looked like a hospital bed as well.... :-).

[MrKaido93]

@mag30th

Wondering what type of power and charge/projectile did you use?

[mronesheetray]

its all good fun

[Thrills2010]

I have that exact same revolver

[ballygeale1]

5 /6 that wood b 90 %

[TotoHU]

I have an Uberti Colt 1860 and I love it! :)

[fattony252]

The Indians preferred rifles when they could get them. When the man with a winchester meets a man with a pistol the man witha pistol is a dead man. The Indians lost due to disease, no fighting was even necessrary.

[bassnman420]

good shootin, I have trouble hitting at 50 yds with my smith and wesson model 60, I can imagine a cap and ball would be even harder

[TheArtbell]

@bassnman420 I have an 1858 New army and an 1851 Navy Colt. both are 44's(remakes by Pedersolli). Both shoot low but are very accurate.

[fattony252]

reading the comments i wonder how anyone got killed in the old west with misfires , backfires, and chain whell fires, not to mention the Indians selling Cinese blackpowder that didnt ignite properly

[bassnman420]

@fattony252 ya but the indians had no trouble killing and scalping a bow and arrow never misfires and an obsidian blade will slice through flesh with minimal effort...

[Ruttie2]

I like gunpowder better, the large amount of smoke

and sound makes it more dominating! >:D

[MrZKoll]

how do i know that there isn't someone behind you with a triangle tinging it every time you shoot? JK but seriously

[mag30th]

@MrZKoll You dont.

[boothesquirrel]

@MrZKoll He missed one

[TerminatorFRA]

@MrZKoll If you listen carefully, you hear that the "bing" is always the same time after the shot, a person wouldn't do it so precise and btw, he missed the second shot, the person would have at least done a "bing" on every shot. ;)

To go further, open the sound with an audio editor and measure each time the delay for being sure it's not somebody behind. ^^

[boardfu]

I've got one of these, very fun... But, incredibly unreliable for me...Maybe you could help me please? Out of the 6 shots, I'll get either two or three to fire...Very often the hammer will come down on the primer, and, no pop. To function I'll keep cycling the gun until all have gone off, most of them going off on the second time around. I try my best to push the primers on the nipples firmly....What am I doing wrong?

[Jrhoney]

you might need a new hammer main spring. Or just more reliable caps :/ Id have a gunsmith look at it.

[coltperc]

Are you using CCI #10 caps? The CCI #10's are a bit smaller and do not fully seat on the nipple, causing the problem you describe.

Find some Remington #10 caps. These caps are made the old way, and have slits in the sides allowing a snug tight fit on a wider variety of nipple sizes.

You can also remove the nipples, chuck them in a drill and carefully polish down with 220 sandpaper until the CCI #10's fit snug but fully down on the nipple, so as not to cushion the hammer blow.

[boardfu]

Thanks for the replies guys- I took off the nipples and very finely sanded them smooth and took out any imperfections- It didn't seem to have much effect. I took the thing apart out of frustration, then looking at the mess of pieces, set it aside for a month or so. (hah!) I found a video about how to put it back together, and did just that after stretching out the main spring a tad- Now it seems to work just fine :-)

[TheParkourDrummer]

the kick is not very bad at all.

[mofotommygun]

How much kick do these have?

[swaterik1986]

where can u by this for a good price?

[SuppressiveFire77]

cabelas has them on sale right now

[ELuna3693]

got this same model for $189 for sale cause of christmas deal used to be $269.00 and a free presentation case with free shipping first time shopping at cabelas im pretty pleased

[kjsh987]

wild bill preffered gun with the army 1851

[herobubba1960]

1851 navy with ivory grips in cross draw holster

[evolesel]

straight shooting bro. nice job.

[pepsipig89]

I want one lol

[cruelhandchris]

what kind of powder and shot you using? I am expecting my 1851 Navy in the mail in 3-5 and anxiously thinking what I should use!

[RobertGary1]

Me too. I just ordered one. I found a place outside of town that sells real powder, so you would shoot 3F Gomex. However, the feds make real powder hard to find so most people shoot Pyrodex for pistols (I think its called RP).

[moores20062007]

i'm planning on getting an 1851 colt navy and 1858 remington in .44 cal.

[DeathtoHamas]

Sweet piece!!! I pack a 44 Navy here in Dallas, Texas and it keeps the boys in check!!!

[TheOtherVenkman]

The wads go on top of the powder.

[TheOtherVenkman]

Wild Bill used an 1851 Colt Navy (.36 caliber) and shot a man dead in the heart from 75 yards. They can pattern nicely with accurate powder loads and proper sized lead balls. You use bore butter, Krisco oil, or wads to make sure that you don't set off a chain reaction in the other cylinders. The lead ball you use (.451 or .454) should 'shave' off a ring when you ram it into the cylinder with the loading lever.

[dime9876]

don't you use those disk-type wads after you put the ball in?

[RobertGary1]

You have to use something to avoid a chain-fire. You can use the "Wonder Lube" wads you are talking about but in the old days they just used bear greese. Krisco would work too, anything to prevent the spark from traveling backwards up the chamber.

[mag30th]

I use a Crisco/beeswax/paraffin wax combo.

[glnelson1956]

It is a properly over-sized ball or bullet that prevents chain-firing. The projectile should be at least .004" larger than the cylinder chamber diameter. Uberti .44 revolvers typically have a .450" chamber, so a .454" to .457" diameter projectile is loaded using the loading lever.

Putting grease over the projectile, or pre-greasing a ball or conical using melted beeswax prevents bore leading and fouling buildup with the repeat shots a revolver is capable of.

[dime9876]

sorry but i'm not familiar with black powder revolvers

[sssaam17]

how accurate and do you have to use lube or can you just use larger balls?