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3 weeks ago
Colt's Dragoon
Shooting and demonstrating the classic Colt Dragoon ( 3rd Model). Come enjoy the trials and tribulations our forefathers experienced in order to h...
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3 weeks ago
A demonstration of a Colt army revolver.
Lee Kershner of the Spokane Falls Muzzle Loaders demonstrates a replica of an 1860 Colt Army
revolver for the exhibit Ready, Aim...How Firearms Wo...
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Great Video. I grew up in Spokane and left in 1958. Have you been there long?
I have two 1860 Tradtions .44 Colt replicas. Looks like your bullets are smaller than the recommended .454 ball. I noticed that yours dropped into the cylinder a ways. The recommended balls leave a shaved ring ...
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I have two 1860 Traditions. They use a .454 and 30 grains of powder. I have read, your Dragoon takes 60 grains of powder. If your cylinder bore measures .44 with a inside caliper, then the .454 should leave a lead ring. Must be more than .44.
These guns are designed to shoot hig...