Colt 1851 Navy

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This was the pistol of General Lee, Wild Bill Hickok, and Doc Holliday to name a few. This is me shooting the Colt 1851 Navy cap and ball pistol. This particular one is made by F. Lli Pietta from Italy. I'm not expert with black powder, I'm actually arriving on the black powder scene but I love it! The cost of the gun and the supplies is not high but gives us something exciting and interesting to shoot while being a lot of fun too.

The Pietta 1851 reproduction is of great quality and I was surprised at how accurate it actually was. Mine has a smooth action and trigger and I'm nothing but pleased with it.

I used Hornady .454 caliber balls, Pyrodex FFFg substitute, CCI number 11 percussion caps, and Cabelas brand lubricated wool patches. Yes, it takes forever to reload, but the payoff is worth the wait and it's actually fun once you get it down. The powder flask can either be dipped and filled directly into the cylinders or you can pour the powder from the flask into a powder measure and then into the cylinders (like in this video). You can also make paper cartridges that serve as an all-in-one unit.

The whole experience is cheap, fun, and not as hard as you think; highly recommended!

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• 1851
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• ball
• revolver

[renegadeskinninja]

love your revolver. how much did you pay for it?

[Mr2ndAmendment]

@renegadeskinninja

Bought it for $129 from Cabelas. More vids coming!

[HalfLifeAMD]

love the pietta's i got 5 of them. Great video, but what i would recommend is using a loading stand (stops from waving the pistol around while loading) and after each powder charge is dropped, load in a patch. Chambers with exposed powder freak me out a bit.

[Mr2ndAmendment]

@HalfLifeAMD

I was using patches and there's no reason to fret without patches so long as that ring of lead is left over after loading the ball, that means there's a perfect seal between the powder and the outside world.

[glynamus]

thanks for posting, i enjoyed it very much. now i m going to go out in the cold and shoot mine.

[Mr2ndAmendment]

@glynamus

Thanks, good stuff!

[renegadeskinninja]

@Mr2ndAmendment cool, thanks

[HalfLifeAMD]

@HalfLifeAMD and there is a risk of an errand spark. When you're alone as you are, errand sparks are not a concern. I wish i could shoot out in the field as you do, but here we are stuck to using pistols only at ranges. which is total BS!

[HalfLifeAMD]

@Mr2ndAmendment i get that about a correct fitting ball. What i was meaning is that you charged all the cylinders with powder and then went around and added a patch. What i was meaning was to throw the charge, then add a patch, move onto next cylinder, powder patch etc, this way each cylinder powder charge is covered. not really a big deal, just thought it would be an extra safety feature. its what i do in a range situation and people are with in a few feet of each other shooting

[whenvaporsvanish]

@HalfLifeAMD I hear you, but remember that Civil War soldiers and the cap-&-ball-shooting cowboys didn't use loading stands.