1848 Colt 3rd Model Dragoon .44 caliber

1848 Colt 3rd Model Dragoon .44 caliber

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[trailor73]

Its a stretch to compare this to a 45acp. Most manufactures make nothing less than 165 grain bullets for the .45acp. There are certainly loads that produce less than 390 pounds of energy... but there aren't any Colt Dragoon loads that will get you 475... 573... or even 700... all of which can be had in manufactured cartridges for the .45 acp. We handloaders even top that.

[mag30th]

@trailor73 1 of 2 I was comparing the standard loads of each firearm; standard military loads. The .45 with standard ball ammo, which is roughly 329 foot-pounds, and the standard load (in 1847 with black powder) of 390 foot pounds.  I’m aware both firearms can be increased significantly, including charges well over 600 foot-pounds for the Colt.

[mag30th]

2 of 3 High quality modern manufactured Dragoon replicas I read have produced as much as 540 foot-pounds of energy with custom loads of 10 gr. FFFgcyl. full of Pyrodex P. I would have included the hotter load data, but after an individual reloading for his 91.30 recently attempted to place blame on me for the destruction of his rifle, (I had included load data in an earlier 91.30 video) I feel I have to stick with the standard load info to avoid another scenario like the recent one.

[salinagrrrl69]

I have not seen the recent version of True Grit but I have wondered if the girl has her daddies Colt's Dragoon 'horse pistol'.

[mag30th]

@salinagrrrl69 Yes she does!  although the one she is using is the 2nd model, mine is a copy of the 3rd.

[AkimboNinjaPWN]

If i had a horse pistol like that I wouldn't be afraid of no boogerman

[aubscene1]

Great job on the Video! Wonderful Gun very Impressive!

[sethdesade]

Noticed the loading level falling as you were shooting the Dragoon. It this a common problem ? Is it a Uberti revolver ?

[matthewjdenn]

@trailor73 "The Walker Colt was quite powerful, with modern replicas firing modern FFFg black powder producing energy levels in excess of 500 foot pounds with both picket bullets and 0.454-inch-diameter (11.5 mm), 141-grain (9.1 g) round ball bullets. The black powder Walker Colt is regarded as the most powerful commercially manufactured repeating handgun from 1847 until the introduction of the .357 Magnum in 1935."

[davids11131113]

Easily comparable to a .45 ACP.

[BrUSomania]

@Reloading process

Hard-to-the-fucking-core

[TheEnglishRedneck45]

I hope you carry this as your personal defence firearm. You could just whip this out, and you can just point it at something, and bigass holes will appear - no need to pull the trigger. This pistol is that badass.

[kazetehskylord]

That sound