Sometimes it's the gun, not the shooter. :D
first day with the 1911, distance is 15 yards. target on the left is a glock19
Target on the right is my new (old) colt. It's definitely easier to shoot.
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pic...ictureid=12002

https://imgur.com/a/ldhy2vdI have a Colt Navy .36 second generation and an Uberti New Model Army .45 laying around doing nothing but collecting dust for several years. So the other day I was bored and I said to myself. Self, let’s get back into some black powder shooting. There’s nothing like rolling your own paper cartridges and all that smoke, grease, blow back and shrapnel when ya pull the trigger.

For chrissakes I start shopping locally and online and come to find out all of the #10 percussion caps and Swiss 3f supreme are out of stock. Even went looking for some Schuetzen sporting powder and 777 3fg. Absolutely nothing nowhere.

Damn hoarders what the heck is wrong with people.

Did manage to pick some Tokarev 7.62 x 25 for my old Soviet TT33 so I got that going for me. But I was so looking forward to some of that nasty black powder action.

I got this a little over a year ago, An Uberti 1873 ‘Colt’ Single Action Army 7.5 inch barrel a.k.a. The Peacemaker in .45 Colt with U.S. 7th Cavalry I Company and period armory marking and finish. That’s an 1885 Indian head penny for scale

Smooth C-O-L-T action and maybe too much of a hair trigger pull out of the box, but I’ll adjust that later ;)

It’s a six shooter but note only five rounds. That’s because there is no reliable safety so you have to carry with the hammer down on an empty chamber.

https://i.ibb.co/syhVcpJ/5-DC63-A88-...083-E86-C5.jpg

That is really fine Rockstar!

It’s a lot of fun to shoot. I don’t use the sights very much as my eyes have a hard time lining up the very narrow rear sight and front blade. One of these days I might widen the rear notch a bit. But I’m in no rush, I like shooting this smoke wagon just using my natural point of aim at metal silhouette targets 25 yards away. Hearing that loud “clang” when I hit is quite satisfying. Boom - CLANG, Boom - CLANG :yep:

I take it with me when I head up to the Appalachians for a few days or a week of back country camping. I carry butt forward on my strong side and believe it or not even the most ardent ant-gun nut always takes an interest in the way I carry and the gun it self. I guess it being ‘old fashioned’ is appreciated by everyone.

Though they always seem to get around to asking why I carry if the possibility of ever having to use one is so slim. But I don’t consider possibilities. I consider the consequences of not having one if I needed one.

I been watching a lot of this YouTube channel lately. Lot's of great old firearms.

C&Arsenal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB8__9I-NNk&t=2642s

Hard to go wrong with a decision like this. :up:

My M1911's double safety system is considered one of the most reliable in the world and I STILL keep the hammer down on an empty chamber, for peace of mind if nothing else.

I'm at the cabin with a mountain lion skulking around, my1911 is in condition 1 until I leave.

here why you put 5 instead of 6 in the 1873 i even do with my 1851's and walker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldHPNnsp-cs

Why so complicated .. :03:



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My father died about 6 years ago and I still have a mass of his stuff stored I haven't gone through, including many tool and tackle boxes. I went through some and found this Ruger New Model Single Six in a tackle box. Now I'm gonna make more effort to go through them all. Attachment 4768

I know that one very well. I not only inherited dad's fishing gear but grandpa's as well that dad inherited. 90% of it I gave away to people I knew that were fishermen but I did keep some of the cool stuff.

Sorry about the angle.

Started rolling my own to go shooting tomorrow. Making paper cartridges today using Swiss 3f black powder topped with Johnston and Dow 216 grain conical bullets. Bullets are cast with the Eras Gone mold.

Tedious but enjoyable. Using rolling paper for the cartridge. Might experiment with flash paper one of these days and even try waterproofing them with a colloid solution

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