This guy loaded chambers with tight-fitting balls and shone a bore light through the nipple aperture. He saw light around the edges of some of these balls - from slightly assymetrical chambers.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
This guy loaded chambers with tight-fitting balls and shone a bore light through the nipple aperture. He saw light around the edges of some of these balls - from slightly assymetrical chambers.
Meanwhile from guys who did see chain fires. It has always been said in print that Berdan’s Sharpshooters in the War of Seccession were first issued .56 cal five shot Colt Revolving Rifles which they found highly unsatisfactory, in no small part due to fear of chain fires. Tho browsing around I can only find one second-hand reference to a shooter losing fingers of his support hand.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
Mike, a fellow member at my old gun club in Wisconsin bought one of those repro revolving rifles in our early days of SASS matches. He only used it in one match, mostly because the rifle stages usually call for 10 shots, and of course his revolving carbine only held 6 shots, so he had to forfeit 4 misses on each stage.
But more significantly, the barrel-cylinder flash from his cylinder was so fierce it flame-cut into his jacket sleeve and burned his supporting forearm. He eventually found he could shoot it with a heavy piece of saddle leather around his forearm, but that burn took a lot of the joy out of shooting that thing.
"I'm gonna have to science the schit out of this." Mark Watney, Sol 59, Mars
Meanwhile from guys who did see chain fires. It has always been said in print that Berdan’s Sharpshooters in the War of Seccession were first issued .56 cal five shot Colt Revolving Rifles which they found highly unsatisfactory, in no small part due to fear of chain fires. Tho browsing around I can only find one second-hand reference to a shooter losing fingers of his support hand.
I would damn sure never shoot one of those Colt's Revolving Rifles without it being highly greased. Now that you mention it, I HAVE read of chain fires resulting in digit loss from the old days.
A brace of Pietta reproduction Colt .36 Cal Police Pocket 5.5 inch
These are no longer manufactured by Pietta. Real nice guns. Always like the fluted cylinders.
Color me jealous! 🤠
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Mike, a fellow member at my old gun club in Wisconsin bought one of those repro revolving rifles in our early days of SASS matches. He only used it in one match, mostly because the rifle stages usually call for 10 shots, and of course his revolving carbine only held 6 shots, so he had to forfeit 4 misses on each stage.
But more significantly, the barrel-cylinder flash from his cylinder was so fierce it flame-cut into his jacket sleeve and burned his supporting forearm. He eventually found he could shoot it with a heavy piece of saddle leather around his forearm, but that burn took a lot of the joy out of shooting that thing.
Mike Belleveau has a lot of pretty good BP videos on Youtube. He knows his stuff. That's a good one!
FWIW, he demonstrates in this video how easy it is to switch out cylinders on the Remington New Army. I have a couple spare cylinders for mine, and it does make for quick "reloads".... however, the Remington's cylinder binds up with soot much faster than the open-top Colt revolvers do. I've rarely been able to fire more than 3 cylinders worth out of my New Army's without having to disassemble and do a fast clean-and-lube job to get them back into action. It's a pain in the butt to do during a match, which is why I switched to the Colt clones.
"I'm gonna have to science the schit out of this." Mark Watney, Sol 59, Mars
Mike Belleveau has a lot of pretty good BP videos on Youtube. He knows his stuff. That's a good one!
FWIW, he demonstrates in this video how easy it is to switch out cylinders on the Remington New Army. I have a couple spare cylinders for mine, and it does make for quick "reloads".... however, the Remington's cylinder binds up with soot much faster than the open-top Colt revolvers do. I've rarely been able to fire more than 3 cylinders worth out of my New Army's without having to disassemble and do a fast clean-and-lube job to get them back into action. It's a pain in the butt to do during a match, which is why I switched to the Colt clones.
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