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So if it is a little high at 10yds it is probably dead on at 25 30 ish.
Is 40gr the max load???

That is a awesome revolver you got.


Cash purchase of 2 of em might be a good idea.

Do they switch out cylinders somewhat simliar to a 58 rem??

No background check or 4473 form either.

3rd Model Dragoon is on my short list. There's a brand new Uberti 3rd Model Dragoon up on GunPoker right now 475 from a dealer in Texas but the prick wont sell to California which is annoying since no FFL would be required he could ship the revolver straight to me WTF?

So if it is a little high at 10yds it is probably dead on at 25 30 ish.
Is 40gr the max load???

That is a awesome revolver you got.


Cash purchase of 2 of em might be a good idea.

Do they switch out cylinders somewhat simliar to a 58 rem??

Dude is a moron.

Could just ship and label it as lathe parts and disassrmble it if he is that paranoid....

TRH
Was their any info in the owners manual about use of BP substitute powders.
Pryodex
777
Ect ect ect????

I've got an original 3rd Model Dragoon. Anyone know what it might be worth?

The 3rd Dragoon is a lot more massive than the 1860 Army. Metallurgy must have improved a lot.

IIRC the 1860 Army uses 40 grains of FFFg too.

So a 58 would be a faster revolver to reload .
Thats what I wondering about the colt models and their breakdown.

2 58,s and a buncha ready to rock cylinders.

Perfect.......


What about BP substitutes???
Any info on yea or nay in the owners manual for those uberti,s???

I've got an original 3rd Model Dragoon. Anyone know what it might be worth?

The 3rd Dragoon is a lot more massive than the 1860 Army. Metallurgy must have improved a lot.

IIRC the 1860 Army uses 40 grains of FFFg too.

3rd Model Dragoon is on my short list. There's a brand new Uberti 3rd Model Dragoon up on GunPoker right now 475 from a dealer in Texas but the prick wont sell to California which is annoying since no FFL would be required he could ship the revolver straight to me WTF?

Thanks. That's, in fact, what Captain Walker requested from Colt, i.e., a revolver roughly along the lines of the Patterson series (the revolver series that sunk Colt, initially, as a gun maker, due to low sales, despite having been liked by the Texas Rangers), but holding one additional round (six in total), and with sufficient power to bring down a horse with one shot, thus .44 caliber accepting a huge charge of powder in the chambers, vs the Patterson, the most powerful of which was chambered in .36 caliber.

Of course, Walker requested other modifications, too, such as a trigger guard, which the Patterson lacked.

In order to make it this powerful, though, due to the state of metallurgy at the time, the Walker (and the Dragoons) needed to be massive and heavy guns.

Rene, I’m pretty sure Pyrodex is the only substitute powder you can use in a cap and ball Revolver.

Colt does make a heavy gun!

I had a Colt Walker in my hand at a Puyallup gun show ~ 12 years ago. The owner was renting a table just to show it. He said he had been offered $100k and did not take it.

I have been very happy with my Uberti peacemaker clone and my Uberti 1885Win clone.

But percussion caps are sometimes problems. The European caps can be different. The European hammers may not be deburred and pull the cap off the nipple. The European guns may allow caps to fall in the hammer slot in the frame and jam the gun.

I have a Colt 1849 Pattern made in 1854 in 0.31" caliber I paid $445 at a pawn shop in 03/01/17.
I have nursed the blob of rust with missing parts back to health with parts I fitted and timed the revolver.