Donald1818
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Show up for a Hooligan shoot on a Sunday morning, lots of experience and BP firearms
Where is this location may I ask?
D
Show up for a Hooligan shoot on a Sunday morning, lots of experience and BP firearms
Where is this location may I ask?
D
That would be the Savage River Range in Grantsville. You'll find some Hooligans there usually every Sunday morning around 0800.
We shoot a variety of modern guns as well as BP including muzzle loaders, cap and ball pistols and BPCR's. While I wouldn't recommend an 1847 Walker as your entry level cap and ball pistol Uberti makes a fine replica. Here's a thread from a couple of weeks ago when I had my Walker out to play:
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?250500&p=6100545#post6100545
That would be fun to get out to but it's a bit far from me (close to 3 hours each way). I'll start with my Izaak Walton chapter.
That does look like some quality Hooliganism, though!
Yep a six hour round trip is long. Better to plan a weekend visit to Deep Creek and catch up with the Hooligans before heading back to the flatlands. Either way you have an open invitation to join us.
In the meantime you might check out this thread. John from MD just listed a couple of nice BP revolvers at a good price in the classifieds. If I wasn't already set to finish a deal on something else with John I'd be scheming on one of them...
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=250915
Heh. Bad influence but I don’t mind!
In recent years Pietta quality has improved , and most Uberti Colt replicas have improper arbor lengths .
The Remington design is most intuitive for shooters of modern revolvers . The Colt is well , Colt . It's what most people visualize as Civil War or Old West era guns . ( The Actual CW procurement numbers were closer than most realize , and Remington really was the more advanced , cutting edge gun in the 1868-72 era . So if historical authenticity is a factor , Remington has plenty also . They just weren't in all the movies and tv shows)
Hooligans are master enablers... It’s in our nature...
One point to add is shooting BP is VERY addictive. Proceed at your own risk.
Ease of loading in the gun, or with removing the cylinder ?
All Remington pattern revolvers inherently have the ( relatively ) easily removed cylinder pin . All Colt pattern revolvers inherently have to drift the barrel wedge, and then remove the barrel assembly to remove the cylinder .
Shorty revolvers inherently have less leverage than full length guns .
Many current replica revolvers have smaller loading window ( the relieved/ scalloped area where in gun loading takes place around the business end of the rammer) . They will work fine with round ball , but can interfere with some or all Conicals . If you will primarily shoot RB , not a problem . It is a common modification to use dremel or files to open up the window to more or less Original size .