Shooting My '51 Navy Replica

[patocazador]

About 40 years ago I bought an Italian made replica of a Colt 1851 Navy revolver. I never shot it much and always used cast conical bullets when I did. The shots were usually all over the place and I thought the EuroArms revolver was a POS.
I loaded it with some cast round balls and 20 gr. of 3FG about 3 weeks ago and never got around to shooting it until today. It has been raining quite a bit with high humidity so I figured I'd better empty it. I put a target up and shot all 6 bullets offhand at 35 feet. I couldn't believe the group. It put all 6 in a 4" mainly horizontal group. :scratch:  I wasn't even trying to pick a spot, just shooting at a black circle.

Without trying I stumbled on to a very accurate load for that old $47.00 pistol.

 

[exMember]

:lol:  dont you just love it when something GOOD happens right out of the blue?!

 

[patocazador]

The amazing part is that I hit the target at all. The rear sight on those Colt pistols is just a notch cut in the top of the hammer. the front sight is an elongated 'button' that looks like an upside-down golf tee.

 

[Okie Hog]

Glad you found a good load for your gun.

That reminds me, i have an unfired Walker replica from Christmas 2010.

 

[Spitfire1]

Pato it's not so much the 'load' you found but the fodder you send off through the tube .

I have 4 c&b revolvers and all of them prefer balls.