Percussion Pistol "Speed Shooting".....

[user 30577]

Tried some black powder ""speed"" shooting with the Lyman's Great Plains pistol with unusual results.
It's the best shooting I've done with this pistol....and...I caught it on camera!
Enjoy.....

 

[Tony gilbert]

Tried some black powder ""speed"" shooting with the Lyman's Great Plains pistol with unusual results.
It's the best shooting I've done with this pistol....and...I caught it on camera!
Enjoy.....

Mark good to see you buddy you always make good videos

 

[user 30577]

Mark good to see you buddy you always make good videos

Thanks my friend.....those videos are what keeps me going!

 

[Smyrnagc]

Great Job! Looks like fun!

 

[deermanok]

Good shooting.

 

[Bones816]

I have a novice observation. You didn’t use a patch. Can you tell me why you didn’t need to.

 

[user 30577]

You didn’t use a patch. Can you tell me why you didn’t need to.

I would have never been able to take those 7 shots under 3 minutes loading the patches.
It takes too much time using them.
Thanks for watching.

 

[Splitear]

Great shooting! I wonder if the "speed" pulled some of the overthinking that can come with target shooting....Regardless, fun video!

 

[Bones816]

I would have never been able to take those 7 shots under 3 minutes loading the patches.
It takes too much time using them.
Thanks for watching.

So, why do we need a patch ever if it's not necessary?

 

[Splitear]

So, why do we need a patch ever if it's not necessary?

Your patch is what engages the rifling in your barrel. Shooting without a patch can impact (decrease) accuracy and cause some gases to escape around the projectile. It's not necessary, especially when accuracy isn't the primary goal.

 

[Bones816]

That’s what I figured but wanted to hear it. Thanks.

 

[earlwb]

Yeah that was a great video. Thanks for sharing.

For fighting and faster reloads, I believe that they used to keep a few balls in their mouth to help speed up the loading too. Saves time fumbling in a bag trying to grab a bullet fast. Plus the saliva helps keep the ball in the barrel too. As some of the BP sticks to it for a short time. When your fighting for survival every moment counts. They didn’t have pockets way back then. But they didn’t know about lead toxicity way back then either. Nowadays that is probably a bad idea.

 

[user 30577]

Nowadays that is probably a bad idea.

Yep...I knew they kept round balls in their mouth for quick access.
I wasn't going to do that though.....
Thanks for watching.....

 

[No Second Place]

Great rapid fire...