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Offline Doc Holiday

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Griswold & Gunnison
« on: September 23, 2021, 03:16:13 PM »
Shot my Griswold & Gunnison today.
It functioned perfectly and shot very well.
I think I noticed sonething.....I often have trouble with the 36 cal. Balls sticking to the loading lever.
But not today at all.
Only difference is I did not use any wads.
I think without the wads, the ball is seated deeper and therefore less likely to come up with the lever.
What do you think?

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Re: Griswold & Gunnison
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2021, 03:25:32 PM »
I never had balls pull out with my Griswold or navy and I use wads. You can file the sharpness off of the ram and stop it tho.
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Re: Griswold & Gunnison
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2021, 04:20:45 PM »
Quote from: Hawg on September 23, 2021, 03:25:32 PM
I never had balls pull out with my Griswold or navy and I use wads. You can file the sharpness off of the ram and stop it tho.

^^^^^^^^this^^^^^^^^

The ram engraves into the bid'ness end of the ball.
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Re: Griswold & Gunnison
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2021, 04:35:14 PM »
Quote from: Hawg on September 23, 2021, 03:25:32 PM
I never had balls pull out with my Griswold or navy and I use wads. You can file the sharpness off of the ram and stop it tho.

Yes, I have done that. A little dremel work on all of mine.
But even with that sometimes I still have a little trouble.......with the 36 caliber ones.
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Re: Griswold & Gunnison
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2021, 04:38:17 PM »
.375 balls or .380?
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2021, 04:41:47 PM »
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Re: Griswold & Gunnison
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2021, 07:17:23 PM »
My opinion is that a .380 is the only way to go.

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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2021, 07:30:09 PM »
Well, I got a slew of .375 to go through......
And I will.certainly use 'em.
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Re: Griswold & Gunnison
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2021, 08:29:29 PM »
Of course, use them.  We've all shot our start of those.  I find them loose in the Pietta chambers on a couple of .36's from the late 1990's.  They shave a partial circle in crescent shape and ride forward.  Just too small for those particular guns.  The CNC Piettas seem to like .380 best, too, but handle .375's tolerably well.


Hey, I never go near my pistols with a Dremmal.  But, if I were a DDS I suppose I would ... and could.

Shoot up those .375's and have a ball.
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Re: Griswold & Gunnison
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2021, 03:55:14 AM »
G Dog .....being a doc.....the dremel doesn't scare me......lol.

Thanks ......I will have a ball.
By the way, the balls in the G&G cut a real nice lead ring.
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Re: Griswold & Gunnison
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2021, 09:59:01 AM »
My Pietta .36's all shoot .375 balls. They all shave a nice ring too. So far, I haven't had a single problem.
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Re: Griswold & Gunnison
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2021, 11:03:56 AM »
Quote from: Doc Holiday on September 24, 2021, 03:55:14 AM
G Dog .....being a doc.....the dremel doesn't scare me......lol.

A Dremel doesn't scare my dentist either.  (7+"
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Re: Griswold & Gunnison
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2021, 05:51:26 PM »
Quote from: ShotgunDave on September 24, 2021, 09:59:01 AM
My Pietta .36's all shoot .375 balls. They all shave a nice ring too. So far, I haven't had a single problem.

A couple of Navies here from '96 and '97 don't do .375 well at all.  A 2000 Rem and a 2017 Griswold that I use, shoot them very nicely.  All Pietta.  I stick to .380 and that's it.
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Re: Griswold & Gunnison
« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2021, 05:25:55 AM »
Quote from: G Dog on September 23, 2021, 07:17:23 PM
My opinion is that a .380 is the only way to go.

Thanks G Dog. So, sounds like I should try the .380's instead of .375 in my 2018 Pietta 1861? I will do that.
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