Yesterday I had a chance to shoot a little so I took a few guns out to the ranch and made some smoke and noise. I had 3 Colt revolvers I had not fired before so I took them and my Remington Buffalo with the shoulder stock attached along and grabbed a couple cartridge guns too.
The Colts I took were a 2nd model Dragoon, an 1851 Navy Civilian model, and a brass framed 1851 51/2 inch sheriffs model. I had never fired any of them before. The Dragoon was really temperamental and took some coaxing to get the cylinder to turn after about 10 shots. The civilian 1851 shot well and rang the gong consistently but had to be cleaned up some between loadings. My favorite was the short barreled '51 brasser. It rang the gong nearly every shot from 25 yards. By far the best shooting revolver of the three Colts. I will need to do a little tuning on the Dragoon and '51 civilian model in order to make them a more pleasant experience.
I was not impressed with the Remington Buffalo with the shoulder stock attached. I prefer the Buffalo without it.
After we shot the BP guns we ran a few rounds through the Buffalo with the conversion cylinder without the shoulder stock.
Last came out the 1911 and the S&W .38 special for a change of pace. I'm still not sure if I like the 1911 well enough to keep it or not.
All in all a good day with a variety of guns.
No target pics since we shot the 5 inch gong all day but here's a pic of the we fired