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Colt Automatics / Not a Colt
« on: March 04, 2022, 01:06:48 PM »
Got a 9mm bullseye competition tomorrow 25 metres single hand precision.
She's a Norinco, a faithful copy of a Colt 1911, isn't she pretty ?
Wish me luck ?
She's a Norinco, a faithful copy of a Colt 1911, isn't she pretty ?
Wish me luck ?
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Pocket Models / Colt pocket model
« on: February 28, 2022, 06:05:52 AM »
Browsing this afternoon I found this one for sale in the U.K.
https://mjlmilitaria.com/excellent-condition-colt-model-1849-pocket-percussion-revolver/
https://mjlmilitaria.com/excellent-condition-colt-model-1849-pocket-percussion-revolver/
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Ruger "Old Army" Revolvers / Ruger Old Army with 209 shotgun primer nipples.
« on: October 30, 2021, 07:57:32 AM »
Well I bought these for my Ruger Old Army stainless when I was in England three years ago at the Birmingham gun show from A and A gunsmiths in Lincolnshire England.
The idea being that 209 shotgun primers IN THEORY make my Ruger Old Army revolver a 100% reliable defensive revolver, eliminating 19th century caps which are not 100% reliable in my experience.
Yes I have a Glock 17 and a Sig Sauer P228 and a Colt Cobra .38 but here as in many other countries in Europe we don’t have the same options for a defensive pistol that you guys have in the U.S.
My modern cartridge pistols all of them superb defensive weapons have to be locked up in a safe by law when stored in the home. Not so for BP revolvers modern and original, shotguns and .22 rifles. You can store then in a wardrobe or certainly ready to hand for the likes of a home invasion scenario.
Alan makes these nipples specifically for CCI 209 shotgun primers. I have been reloading metallic pistol and rifle cartridges since 1986, small pistol primers, large pistol primers, small rifle and large rifle primers.
I had no idea of the variation in dimensions of 209 shotshell primers. I tried all different makes commonly available in Spain because I just couldn’t get CCI 209’s locally I tried various makes available locally NONE of them fitted the A+A nipples.
Well last week I was browsing the website of Armeria Trelles in Northern Spain and they have CCI 209’s on stock and they ship them via courier. I ordered some. They were delivered 48hrs later.
So I screwed the 209 shotshell primer nipples into the Ruger cylinder and headed off to the range today…….Finally.
Alan told me that because there is no breech face like a cartridge gun you have to use reduced loads to reduce the pressure so that the 209 primers don’t mushroom backwards and jam into the slot for the hammer jamming the cylinder.
Bearing that in mind I have 2 different sizes of plastic vials. The small ones a level scoop of 777 gives 9 grains by weight which I use for my original .36 cal Colt Navy.
Same vials with a level scoop give 10 grains by weight of Santa Barbara BP.
The second size, level scoop they give 25 grains by weight of Santa Barbara BP the normal load I use in my Ruger and Uberti 1858.
First off I tried a single vial of 9 grains of 777, topped off with a dry felt wad, 3.5cc scoop of semolina, a .457 round ball and home made beeswax olive oil lube.
BOOM off it went, on an IPSC target at 12 metres printed just left of the aiming mark. I poked the spent primer out with a dental pick via the flash hole no problem. A very light load, reliable for sure but no good for defence.
Next one two vials of 777, 18 grains in weight same round ball etc. BOOM, printed slightly left and a fraction higher. Better, much better but I felt like a bit more OOMPH was needed for a defensive load. No mushrooming of the primer which looked like it hadn’t been fired.
3rd was two vials of Santa Barbara BP giving 20 grains by weight. Printed slightly left of the aiming mark very close to it. The primer was fine, still nice and flat no issues.
Pretty much the same as the 18 grains of 777 but more smoke…….. getting there.
4th was a vial containing 25 grains (by weight) of Santa Barbara BP, this is the normal load I use in the Ruger and the Uberti, I have chronographed this in the past and you REALLY WOULDN’T want get in the way of it.
BOOM, touched off printed nearly touching the aiming point and yeah you could feel it was a proper load giving the right velocity. The primer pushed out no problem and had mushroomed very slightly, but no issues it did not stop the cylinder rotating as normal.
5th was three 9 grain vials of 777, equaling 27 grains by weight. BOOM touched off BUT the primer mushroomed back jamming into the hammer slot in the breach face jamming the cylinder. USELESS !
I had to pull the base pin and hammer the cylinder out of the frame with a plastic mallet. Definitely no use whatsoever, not even target shooting !
So I carried on shooting 25 grains of SB black powder with no issues at all.
Would I trust this Ruger using 209 shotgun primers as a reliable defensive handgun ?
First impressions I’d say YES but I need to do a bit more testing yet, next time with a chronograph.
The idea being that 209 shotgun primers IN THEORY make my Ruger Old Army revolver a 100% reliable defensive revolver, eliminating 19th century caps which are not 100% reliable in my experience.
Yes I have a Glock 17 and a Sig Sauer P228 and a Colt Cobra .38 but here as in many other countries in Europe we don’t have the same options for a defensive pistol that you guys have in the U.S.
My modern cartridge pistols all of them superb defensive weapons have to be locked up in a safe by law when stored in the home. Not so for BP revolvers modern and original, shotguns and .22 rifles. You can store then in a wardrobe or certainly ready to hand for the likes of a home invasion scenario.
Alan makes these nipples specifically for CCI 209 shotgun primers. I have been reloading metallic pistol and rifle cartridges since 1986, small pistol primers, large pistol primers, small rifle and large rifle primers.
I had no idea of the variation in dimensions of 209 shotshell primers. I tried all different makes commonly available in Spain because I just couldn’t get CCI 209’s locally I tried various makes available locally NONE of them fitted the A+A nipples.
Well last week I was browsing the website of Armeria Trelles in Northern Spain and they have CCI 209’s on stock and they ship them via courier. I ordered some. They were delivered 48hrs later.
So I screwed the 209 shotshell primer nipples into the Ruger cylinder and headed off to the range today…….Finally.
Alan told me that because there is no breech face like a cartridge gun you have to use reduced loads to reduce the pressure so that the 209 primers don’t mushroom backwards and jam into the slot for the hammer jamming the cylinder.
Bearing that in mind I have 2 different sizes of plastic vials. The small ones a level scoop of 777 gives 9 grains by weight which I use for my original .36 cal Colt Navy.
Same vials with a level scoop give 10 grains by weight of Santa Barbara BP.
The second size, level scoop they give 25 grains by weight of Santa Barbara BP the normal load I use in my Ruger and Uberti 1858.
First off I tried a single vial of 9 grains of 777, topped off with a dry felt wad, 3.5cc scoop of semolina, a .457 round ball and home made beeswax olive oil lube.
BOOM off it went, on an IPSC target at 12 metres printed just left of the aiming mark. I poked the spent primer out with a dental pick via the flash hole no problem. A very light load, reliable for sure but no good for defence.
Next one two vials of 777, 18 grains in weight same round ball etc. BOOM, printed slightly left and a fraction higher. Better, much better but I felt like a bit more OOMPH was needed for a defensive load. No mushrooming of the primer which looked like it hadn’t been fired.
3rd was two vials of Santa Barbara BP giving 20 grains by weight. Printed slightly left of the aiming mark very close to it. The primer was fine, still nice and flat no issues.
Pretty much the same as the 18 grains of 777 but more smoke…….. getting there.
4th was a vial containing 25 grains (by weight) of Santa Barbara BP, this is the normal load I use in the Ruger and the Uberti, I have chronographed this in the past and you REALLY WOULDN’T want get in the way of it.
BOOM, touched off printed nearly touching the aiming point and yeah you could feel it was a proper load giving the right velocity. The primer pushed out no problem and had mushroomed very slightly, but no issues it did not stop the cylinder rotating as normal.
5th was three 9 grain vials of 777, equaling 27 grains by weight. BOOM touched off BUT the primer mushroomed back jamming into the hammer slot in the breach face jamming the cylinder. USELESS !
I had to pull the base pin and hammer the cylinder out of the frame with a plastic mallet. Definitely no use whatsoever, not even target shooting !
So I carried on shooting 25 grains of SB black powder with no issues at all.
Would I trust this Ruger using 209 shotgun primers as a reliable defensive handgun ?
First impressions I’d say YES but I need to do a bit more testing yet, next time with a chronograph.
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Modern Colt Revolvers / Chopped my faux Colt for this genuine one.
« on: August 13, 2019, 10:30:32 AM »
Well gentlemen we all must have experienced the feeling of "I HAVE GOT TO HAVE THAT" when we see a certain article that gets our attention. It happened to me very recently.
I saw this BEAUTIFUL and I mean BEAUTIFUL Colt Cobra .38 special. 2" barrel, lightweight nickel plated aluminium frame stainless cylinder made in 1976 according to it's serial number.
It came with Pachmayr grips on it, the original wooden grips, an ankle holster and a belt holster. Plus a couple of boxes of Winchester .38 special. The action is glass smooth typical Colt.
All that was going through my head was "I HAVE GOT TO HAVE THAT". The problem being is that I have just spent best part of a grand on a AR15 style semi auto 12g and "she who must be obeyed" would not be happy with me spending more money on guns.
Then a solution popped into my head. My Spanish friend Juan de Dios has been pleading with me for the last four years to sell him my Pietta 1851 Navy Yank snub faux Colt. DONE DEAL.
This thing is like brand spanking new. Most definitely has been a safe Queen all of her life. No signs of carry anywhere on her. A fine example of true American craftsmanship. It reminds me of my Colt Diamondback Tony Blair confiscated from me
Oh BTW there isn't any damage on the right side of the frame. It's a reflection of my cellphone.
I saw this BEAUTIFUL and I mean BEAUTIFUL Colt Cobra .38 special. 2" barrel, lightweight nickel plated aluminium frame stainless cylinder made in 1976 according to it's serial number.
It came with Pachmayr grips on it, the original wooden grips, an ankle holster and a belt holster. Plus a couple of boxes of Winchester .38 special. The action is glass smooth typical Colt.
All that was going through my head was "I HAVE GOT TO HAVE THAT". The problem being is that I have just spent best part of a grand on a AR15 style semi auto 12g and "she who must be obeyed" would not be happy with me spending more money on guns.
Then a solution popped into my head. My Spanish friend Juan de Dios has been pleading with me for the last four years to sell him my Pietta 1851 Navy Yank snub faux Colt. DONE DEAL.
This thing is like brand spanking new. Most definitely has been a safe Queen all of her life. No signs of carry anywhere on her. A fine example of true American craftsmanship. It reminds me of my Colt Diamondback Tony Blair confiscated from me
Oh BTW there isn't any damage on the right side of the frame. It's a reflection of my cellphone.
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Navy Models / Range day.
« on: June 08, 2019, 01:43:40 PM »
I installed my new stainless Track of the Wolf nipples in the original cylinder for the Colt Navy the other day so I was keen to try them out. So I headed off to the range today with the Colt Navy and my Uberti Remington.
I found some plastic vials with caps on them, so last night I determined that they hold TEN grains by WEIGHT of Spanish Santa Barbara BP and SEVEN grains of Triple Seven. Drag them through the powder in an open dry container level scoop and that's what they give. I didn't bother shooting any T7 today just BP.
Ten grains of BP a scoop of semolina filler with a Lee dipper and a .375" Hornady round ball, Remington No11 caps for the 1st target. All shot two handed grip free standing at ten metres.
Second target only difference was RWS 1075 plus caps.............................Six o'clock hold and boom. Two nice groups there even if I say so myself
Made in 1852, I just can't believe how good this old revolver shoots.
I found some plastic vials with caps on them, so last night I determined that they hold TEN grains by WEIGHT of Spanish Santa Barbara BP and SEVEN grains of Triple Seven. Drag them through the powder in an open dry container level scoop and that's what they give. I didn't bother shooting any T7 today just BP.
Ten grains of BP a scoop of semolina filler with a Lee dipper and a .375" Hornady round ball, Remington No11 caps for the 1st target. All shot two handed grip free standing at ten metres.
Second target only difference was RWS 1075 plus caps.............................Six o'clock hold and boom. Two nice groups there even if I say so myself
Made in 1852, I just can't believe how good this old revolver shoots.
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Navy Models / I got robbed yesterday.
« on: June 04, 2019, 10:19:01 AM »
I ordered some new stainless nipples for the Colt Navy original cylinder from Track of the Wolf. The total price was $75 USD including $40 postage to Spain.
They arrived yesterday (quick delivery) and the postman mugged me for 25 Euros on behalf Spanish Customs. Robbing b*stards charged me 25 Import duty on goods worth 30 Dollars US !
I decided against the alternative from Peter Dyson in the U.K. He does carbon steel blued nipples for original Colts and he wants TEN Pounds Stirling each plus postage. Obviously there would be no import duty.
Still I'm glad I bought the TOTW because apart from the fact they are stainless the quality is superb, I have them in my Uberti and my Pietta Navy Yank snub. On the flats they have the tiny letters COLT.......Unbelievable.
Anyway Today I coated them with Copper slip anti seize compound and screwed them into the original cylinder. They look real pretty. I'm going to have to go and try them this week.
They arrived yesterday (quick delivery) and the postman mugged me for 25 Euros on behalf Spanish Customs. Robbing b*stards charged me 25 Import duty on goods worth 30 Dollars US !
I decided against the alternative from Peter Dyson in the U.K. He does carbon steel blued nipples for original Colts and he wants TEN Pounds Stirling each plus postage. Obviously there would be no import duty.
Still I'm glad I bought the TOTW because apart from the fact they are stainless the quality is superb, I have them in my Uberti and my Pietta Navy Yank snub. On the flats they have the tiny letters COLT.......Unbelievable.
Anyway Today I coated them with Copper slip anti seize compound and screwed them into the original cylinder. They look real pretty. I'm going to have to go and try them this week.
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NEW MEMBER CHECK-IN / New member from Europe.
« on: May 21, 2019, 02:02:38 PM »
Hola Buenas dias from Malaga Spain.
I'm a long term member of the Remington forum and have owned a 3" Navy Yank snub by Pietta for quite some time. I recently acquired an original Colt .36 Navy made in 1852, it shoots superbly. So I thought I should make it "official" and join the COLT forum. I see a lot of familiar names on here.
I'm a long term member of the Remington forum and have owned a 3" Navy Yank snub by Pietta for quite some time. I recently acquired an original Colt .36 Navy made in 1852, it shoots superbly. So I thought I should make it "official" and join the COLT forum. I see a lot of familiar names on here.
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