How To Get Started With Muzzleloading Black Powder Revolvers 

Unlikely but would be nice

yes just about the only handgun we are allowed, and even then we need an explosives licence for the black powder. totally agree they are great guns, what model do you carry?

@@IRateGuns Uberti 1851 London and 1860. Much more engaging than modern guns. I never had much fun plinking with 9 mm. Licenses are on the way for us too unfortunately. Every assembly session a new firearms regulation is proposed at either the state or federal level.

Please explain any situation at all to me, that you would rather have a cap and ball gun rather than a self loading handgun?... it just makes no sense, you can get more than 10 rounds in a compact semi auto handgun nowadays and you can mout rds on them pretty regularly. The 365xl is in a way the perfect carry gun.

@@PyroMite0213 Because I have carried plastic 9 mm’s for years and got sick of them. They all have as much soul as electric screwdrivers. Each of my cap and ball guns have their own personalities. They have unique combinations of powder, cap, and projectile they like, and ones they don’t. To get mine to 99% reliability has been an adventure that taught me gunsmithing, engineering, reloading, and marksmanship all in one hobby. Further, I am intimately connected to every aspect of firing each of my guns and could even manufacture for myself every element of the firearm that makes it function if ammo becomes unobtainable. I can cast the lead balls or bullets, mill the powder from charcoal, saltpeter, and sulphur, make the caps out of pop cans and priming compound, and hand file replacement parts if necessary. While ammo availability has declined, I’ve kept shooting so often that I actually shoot a percussion revolver just as well or BETTER than a subcompact 9 mm. And the pride I’ve earned by making 170 year old technology WORK is much greater than I ever felt lobbing overpriced factory hollowpoints out of a polymer gun at paper. While the person with 15 rounds in their magazine hoards their ammo or goes broke staying proficient at an indoor range, I shoot 200 shots a month in the great outdoors at used soda bottles for cheap and clean up with plain soap, water, and vegetable oil. I also find that percussion guns don’t make nonshooters as nervous, because they look traditional and people who know guns understand the hard work and discipline it takes to make one function and dare to rely on it. It’s the most fun martial art I’ve ever trained and it has made me a better shooter with any type of gun, old or new. I would challenge serious shooters to a simple goal: learn to make an 1851 Navy replica shoot 6 times without a malfunction out to 21 feet with at least 200 foot pounds (271 joules) energy per shot. Figuring out how to do that will only make a good shooter better. And since that’s the gun I shoot best and most often, that’s the one I have on hand when needed.

@Rez Logan whatever works best for you I guess lol, I'll pass tho.

Thanks for the insight

Do you need French passport or any passport?

@@yannikoloff7659 No, my UK one works fine as ID for club membership and BP gun purchases.

Indeed

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if only i was that good

@@IRateGuns I believe in you buddy! 😂 You're the man, thank you for exposing me to a new gun.

awesome, I'm looking out for a walker myself.

@@IRateGuns I’m a fac holder, do I have to be part of a club to own a BP revolver? also do you have to go to the club certain amount of times a year? Can I take the gun home to clean and store, thanks

Today I bought my first American made Remington 44 model 1861 made in 1862. Can’t hardly wait to get it in my mail. So much to think and learn about so it will be right. Right powder, bullets and so on.

Thanks

"looks like a blast"...uh yeah!

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Wouldn’t a section 7.3 be much more hassle than a section 1?

@@IRateGuns But, the only handgun types permitted by the section 1 license is muzzle-loader, I think.

Correct, these are all muzzleloading revolvers

lucky. pyrodex isn't that bad, i use it 50% of the time

What's the criteria for a licence tho? Politician's and millionaires?

@@aaronsmith4940 you just have to be a member at a club

Thanks for the comment, glad you’re enjoying the channel

Glad you liked it

Hope this video helped

Glad to help, how did you get on?

Glad you enjoyed it

Chainfires can also come in through the nipple so make sure the caps are on their tight as well.

Indeed

depends on the club, best ask them

most clubs will require a 6 month probation period that has a minimum number of visits, and you'll often find that your firearms certificate in the UK is dependent on continued membership

Thanks

dont see them anywhere very often.

Thanks, it’s a constant battle

@@IRateGuns Definitely relatable! Still a great video.

Glad you learned something

Hygrophiliic fouling + potassium oxide + sulfides = Rust City.

@@BogeyTheBear ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vol-F6XWum0.html

Interesting 🤔

its a little grey

its a roger and spencer, you don't see many of them. yes its a matt

About right, worth it though

Hi, I'm from Staffordshire, there are lots of clubs around that allow black powder guns but you could give these a look www.sporpc.co.uk/

I’m also from Staffordshire, Cannock , thanks for the link mate , might even see you around 👍

interesting stuff

Thanks

Just did

Fair point

got mine here www.henrykrank.com/muzzle-loading/powder-shot-measuring/powder-phials-phial-kits/pedersoli-abs-cased-pistol-match-set.html

@@IRateGuns ebay, search small vials for powder. I load at range from flask to plastic vial to revolver, but have filled 50 or so befor going to range, a little faster but not much

Look for eppendorf tubes ;-)

You can

We have very different cultures in relation to guns, but I would love to come over there at some point.

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@@IRateGuns 1. Wait three months to obtain revolver. 2. Discover it's flaws and send off for SlixShot nipples. 3. Send off for materials(lamb's lard and bees wax for gun lube). 4. Send off for cappers(your choice). 5. Obtain caps and black powder, Pyrodex or Triple 7(Pyrodex is more powerful than black powder. Triple 7 is more powerful than Pyrodex).I do have Pyrodex that is 4 years old, both P and RS(the rifle I reloaded 410 shells with) and it continues to go bang. 6. Send off for the balls. 5-6 months later, one can finally fire it.......

I agree, it’s a bit strange

best of luck finding one, ive only ever seen two up for sale, both used

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ill assume you living in the UK. you first need to have you firearms licence, then apply to you local police using form ER4A. you will need an approved wooden storage box but the licence is free.

Do you have to shoot at a club ? Do you have to keep the gun at the club? Thanks

@@lgdy5703 shooting at a club is a good way to get "good reason" for an FAC. You don't need to keep them at the range as long as you have a wall safe for the guns and a separate safe for the ammunition. (a lot of gun safes have a built-in ammunition safe.

about 20p

never had a problem with it

What are the restrictions over there?

@@IRateGuns well. To own new type not BP guns we need training and license, yet we may buy freely every replika of front loaded BP gun if it is a replica of a weapon created Before 1885. We can just go pick it up pay and go. To buy BP we need to pay for European blackpowder weapon card where we need to have at least one gun typed in. But, there are no restrictions to receive a gift on BP and storing it do if you do not want authorities to know that you have it, you do not need to register. But owning EBpWC is far more convinient than to find someone to "give in present" some BP. Yet we cannot legally posses the new BP guns that are usually more safe than replicas of old guns. That is of course without a special permission like for normal new guns.... Sorry if my english is poor ;-)

​@@dandragon1st no, your English is fine. thanks for that I like to know about gun laws in other countries

yes and an explosives licence as well.

Everyone is really surprised, but we have lots of guns over here.

@@IRateGuns Bad ass

You need to join a club first

Indeed

we need a full licence to buy and keep them

no to both, very bad things will happen. best to cast your own, all the equipment is relatively cheap.

that's a Pedrasoli Rogers and spencer

@@IRateGuns The Rogers and Spenser by pedersoli must be hard to find

When is it not a ball anymore?

@@IRateGuns it's got a flat on it at that point, so not completely round

@@aaronsmith4940 well yes, that’s why balls were replaced with bullets

In the uk it’s not that easy

No, firearms

Ok Ron..... thanks for your input. we can all sleep sounder knowing that.

Sure ain't a breechloader, either.

@William Tell brainwashed much? Turn your TV off its programming you! Your government, its politicians, and the corporations who own them DON'T LOVE YOU! THEY DESPISE YOU!

We have very different cultures

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