45 Colt is king of the hill but 44-40, 38-40 and 32-20 are pretty nice as well. Really like the 32-20. Fun little bumble bee My daughter nagged me into buying her an original peace maker. Only one I could find was a 44 Special made way back.
Your videos just keep getting better and better. With all the smoke you're filling that area up with, imagine what a civil war battlefield must have been like.
Nice old revolver. I wonder how a firearms engineer of today would rank the internal mechanism of that older gun. It seemed to function very well despite its age. As always, great content.
Advertised as the first ever gun show in Alaska i picked up a 1st generation 45colt. Had a grip frame and one piece grip that fit my hand so well it would have made point shooting very accurate. 3000. Missed it so I bought new one. ❤. Guessing it to be a model 72. Help on this appreciated. Was not 1860.RDHS
GET THE LEAD OUT !!! After watching your latest version of making black powder, I checked my LEAD tumbling media. This is after roughly 5 times through the mill. Before 5 pieces was 1000 grains and after 5 cycles it only weighed 910 grains!! I lost 18 grains of lead for every piece of lead. That's roughly 720 grains in 5 lbs of my powder.
I don't remember where i read it, but both S&W and Colt had contracts woth the army. Army logistics, being what it was, would mix up the ammo. The Schofield ammo would chamber in a colt, but colt ammo would not chamber in a Schofield, so S&W lost the contract, because the colt would always shoot
That is a cool old gun. The billowing smoke is rad. I love how it just hung in the air. Perhaps you could powder coat those weird conical bullets and see if it improves the accuracy 🤷♂️
I was at a reenactment in West Virginia years back. There were 30 Confederates and 30 Union soldiers plus a cannon. The conditions then were much like yours in this video. The smoke was incredible to say the least. Can you imagine hundreds or thousands of soldiers plus artillery in conditions as there? Puts a true meaning to, “when the smoke clears”! How did anyone know what the hell was going on? Aside from all this, that is a very fine and historical Colt you have there! I very much enjoyed that report and blast of smoke, the fragrance! Kind Thanks and Many Blessings and Good Shootin! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
I know this is a different subject, but I’m new to your channel. Have you ever tried using powder coated round balls in your cap and ball revolvers and if so, how did it work?
The original Schofield Rim would only allow 3 rounds per chamber to be loaded 8245 Colt cylinder. The Army being the overwhelming purchaser of all Scofield ammunition at the time when I ordered the rims trimmed down a little bit to allow for 5 or 6 shots to be loaded in the cylinder simultaneously Schofield promptly agreed.
The guys on the space station said they could see you shooting with all that smoke. Dunny paper/bamboo charcoal duplex charcoal go on make it. Lol love your videos.
The Pitman Notes vol. 1 have complete ballistic data (from the 19th century) for both revolvers and more. You *need* that book (and the whole series--the one on the Trapdoors is amazing, and the one on carbines is great, too).
@@Everythingblackpowder LOL! No, but it lets you compare your load with the originals. That's something I try to do with all my antique weapons (although it's hard with the Snider because I can't make a rolled foil case). If you get the same numbers, you know you're accurately replicating the cartridge. Plus, when you do those crazy long-distance revolver charts, the information in Pitman (you can get the same info by downloading a PDF of the Ordnance Dept "Rules for Management of the Springfield Rifle, Carbine and Army Revolvers" from 1887 for free) shows you what your trajectory will be like, which teaches you how to determine the dangerous space, which makes hitting that far away target easier. It's science!
@@Everythingblackpowder I feel your pain. I took a new batch of .45 Colt that I worked really hard to exactly match the 1878 cartridge (I even got a custom bullet mold) to the range a few weeks ago and got results that varied from 350 fps to 3,000 fps--I suppose we shouldn't expect guys who get so lost in history to be experts in fancy modern technology (which makes me feel better than admitting I'm just an idiot). ;-)
God I wish we could return to a time I never was around for, but where antique colt SAAs, double actions like the thunderer lighting and their 1880s 44 wcf/45 colt double action six gun. I basically can’t get modern cartridge replicas (only cap and ball) and only original pre1899 antiques if they fire metallic cartridge. (Long story, anti gun ass state lol). though the cheapest cartridge firing antique I got was an 1887 era S&W lemon squeezer DAO shrouded internal hammer w/ grip safety and held 32s&w short cartridges and was a fast loader with simultaneous eject via the top break action and with a speed loader or speed strips (modern ones btw) I got reloads good with really fast times by practicing. shitmsorry to ramble on. I absolutely LOVE all of your work and videos so much! I am very appreciative for the entertainment you give me and tons of your fans!
Why you aren't getting 10k hours a day is beyond me... however... our Country is filled with Civilians whom are asleep at the wheel. However, I will say, I'm happy to have your channel.
I loaded up a bunch of Schoefield 45's and tried to use them in a Taurus Thunderbolt rifle and the rims were just too wide to fit up in the magazine tube. Turned them down a skosh and now they fit and give another couple rounds capacity. It was interesting to read about how the Army liked the Schoefield revolvers and the power of the ammo but didn't like the fact that they couldn't take the Colt 45's already in service and inevitably some Colt ammo got delivered to Schoefield units which didn't fit while going the other way the Colt's fired Schoefield ammo just fine. They soon reduced the Colt load to the same as the Schoefield as the full power Colt is REALLY stout stuff. And....S&W wouldn't/couldn't lengthen the Schoefield to take Colt length ammo so they were dropped.
So believe it or not but there was once a time that I could tell between what years the hammer was made by the checkering and the springs in the ejector rod housing on those old colts. Came in handy when trying to tell if it's all original or a match master from parts. For some reason just on the 45s colt would make the cylinder mouths smaller than the bore size by just far enough to contribute to leading if you didn't have the correct bullet hardness. The hollow base design really works well in the 45s with proper alloy for obutration. And in some instances if your bullets were too small it would enter the forcing cone just a little off center. Love the content you guys are always great to watch. And I'm sorry about tipping snapper that he didn't have his colt hopefully I didn't cut short the creative content.
If anyone wonders how so many shots missed at the OK Corral gunfight when the guys were so close together, one big reason is all that black powder smoke you see here so perfectly, and of course the adrenaline rush knowing all that is coming your direction.
I’m gonna make my own damn video!! 😊 Just kidding man!! You’re the king of RU-vid sir!! Seriously though- been watching blackpowder content for many many years and you sir are the tippy top by leaps and bounds dude sir!
Big fella I watched your video and it was great as usual. I did notice that you still haven’t found your razor. Do I need to enroll you in the dollar shave club😂
looks like you were having way too much fun - Here in the great prison colony (Australia) I'd be arrested and thrown into a cell (after my license and firearms were taken from me)...so thanks for sharing - the closest I get to playing with guns - appreciated!
Oldest gun ive got is an 1816 musket made in 1838 Then a few things made in the 1870s. Vetterlis, trapdoors, Gras rifles, actually ordered munitions to load for those. Videos incoming. I dont believe i have any original handguns nor lever actions though. Ill need to change that
To elaborate on the question you asked me yesterday. That one shot I got with the 200 gr 45 colt round was directly after I had just cleaned it thoroughly. Notice how it was 100 ft./s slower than the following shots. This particular pistol would really work well with a bullet that measures .455 and the ones I was using measure .452.
I have an original Colt 1860 Army made in 1870 and with the Richards cartridge conversion applied. My load is 25 grains FF under a Lee conical bullet for C&B revolvers. Durning Colt converting it the cut the barrel to 5 1/2 and Nickled it. Your Colt was cut for issue durning the Philippines war. Nice revolver. Yes I love the old firesrms. Thanks for the video.
You ever try the Bear Creek bullets with their moly lube coating with black powder? I've shot thousands of these bullet in 38spl, 44spl and 45 (Colt and Schofield) but have never loaded any with black powder. I just wonder how the moly coating would do with black powder?
Dame sorry i am a day late.....But that is a very nice old 1873 Colt pistol....Thanks guy's and if you don't like my comment go make your own damn comment lol..... Old F-4 II Pilot Shoe🇺🇸
Lubricated felt wad on top of a card wad, between the bullet and the powder in the Schoefield cartridge. Or Lee liquid Alox on that bullet. Or, try not to puke, powder coated bullets. I would lean toward the Alox. I use that with no other lube on Lyman 429421 at about 900fps.made from aircooled WW. No fouling in my polygonal S&W. I would consider the paint, if I was going to do a very large batch. But I'm not a puurist.
Was scrolling through comments see if someone asked or mentioned for such an old Colt would it handle modern ammo or just only use black powder rounds. Curious with age of the metal it becomes brittle and unsafe
When I saw that the gun was made in 1880 I said to myself, ahh that must be a cap and ball gun. But he is using primed cartridges. When did primers appear ?
That revolver and the .45 colt cartridge was introduced in 1873. Not the first centerfire, and off the top I can't remember the date of the first 'central fire' cartridge introduction. rimfires had been around for a while prior to center fire, I think they came out during the war between the states.
@@Everythingblackpowder I was thinking of primed cartridges, and didn't stop to think that primers predated metallic cartridges. Percussion Muzzle Loaders! So, I started looking at our brass history. The name that came up most, Jean Samuel Pauly. Looking into him brings up other early contributors. Sam Colt might not been so notable, had primed cases been invented 100 years later. Pauly should be as famous as Colt. But I sure never heard of him. Thanks to him, the .45 Colt was able to be created! God smiled on us.
Hey Jake, in cleaning out the corners of the shop, I came a cross a bag of the leafy hemp material we were using for graphene/graphite experiments. If you have any desire to test this a a carbon source I would be happy to seal up a few pounds and send it to you, just need a place to send it ?
On a different subject. Thinking about your pyalercizer, no clue how to spell that, you've added that tube on the top of it. Im wondering if the tube it self could affect the outcome? My thought is that its length is such that ehen you get to the end of the process where it stops actively smoking you might get less back flow of air containing oxygen. Im wondering if by just leaving the can with a hole in the top in your stove over night you might reach the end and get some O2 drawn into the can creating a small amount of ash that does not burn on firing leaving fauling. Not sure how you could test such a theory. Maybe extend the tube to a water trap that would prevent any backflow of air. It would be interesting to purge it with nitrogen as well to prevent any form of oxidation. Are other forms of carbon cleaner when cooked in it?
EBP: you must have edited that low round out of the vid. I couldn't fined it other that the 653. You could call those Schofields "Boeing" rounds; 737, 747 .... 🤣
Do you just naturally not flinch? Or have you trained yourself not to flinch? Serious question. Whether you’re shooting flintlock or anything else I’ve never seen you flinch. Tell me.
Are there any good bullets for loading black powder 45LC that you can buy? I'm hoping not to have to get into casting but it's hard to find bullets that hold enough lube for black powder loads.
