Any Black Powder Shooters?

[01yz2nv]

I recently got the itch to try out black powder. I picked up a Pietta Model 1851 Confederate Navy .44 from cabelas. This is my first black powder anything, and pretty excited to give it a try. Anybody else shoot black powder stuff?

[juiceweezl]

I haven't in years, but I have 2 rifles. One is an inline but the other is an old Thompson kit. I love shooting black powder.

[01yz2nv]

It sounds dirty, stinky, and awesome all in one.

[YALE]

Be diligent about cleaning, and do it as soon as you get done shooting. Black powder is corrosive as fuck all.

[Tannerm]

Be diligent about cleaning, and do it as soon as you get done shooting. Black powder is corrosive as fuck all.

Agreed. Buddy let a friend borrow a pistol for the summer. Said friend did not clean after shooting. That fall he got it back. It was a rusted mess. Beyond repair.

[David]

I have a few flintlocks I love to shoot. Then I have a 61 Springfield that's also a fun one. I use to shoot a lot of colt army pistols, but I don't really enjoy them as much.

[Dacotua]

I recently got the itch to try out black powder. I picked up a Pietta Model 1851 Confederate Navy .44 from cabelas. This is my first black powder anything, and pretty excited to give it a try. Anybody else shoot black powder stuff?

Just a FYI

Do not load that gun to max load. You wont have a kaboom or anything but the brass will stretch on that gun. Id recommend only about 22 grains of powder with the brass frame guns.

I'd also recommend you use real black powder.

Get a pistol nipple tool if you dont have one.

Those are fun guns and last a long time so long as you keep the charge around 22 grains of powder.

Also put crisco or a jell on top of the ball after loading so you dont get cross fires

[David]

It gets exciting when the whole cylinder goes at once!

[Moose242]

I have a .69 caliber smooth-bore flintlock pistol I shoot sometimes. It seriously is amazing that anyone could hit anything with those beyond about 7 yards. The black powder revolvers on the other hand are cool too. As stated, use some bore butter to keep a chain fire from happening. Make sure you clean immediately too. When I shoot a black powder gun, it will be rusty when I get back from the range (this is where the saying "never let the sun set on a dirty gun" comes from).

Use boiling water remove as much residue as possible like you would after shooting corrosive ammo, and then clean and lubricate normally.

[bobs94formula]

I used BP substitute (Pinnacle) for my .44-40 reloads for my last cowboy shoot. The pinnacle cleans a lot easier than the real BP, although I don't think you can get it anymore.



Here is my son and I shooting my BP reloads for the first time.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I was looking at this the other day. Im interested as well.