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  • elnielsen
    Member
    • Mar 2011
    • 218

    ever want to get into black powder shooting?

    Cheap black powder pistol deal from Taylor
    Taylor's Firearms markets historical reproductions as well as guns designed for modern day shooters' needs in The New West.


    This is a brass-framed black powder cap and ball 1851 Navy pistol with an octagon barrel. This would be an incredibly inexpensive entry level black powder pistol. There's no FFL required with black powder so they can ship the day you buy it. $160 is very inexpensive and you get a free cylinder, I don't believe this deal can be beat.

    I own an 1851 from Navy Arms with the color case hardened receiver. I love this pistol, it just feels right in your hand. I also own a Lemat revolver and a .58 cal Hawken rifle. Black powder is fun to shoot and the weapons have a personality, just like each of your guns has.

    So I post this post to tell you if you've ever thought about getting into black powder spending the least to give is a try, here is the deal of a century.

    Know you will have to learn a bit about loading black powder (which to buy (FFFG for pistols)) and how much to administer per bullet for each gun (loading data) as well as a measure, and a few common black powder tools.

    I know nothing of Taylor other than good reviews I've read here from SEARCHING And I wouldn't advise the brass framed revolvers (it's softer and prone to breakage through extensive use) however because of the loading involved and the cleanup, it just wont get shot as much as you like, at least if you own a few other guns. Also know, black powder is very dirty, much dirtier than smokeless powder, however you can clean black powder with soap and water. I disassemble and dump all the parts in the water, and dunk the entire thing just keeping the grips dry, so overall not any longer to clean than say my sig229, just different.
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    IntoForever
    CGSSA Associate
    • Sep 2010
    • 3891

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    • #3
      GW
      I need a LIFE!!
      • May 2004
      • 16078

      Black powder is a lot of work and a lot of fun
      Fire a flintlock rifle and then think what it must have been like to do that with a grizzly or a lion charging at you.
      If you do go BP then I STRONGLY recommend you get one of those CO2 devices that you use to blow out the ball when you have to unload without firing or ram the ball home before you put the powder charge in.
      sigpicNRA Benefactor Member

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      • #4
        Kruzr
        In Memoriam
        • Oct 2005
        • 1751

        FWIW, Cabelas has the same gun, the Pietta 1851 brass framed in .44 for $149.

        I've got 3 BP revolvers and a Hawken which are a bunch of fun but keep in mind you will be spending more than for just the gun by the time you get done with other things you need that you don't already have for modern guns.

        The good side is once you've bought the stuff you need, buying the next BP gun is that much easier.

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        • #5
          elnielsen
          Member
          • Mar 2011
          • 218

          I found one here http://www.buffalobillsshootingstore...pistols01.html also for $149.

          I like that idea for a CO2 cartridge to free a stuck ball, however I use a screwtip jag. It just reams into the ball and you can pull it out with the ramrod. I got a ball stuck in the .58 hawken at Burro range a few weeks ago, I had 6-7 friends round robin up at bat on the hawken. They loved it, funny I had just swabbed the barrel a few times and the next ball would not seat, and I broke my original ramrod on that (forgot the fiberglass ramrod at home).
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          • #6
            RudyN
            Senior Member
            • May 2007
            • 2282

            Black powder shooting is a lot of fun! I do Cowboy action shooting and my pistols are repro 1858 Remingtons. I may be crazy, but I like the smell of black powder. Of course they are a bit of work to clean.
            Rudy N
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            • #7
              HighLander51
              Banned
              • Feb 2010
              • 5144

              Other than being messy and slow as heck, shooting black is kinda fun. I hunted for years with a Thompson Center Renegade in .54cal and Hawkens in .50 cal. If you ever do manage to stuff it without powder, just unscrew the nipple and dribble in some 4F into the hole. That is enough to get the ball out the barrel. When I was in my 20's, I could manage 1.5" groups at 100 yards from the bench. When shooting balls, the patch material is everything. I still have my Hawkens and T/C Patriot .45 cal pistol.

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