Burned a little Black pwd today - The Firearms Forum

Gabob · 11-14-2007, 04:14 PM

My wife was gone today and I had to hang around the house so I took my 1858 Remington(Replica) out on back deck and burned some black powder.
It still amazes me how powerful and accurate those old time handguns are.. I had tied up some old newspapers into bundles about a foot thick and was using them for a backstop(not that I needed one. there was nothing back there for three miles). With a round nose pure lead bullet and 30 grs of ffg the bullets deformed into unrecognizeable blobs of lead. Recoil was about like a mild .357 load. At fifteen yards if tore the center out of a 2 1/4 inch bullseye.
A fellow( LEO) hunting on the adjoining land came up and he shot a group that was about 3 inches. That was his first time shooting a cap and ball revolver.

We had a ball

358 winchester · 11-14-2007, 04:20 PM

Better be careful not to hit the bird feeder BJ will skin you alive

Bruce FLinch · 11-14-2007, 05:35 PM

Sounds like fun! Sometimes the 2.5 mi. drive to the range is such a bother. Would be great to just out to the back yard.

11-14-2007, 04:14 PM	#1
Gabob Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW GA CSA Posts: 1,161	Burned a little Black pwd today My wife was gone today and I had to hang around the house so I took my 1858 Remington(Replica) out on back deck and burned some black powder. It still amazes me how powerful and accurate those old time handguns are.. I had tied up some old newspapers into bundles about a foot thick and was using them for a backstop(not that I needed one. there was nothing back there for three miles). With a round nose pure lead bullet and 30 grs of ffg the bullets deformed into unrecognizeable blobs of lead. Recoil was about like a mild .357 load. At fifteen yards if tore the center out of a 2 1/4 inch bullseye. A fellow( LEO) hunting on the adjoining land came up and he shot a group that was about 3 inches. That was his first time shooting a cap and ball revolver. We had a ball __________________ NRA Endowment Member Keep Your Powder Dry -->

11-14-2007, 04:20 PM	#2
358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Re: Burned a little Black pwd today Better be careful not to hit the bird feeder BJ will skin you alive __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand?

11-14-2007, 05:35 PM	#3
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: Burned a little Black pwd today Sounds like fun! Sometimes the 2.5 mi. drive to the range is such a bother. Would be great to just out to the back yard. __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.