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FrontierMuzzleloading
10-19-2015, 08:58 PM
I decided to fire her off after having it loaded for over a week.

Its my 1860 army colt .44cal I bought from Traditions around this time last year. Great shooting little revolver but today I got my best accuracy and consistency from it today!

I used 20gr Jim Shockeys Gold Super Powder, .451" round ball, Frontier's Anti rust & patch lube over the balls and Remington #10 percussion caps.

Distance of 11 yards measured.

Recoil was more noticeable but still very comfortable to shoot. HUGE amount of smoke! That cylinder was pouring white bluish white smoke for a while after each shot.

http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Powders/IMG_5974_zpstwxpniku.jpg

First 6 shots. The dead alone was #1
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Powders/IMG_5969_zpsuibvzb8f.jpg

Went inside to reload and fired 6 more shots! I've never had this kind of accuracy out of this revolver! Its shooting a god 5" high and a bit to the right, but that's ok, I just use it for cheap shooting fun when I don't feel like shooting my .58cal hammer.
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Powders/IMG_5978_zps0tgbdhc5.jpg

I'll do a whole lot more of shooting now that I know its accurate in this 1860! Maybe take it out to 20 or 25 yards next time and see how she does.

Omnivore
10-21-2015, 05:21 PM
I've never seen the same exact scratches and marks on two targets having the same two groups on each target. That is remarkable.

FrontierMuzzleloading
10-21-2015, 07:14 PM
its not all exactly the same but this really surprised the heck out of me to say the least. Normally, soft ball size groups with goex or pyrodex was pretty much normal in this revolver. I'll keep this load!