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Thread: Shooting an 1880s .38 S&W safety hammerless

  1. 12-28-2020, 06:57 PM #1
    ndnchf
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    Shooting an 1880s .38 S&W safety hammerless

    I took my old .38 S&W top break to the range today for a little fun.

    https://youtu.be/xwJPZT0YcaE
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  2. 12-29-2020, 12:47 PM #2
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    Always good to see old pocket guns get out to the range.
    Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth shattering Kaboom.

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    I used to have a big collection of that era revolvers... after a big sell off of guns over this last year, I have it paired down to a rack of 12 or so... I'm partial to the top breaks, or at least full frames that have loading gates, & or interesting features like folding hammers, etc...
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    Thanks for sharing. Interesting that you noted changing out the powder for blackhorn209. You use a full case of that like you would blackpowder?
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  5. 12-29-2020, 03:59 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bazoo View Post
    Thanks for sharing. Interesting that you noted changing out the powder for blackhorn209. You use a full case of that like you would blackpowder?
    Yes, BH209 is a bulk replacement for black powder. In this case I used a Lee .7cc scoop weighing 6.5gr. The original black powder load was 13gr of 3F.
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