Shooting a reprimed, original copper .56-50 rimfire cartridge

[ndnchf]

I got to the range today with my Remington split breech carbine to test a reloaded 1864-1865 vintage C.D. Leet made .56-50 rimfire cartridge. The case was cleaned out and annealed. Then the rim was reprimed and the original 155 year old powder was put back in. A new bullet, almost an exact duplicate of the original was then seated and crimped in place. Then out to the range with the split breech and the chronograph



Here is a short video of the fun:

https://youtu.be/YXf1PQR6zlU

[Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]

Very nice, great video

[Tom Herman]

Steve,

That was amazing!
Fantastic work on reloading that original Spencer round!
I wonder if repriming a Sage Ammunition Works cartridge would make them reliable...
Assuming you're going to reload the cartridge and fire it again???

-Tom

[FarNorth45]

Great video , i really enjoyed it ....... Thanks for sharing it , nice work on reloading and duliplcating the load !!

[ndnchf]

Thanks guys. The repriming process is the same for any old rimfire. A few weeks ago I did the same thing with the .56-50's close cousin, a .56-52 Spencer cartridge. Here is a video if that one.

https://youtu.be/DSLzYfoNN4Q?list=PL...tvKtcAr3VWEUrT

[toot]

I got to the range today with my Remington split breech carbine to test a reloaded 1864-1865 vintage C.D. Leet made .56-50 rimfire cartridge. The case was cleaned out and annealed. Then the rim was reprimed and the original 155 year old powder was put back in. A new bullet, almost an exact duplicate of the original was then seated and crimped in place. Then out to the range with the split breech and the chronograph



Here is a short video of the fun:

https://youtu.be/YXf1PQR6zlU

a great video! what did you do too keep that ANCHIANT CASE from splitting? it must have been UBER BRITTLE?

[ndnchf]

I don't think it was too brittle. But I annealed it before reloading it just to be sure it was soft.

[toot]

thank you. I was going to ask you if you annealed it be fore loading & firing it? great that it went off without a hitch!. can a case rim run out of areas to reprime, too many dent's in it to ignite? I think it is great that you are bringing these old rim fires back to life! please keep EM comming.

[DxieLandMan]

Great video. Thank you for sharing

[bedbugbilly]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing - great fun and interesting!

[Dave T]

ndnchf,

Well done, as always. Thanks for posting.

Dave