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This is a discussion on Load question for flint pistol - .45 within the Black Powder Handguns forums, part of the Handgun Forum category; I'm using a target or reduced load of 20 grains of black in my .45 flintlock. I'm having trouble managing the .45 and thought I'd ...
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Junior Member Joined: Aug 2013 From: Tennessee Posts: 21 | Load question for flint pistol - .45
I'm using a target or reduced load of 20 grains of black in my .45 flintlock. I'm having trouble managing the .45 and thought I'd re barrel it to .36 since my other guns are .36 any way. But for the time being - will 15 grains of black be safe in the .45 flint pistol?
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Junior Member Joined: Aug 2013 From: Tennessee Posts: 21 |
Or another thought - if the patch makes loading tight then could a thinner patch have any effect on accuracy?
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Senior Member Joined: Jun 2008 From: Ft Hood , Tx area Posts: 11,626 | Quote:
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Junior Member Joined: Aug 2013 From: Tennessee Posts: 21 | Quote:
What's there to say about patch thickness and accuracy if there even is a link between the two at all? | |
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Senior Member Joined: Jun 2008 From: Ft Hood , Tx area Posts: 11,626 | Quote:
![]() Last edited by tx gun runner; 09-05-2014 at 07:14 AM. | |
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Junior Member Joined: Aug 2013 From: Tennessee Posts: 21 | Quote: | |
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Senior Member Joined: Jun 2008 From: Ft Hood , Tx area Posts: 11,626 | |
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Senior Member Joined: Feb 2014 From: Cedar Valley, Travis Co, TX Posts: 146 |
TG's load is shown in the pic - 18gr
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Junior Member Joined: Aug 2013 From: Tennessee Posts: 21 | Thanks - I did notice that. A friend of mine, and competitor at the nationals uses 18 grains in his guns. I just use 20 in all three. Works fine for now. But I was meaning what did TX use for a barrel which he shared. Thanks though.
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Senior Member Joined: Jun 2008 From: Ft Hood , Tx area Posts: 11,626 |
I got these to shoot and found out they were unfired . click on paste below .... https://gunnerforum.com/black-powder-...stol-sold.html ![]() |
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Senior Member Joined: Feb 2014 From: Cedar Valley, Travis Co, TX Posts: 146 |
I'm learning on a flint pistol now. It's a .40 but the problem seems to be that it is muzzle heavy and all the inertia from the cock and frizzen movement forward and down keeps me dropping low. A friend trimmed some weight off the front end of the 7/8" x 12" barrel by turning it octagon to round. Sights not yet installed so improvement if any has not been proved. Sighting over the end of the barrel and dry firing seems to show less muzzle drop. Hope to get sights on this week and range time. May look at dropping a couple of inches off the barrel length or making the round a smaller diameter (thinking ahead as I get older I may have more trouble with all of the muzzle weight. TC |
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Junior Member Joined: Aug 2013 From: Tennessee Posts: 21 |
Very nice looking dueling pistols TX. Are they real or original or are they replica's?
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Senior Member Joined: Jun 2008 From: Ft Hood , Tx area Posts: 11,626 | Quote:
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here the story of the most famous duel ever http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr-Hamilton_duel | |
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Senior Member Joined: Feb 2014 From: Cedar Valley, Travis Co, TX Posts: 146 | And the impetus of your hammer fall (rise?) is upward. Imagine a hammer and frizzen both going forward and down. Don't want it too light on the muzzle. We'll get it working right soon tho. Just need some cooler weather so can stand to be in the shop.
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Member Joined: Aug 2014 From: Excelsior Springs Missouri Posts: 32 |
Rookie, I think I know you. We got a mutual friend Charles?
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