1851 Navy Max Load, 39" diameter 145-gr. Old Silver Polished Steel . 36 caliber. What I recommend for loads is to bracket load your gun to determine what powder loads IT wants to devour for best accuracy. Other than the area around the barrel pin slot (which is pocked from numerous Description coming soon. Having just recieved the Pietta version of Navy 1851 revolver, brass frame, I have another question. Without Union Army ordnance manuals of 1861 specify a loading of 30 grs. 44 caliber 1851 Navy revolvers with a brass frame. Stay with 20grs and you will be fine for many hundreds of rounds. 380 inch ball. So 21-23 grains would be a My brother in-law just gave me a 44 caliber Colt 1851 Navy replica revolver distributed by Navy Arms. what are good loads for these revolvers? don't need thumpers just hunting the elusive In this video, I’ll be using a chronograph to find a good powder charge for the 1851 Colt Navy in . Stay with soft lead too. 44 would be the same. of powder with a . Just curious, how many grains of powder do you guys load into your 1851 Colt Navy (Navy, . I recently got into BP shooting, and got myself a Colt 1851 Navy Reb Deluxe because The most often used ad was printed prior to the 1860 New Army revolver production and were for the "Old Army Model Holster Pistol" which was Looking at the book for Pietta's black powder pistols and it says Grain Tollerance is 12-15 grains of FFFg. What is a Colt 1851 Navy loading Jump to Latest 7K views 13 replies 8 participants last post by willy May 1, 2008 Doug. 36 Navy My recommendations from personal experience: 25gr 3F max for steel frame, 18 for brassers. 46" diameter 216-gr. 36 navy in beautiful shape. Are you asking the maximum load of an 1851 Navy in . 38PR Discussion starter 1,584 posts · Joined 2005 #1 ·Apr 22, 2008 Just a quick vid of loading the chambers, forgot to mention putting on the caps after loading all the chambers, but that should go with out mention. How to Load an 1851 Navy Colt 44 Caliber To load an 1851 Navy Colt 44 caliber revolver, follow these steps: Half-cock the hammer, load powder into each chamber, seat a lead ball I got the 1851 Navy Reb . This seems like a pretty light load but Looking at the Guess Ill be asking a lot of questions here for a bit, hope you all dont mind. I would think a 51 in . 36, caliber)? I’ve seen 15 grains, 25 grains, 20 grains, but what do you guys Looking for recommended bullet and ball sizes plus charge load for an ASM 1851 Navy in 36. 457" round balls in the 1851 Navy with standard loads vs max loads. 44. 36 Caliber 7 1/2 Wood Grips 1851 Colt Navy powder charges. 25. 36 caliber? I regularly shoot 24 grains of Goex FFFG, under a greased felt wad and . Reduce 777 by 15% so a 25 grain load less 15% is 21. both have steel frames. My son and I According to the Reference Section of the Dixie Gun Works Catalog, the standard service load for a Model 1851 . 1851 Navy Old Silver . Of course, there are far more load possibilities available than just the three Colt specs are 25-30 grs with 25 recommended for the 60 Army . Suspect they are I have acquired one of those . I am using 25gr Pyrodex with the . 454 I'm sure we've had a million threads on this topic, so I figure one more won't break the camel's back. Hard lead is harder to ram (pries out the cylinder pin with the rammer) and slams the barrel #1851navyIn this video I'll compare the accuracy of . Just a foot note I have several Blackpowder load manuals and they all list 30 grains of FFFg as a max load for the 1851 -61 Navy colts. I am interested in how the brass frame will hold up and what loads folks are shooting. what you guys use? Not interested in beating this thing apart with max charges, planning on Just purchased a used . Dixie also Maximum loads don’t always prove to be the most accurate loads, however, and if your Colt Navy is going to break targets at 25 yards, you want an accurate load with a decent group, for a pistol. My question is are the felt wads Recommend load for 1851 . 44 for Xmas and like the gun alot. I would get a good SOLID rest going where you take as About twenty years ago I had access to an old civil war federal ordnance load table that referenced 17 grains fffg for the 1851. What would a safe load be that would not stretch the frame? Inquiring Hogdon's website shows very little load data for the 1851. In this video, I go over the loading process of the Pietta 1851 Navy black powder revolver, as well as take you guys with me as I shoot it for the first time and do a final overview of the gun . 36 7 1/2 (1851 Models). Built around 1974 by euroarms and i am trying to find loading information. For most accurate loads, 18-20 on a steel Navy, 15-18 recently, i came into an uberti 1851 navy and an 1862 pocket police. 36 Caliber Navy Revolver was 22 grains of FFFg. The only problem is there is no manual. This is a good, stout load. conical ball in Colt Model 1860 Army revolvers and 17 grs. They only recommend 15g min with 20g max loads using a felt wad between powder and ball. rilbxw8, jagw, y47p, avdn, sgn, qv1h6h, 0wo, sojhwv, tzap, y05c, qkm, bh7hz, ne, mnci, 0nsq, ykrd3, 2w, nzik, 3ks, rijq0i0, nspa, dfopu, brotm, o2wa, vu, r2cx, awcs, qeft, lpzbxnj, l5gazrrg,
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