And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Doesn't the excessive powder stains on cylinder mean that something is off on either timing, alignment or cylinder gapping issues? I have shot wheel guns forever but have always used blued weapons. My Smiths have never had that amount of soiling as it would rub off on your hand when handling the weapon. The pistol just seems excessively dirty,
It is probably a dirty burning powder. With the gun being a top-break it needs a diet of fairly soft loads. Most powders will be very dirty at the bottom ends of their recommended loads. This is not uncommon for top-breaks to be this dirty after 100 rounds.
Doesn't the excessive powder stains on cylinder mean that something is off on either timing, alignment or cylinder gapping issues? I have shot wheel guns forever but have always used blued weapons. My Smiths have never had that amount of soiling as it would rub off on your hand when handling the weapon. The pistol just seems excessively dirty,
ReplyDeleteWhich means someone had a lot of fun shooting it that much.
DeleteIt is probably a dirty burning powder. With the gun being a top-break it needs a diet of fairly soft loads. Most powders will be very dirty at the bottom ends of their recommended loads. This is not uncommon for top-breaks to be this dirty after 100 rounds.
DeleteIf that's an original #3 in 44 Russian or 38/200 it would be a black powder cartridges which would explain all the soot.
DeleteThose cartridges look too small for 44 Russian or 38. Seems more like 32 S&W long.
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