Posted on 07/08/2007 7:11:32 AM PDT by Revtwo
There would be no cartridge. It is a replica of a muzzle loader. If he has the skills and machinery to build the gun, he should be able to build a mold for bullets. The nipple cap could be formed from shim copper.
Somewhere there is info on the chemicals that causes the spark. The trick would be to determine the amount needed to ignite the black powder without having the copper becoming a projectile or several projectiles. BVB
Unless all my books are wrong and the two I own are mislabeled, the revolver in the article is a Model 1858. The correct name is Remington-Beals Army Model Revolver.
The original chambering was .44 caliber. It would take a .451 caliber ball or conical bullet. My favorite load was a Speer swaged bullet with 28 grains of FFG blackpowder.
The revolver they copied may have been made in 1859.
People have killed grizzlys with 357s. A 44mag with the heavier kinds of bullets is more than adequate for anything other than cape buffalo and elephants and rhinos. Bullet weight makes a huge difference.
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The problem with the Wildey was reliability. I have a friend who just can’t get his to work correctly. He talked to a lot of collectors and even the factory and now it’s just a collector’s item or safe queen.
I would want the reliability and the choice of larger calibers with a revolver than an Automag.
Beloved, I must disagree.
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This was probably true in the early years of mass production handguns. Things like revolver forcing cones, double action and other technological advances have largely solved these issues.
I killed an Elk with a 44 magnum handgun in 1983. We got nearly 1100 pounds of cookable meat off that bad boy. I made that shot with a (IIRC) 240gr FMJ slug at approx 30 meters. Heavy brush in Washington State. Ruger Super Blackhawk with a 7.5 inch barrel. One shot right thru the shoulder/heart lungs. Dropped right where he took it. I always felt it was a nice easy (technically speaking) shot.
You can only do so much in 4-6", despite using faster burning powders in hangun loads. There is a lump of lead there, and when you try to accelerate it from Zero to Mach1+, you have to accelerate it at (for a 5" barrel) 220 Feet per second Per inch of barrel at an average transit time of 0.3 milliseconds per inch. That means you have to put, with a .01984 Pound 9/mm round, over 1.5 milliseconds, almost sixty Horsepower into that projectile.
I plead low coffee, if I slipped up the calculation, but still, it is an entertaining thought the next time you shoot a zucchini with Hydrashock..
If I feed mine properly, will it grow up to be that big?
Grizzlies have probably drowned in pails too — but I wouldn’t want to risk my life betting it would happen at a propitious time and place.
I’ve hunted lots of dangerous game with handguns and don’t know a single serious handgun hunter (and I know, at least casually, most of the serious handgun hunters around - there aren’t that many) that would carry a 44 Magnum for the task. A few carry one as a backup, but most don’t consider it adequate even for that purpose. And, I don’t know of a single competent PH (professional hunter) that would permit a client to use the 44 Magnum for Lion or for Grizzlies. I’m sure there are some, but you won’t find them hunting with me.
You’re entitled to your view, of course, it’s a free country. But please pay up your insurance, so your family will be taken care of, before you go for the grizzly with a .44.
You have to compare using the same cartridge. Not many pistols in .308 or 30-06. However even the difference between the full length M-16 vs the shorty M-4 Carbine has an effect on range and on the terminal ballistics.
There are of course .44, .45, 9mm and even .40 S&W carbines available for comparison with the same rounds fired from semi-auto pistols.
He's just aligning the sites. He may latter attach a cable to the trigger for firing. Although I wouldn't do that with the hammer back, I'd attach it *before* cocking the piece. :)
aligning the sights.
Time for another hot mug of caffeine.
Think of it as being like the gaps in the piston rings in your car's motor. The amount of pressure lost during the period of time that is relevant is insignificant.
According to my Speer manual 5th Edition, a .45ACP fired from a Freedom Arms Model 63 Casull, a 230 FMJ with 5.3 grains of Unique gives 900 fps. A Colt Gold Cup, firing the same bullet with 5.7 grains of Unique gives 750 fps.
“This is an .88 Magnum. It shoots through schools.” - Johnny Dangerously
Sorry to burst your bubble, but that was NOT an elk you shot. They just don't come that big.
Some unfortunate rancher is missing a VERY large bull.
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