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NutmegYankee

(16,334 posts)
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 10:37 AM Feb 2016

Anybody here like to shoot black powder?

If so, what's your favorite gun and lock design? I have both flint lock and percussion caps, but prefer the cap and ball pistols, like the 1860 Army.

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Anybody here like to shoot black powder? (Original Post) NutmegYankee Feb 2016 OP
I used to shoot. Adsos Letter Feb 2016 #1
I inherited most of mine and that propelled me into the fun world of BP shooting. NutmegYankee Feb 2016 #2
Front-stuffer, here. ChazInAz Feb 2016 #3
I've never heard them called Obama guns. NutmegYankee Feb 2016 #4
"Smoke poles" is more widely used. For good reason. Eleanors38 May 2016 #5

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
1. I used to shoot.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 11:01 AM
Feb 2016

I own a Pietta 1851 Navy Colt, and a Connecticut Valley Arms .50 cal. Hawken rifle. Haven't fired them in several years, though.

NutmegYankee

(16,334 posts)
2. I inherited most of mine and that propelled me into the fun world of BP shooting.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 11:07 AM
Feb 2016

I have both Pietta and CVA guns. The only part that is annoying is the local shops don't stock much for BP, so I have to drive to Cabelas in Hartford. I'm using 777 as my powder. It's a little hotter, so I back it down by 5-10 grains.

ChazInAz

(2,806 posts)
3. Front-stuffer, here.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 11:38 AM
Feb 2016

I've been into shooting flintlock rifles and pistols since the Seventies. Most of mine I've built myself using components from Track of the Wolf and Muzzle Loader's Supply. I prefer Siler locks and Colerain barrels, and like to use black walnut for my stocks.
To me, what is amusing is to hear some of the shooters with their black plastic guns complaining about your humble stinking up the range with his "Obama Guns". They eventually shut up when they notice that, while they were fire-hosing hundreds of rounds in the general direction of their targets, I was slowly and methodically putting ten round balls into the bullseye.

NutmegYankee

(16,334 posts)
4. I've never heard them called Obama guns.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 02:17 PM
Feb 2016

Though even in Connecticut the regulations are nonexistent on them. You can buy any antique design (prior to 1898) online or in a store, no back ground check or any paperwork needed. Very different experience compared to smokeless designs.

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