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Al I have it an Italian replica 1851 brass frame my Dad bought me decades ago. It was a lot of fun shooting out in the desert outside Las Vegas but its a two hour drive to anywhere I can shoot it now. Wonder if my 35 year old pyrodex, caps, and Goex are still any good...
Take revolver, load powder, load wonder wad, pour in tiny shot (#9 or smaller), cap with wonder wad or grease.
Then have gullible observer flip a coin into the air 2-3 feet in front of the muzzle and ping it out of the air. Amusing and fun but past 5-6 feet the pattern is really sparse and ring shaped.
Al I have it an Italian replica 1851 brass frame my Dad bought me decades ago. It was a lot of fun shooting out in the desert outside Las Vegas but its a two hour drive to anywhere I can shoot it now. Wonder if my 35 year old pyrodex, caps, and Goex are still any good...
Take revolver, load powder, load wonder wad, pour in tiny shot (#9 or smaller), cap with wonder wad or grease.
Then have gullible observer flip a coin into the air 2-3 feet in front of the muzzle and ping it out of the air. Amusing and fun but past 5-6 feet the pattern is really sparse and ring shaped.
A commonly mentioned advantage of the Remington type is the ability to carry a spare cylinder as a reload, but I have a friend at work who has done NSSA type re-enacting, and he mentioned that in practice that isn't/wasn't really a thing due to need to have spare cylinders timed to the revolver, etc. It was also my understanding that the practice among guerillas, etc during the war was to carry 3 or 4 loaded revolvers on their person during raids/combat.
My reasoning behind wanting a Dragoon Colt (replica) is that it could be considered a period accurate (aka pre-Civil War/percussion era) companion to my Great Plains Rifle (or a .58 rifle if/when I get one), but is a little more practical for actual use than something like a Paterson or Walker. They make a single shot Great Plains pistol, but to my way of thinking the revolver makes more sense, because they were available during the time that percussion rifles were really a thing, and if you could get one you'd rather have it than a single shot. The single shot pistol makes more sense if you are going flintlock.
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There was a Southern cavalry leader by the name of Mosby who had his troopers carry anywhere from four to six revolvers . He actually ordered them not to carry swords . It was interesting that he served under orders of "Marque and Reprisal " and funded his troops with anything he could steal and carry. His tactics were admired by George Patton .
I think you can still get a tool to make percussion caps from aluminum cans . I I R C you could load them with the stuff from paper caps. I'd be real careful when stuffing percussion caps. Preferably using a lever to drive the loading piston from behind a wall.