"Range Report 25NOV2023 Part II: Practicing with the" Topic

… Uberti Colt New Model Army

"In part I of this range report I wrote about the experiments I have conducted with my replicated M1873 Colt .45 ammunition, believing that discussion sufficiently different from and unrelated to my subsequent practice with my Colt new Model Army reproduction as to need to be addressed in a separate article.
In part II, I will discuss today's range practice with my Uberti reproduction of a Colt New Model Army revolver, often called the Colt 1860 Army today. I wrote a few weeks ago about comparing Johnston and Dow combustible cartridges with Kerr cartridges in my Colt (see the article HERE), but that shooting was all done from a rest to take the human factor out of the equation as much as possible in order to focus on the ammunition. In this practice session I used only Kerr combustible cartridges, and all shooting was done offhand in order to test and improve the accuracy (not precision) of my shooting. In addition to normal shooting, I also shot a table of fire using the "snap shooting" technique described in Captain Stanhope Blunt's Instructions in Rifle and Carbine Firing for the United States Army from 1889…"

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Historical Shooting of the Nineteenth Century

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Armand

Tango, thanks for all the info on firing an 1860 Army. That was my second favorite sidearm for reenacting. It's not as heavy as my Walker and still looks good. And we are back to Colt vs. Remington. Although I like all of my Colt reproduction revolvers, my .36 Remington is my most accurate shooter. Twenty grains of 3F, a small piece of toilet paper for a wad, a .376 round ball and a glob of grease and I'm ready to go. The toilet paper normally burns up when the powder goes off. TIG

A votre service mon ami…

Sany envy for your weapons collection….

Armand