if you file down the front site it will have the opposite effect and group even higher. thats actually better than most of the cap&ball revolvers ive had that hit really high. try replacing the nipples with one of the improved designs. the nipples that come on those replicas have a much larger hole than the historical examples ive seen. the cap should be quite tight requiring a bit of pressure to seat it. also try deburing and polishing the hammer face right where it hits the caps. the purpose being that the rough edges of the hammer dont pull the deformed cap off the nipple into the action. the spent cap should stay on the nipple until the next shot blows it off when its to the side and has room to drop free without gumming up the works. damn good shooting!

I always enjoy watching to see what you are going to do what’s next. Keep em up.

I know it was 10 feet, supported shooting but that was ridiculously accurate for black powder cap and ball. I've seen so much worse.

Blackpowder is VERY durable. If powder didn't get wet and the caps didn't get soaked in oil, it WILL go off a hundred years from when you loaded it. There are muzzleloaders found in the attic, loaded decades before, that went off no problem (sometimes accidentally as the finder thought they were not loaded... ) During WW II the french actually used leftover barrels of XIX century black powder to make improvised mines...

Practice makes your good better and your better best! Thank you for the video.

I did enjoy, interesting watching someone shooting and admitting he’s not an expert but enjoys shooting once in awhile. Stay on the wild side😊

DON'T FILE! You need a taller front to lower the point of impact.

Loved the video brother. Keep shooting. I just bought an original Winchester 1873 rifle in 38-40 caliber, made in 1896. I'm in love with it!

The video is great and the accuracy on that is incredible and shows how consistent your process is great job

Loving the content! Gives me a taste of freedom

I love your channel! I aspire to do some of the things you do. Keep up the great work!

Great video! Because of ammo prices I am shooting a lot of black powder firearms. I kinda come to the conclusion that if I were only armed with percussion weapons I could get by and feed myself. Also file the notch in the hammer don't touch the front sight. Looking forward to your next video!!

Love the clothing and accoutrements!

Thanks for sharing and I am very interested to see a vid on yr Walkers.

Great video brother .. love the shooting .. Onward and Upward is the watchword.

The little guy can group! I've noticed mine shoots a little bit up into the left. Gotta file those rear side to bit To make it print right on the bull's eye

I bought the bullet mold from Eras Gone By, its patterned off of the original Colt dimension for Mini-Ball I also saw that #00 Buck Shot is supposed to be a good round ball size

I loved this video Richard! Ssssoooo very excited to see black powder firearms being utilized. I love the walkers, absolutely a blast to shoot any BP arms!!! They make a conversion kit for the BP 44 cal to shoot 45 long colt and a conversion kit for the BP 36 cal to shoot 38 long colt.

I actually have two. One is a very old replica with a 6" barrel of all things and at ten yards it will take out a beer can pretty easily. The other is an Uberti that is much nicer looking with a 4" barrel and a bit harder to shoot accurately. One tip that makes these guns very cheap to shoot is that #00 buckshot is exactly the right size for a ball for the gun. a 4 pound bag is a lifetime supply lol. On all my replica revolvers I first nickel plate everything that is not color case hardened and ream the cylinders to bore size if needed. Then I stiffen the hammer spring which really helps with cap jams.

I bought a 1849 (02-20-24) and was pleasantly surprised that I only had to do the basic things you have to do to any BP revolver. It makes up for all the work and new parts I had to do to the 1862 Pocket Navy to get it to even function. Now I have all the colt cap&ball Colts revolvers ever produced except the baby Dragoon that I consider in the 1849 category and may not buy one.

Don't know about you, but I always figure that pretty much any pistol is more accurate than my ability to shoot. I think you shot an excellent group!

Guess I should have waited to the end of the video to comet cause I have more than 2 cents. I strongly suggest keeping the walkers and get a pommel rig. Then get Remington for the belt . I produce my own design bullets for both rigs. 165 -220 for the small. 44 and 240- 270 grains for the ruger/walker setup

The Pietta 1863 Pocket Remington is an awesome well made product. I am in the process of developing a solid stepped, healed Wadcutter for the Pietta Pocket Remington and the Uberti Pocket 31 caliber Colts. Which will offer the responsibile user the ultimate power factors in the 31 caliber especially for Trappers. Custom made molds will be available in the coming months.

So the true answer to your question is yes you can file down your rear sight, though limited as to how much. My preference though is to replace the front sight for a taller one, and adjust from there. Fixed sights have been adjusted centuries. Now on a personal note where you are at looks like home to me. Damn I miss the Rockies and Wyoming.

File the groove in the rear sight deeper

00 buck pellets work perfectly in my Remington Pocket 1863 so worth to try in yours since it's the same caliber.

if you want the easy fix for caps go with a conversion cylinder, Kirst makes a 32 cal & 22 cal with barrel inserts for that revolver, have the 32 in mine but hard to get ammo for, throw some 45 conversions in those Walkers! :)

What size roundball are You shooting? Generally speaking, .321" soft lead roundball are recommended for ".31 Cap-and-Ball" revolvers; they provide a very tight fit in the chambers, and should give better accuracy and velocity. I'm pretty sure that LEE makes a .321" RB Mould. Although I haven't shot my Colt 1849 .31, I put many miles on a Lyman "Remington NMA .44" that I bought in the nearly 80s. These C&B Revolvers are surprisingly accurate and powerful!

Yeah they surprisingly are capable of fantastic accuracy. I’ve been using 00 buck shot (.330) with 15gr of 4f averaging 950fps, and can keep them in a dip can sized area at 15yrd. Forget the cap shaking technique, use a piece of hacksaw blade as a helper spring underneath the hammer spring (mainspring) and get some SlixShot nipples and never have reliability issues again. Just make sure to polish the side of the “helper spring” in contact with the bottom of the mainspring so it doesn’t scratch or etch and might potentially cause breakage.

Richard I was in a gun shop the other day and found a original Colt 1849 pocket pistol. It was $ 1219.00 so I could not afford it at the time. But I heard they used to glue the caps on with a mild glue back in the day. If you can only fire 5 rounds without reloading why not . The caps would stay on then. Just for your fyi. Oh most people use shot from shotgun shells to reload those things.

I was surprised at how accurate that little cap and ball is. I would not change a thing as far as sighting goes. Some of the suggestions in the comments for the nipples and the like, I will try myself. Great video.

Hacksaw blade or a small triangular file will open up and deepen that rear notch and can bring that point of aim right in.

Some people will add another main spring which helps with caps being blown back

That's a winner of a pistol..

I like the size of that revolver. I have two 1851 Navies in 36 caliber and they are a little difficult to carry. Plus, double-ought buckshot is .32 caliber. When I am loading shotshells the 36 caliber balls do not fit well in a shell, compared to 32 caliber balls. They sit in groups of three in a 12 gauge shell. So, the 32 pistol and then shotgun combo would be nice.

you can play around with it a bit to increase the reliability. one thing i would recommend is not to slowly pull the hammer back like a modern target revolver. it was actually designed with a quick rotation in mind to throw the spent cap so using a deliberate and brisk cocking motion will help your reliability a lot. another thing that helps is while cocking to point it in the air with a slight angle to the right if safe to do so. you can also polish the face of your hammer and file a very shallow and slight "v" groove on the face of each nipple to direct the gases. this guy blackie does a good tutorial kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7uXjZh9vtTXk4E.html

Nice grouping brother.

If you file that front sight down you're going to shoot even higher. As for the round balls moving forward even after you cut a ring of lead, make sure your chambers don't have an imperceivable burr. Load all of the cylinders (you can do this without powder and then knock them out after, or load it with the intent to shoot) and then when the round balls are seated, make a snap with your wrist several times hard like you're cracking a whip. The round balls shouldn't move. If they do, and you cut a ring of lead, then you've got a burr (from the machining process) that's overhanging the chamber mouth and even though you can't see it, it's microscopically making the round ball undersized for the inner walls of the chamber. Essentially, the overhanging burr cuts off a little excess lead and once the round ball gets past the burr and into the cylinder itself, it now has a little bit of wiggle room. You'll need to knock that burr down very carefully with a drill press and an oiled dremel grinding stone. It'll only take a fraction of a second on low speed to do this. Mark the offending chambers so you don't do the other ones unnecessarily. I had issues with Pietta before, but not Uberti.

Slixshot makes cones that prevent cap sucking. Eras Gone makes a great .32 caliber conical which will imcrease the energy transfer of your gun. Loaded with pyrodex or 777 you'll have a formidable heater.

Dang Richard you guys still have snow out there huh?

I hope you didn't touch that front sight! Good video but you didn't disclose your load either...there is solutions if you can't find tighter slugs

I enjoyed the video that was some good accuracy I mean they're not thousand yard Shooters I mean it's it's a card table distance thing

I hope momma doesn't get mad about her new ventilated drawer.

By all mean's keep the walkers but add at least one 1860 , same ball less load , easer to just grab ,point and shoot . I have a Dragoon 44 and a 1860 myself . just for that reason .

The 1860 would be a handy upgrade, but I understand keeping the Walkers. In my opinion the New Model Colts lack personality and pack a little less power than I like for their chamberings. (.44 doesn’t hit like a .44 . .36 doesn’t hit like a .36 .)

Wrist Flick! Remember the Wrist Flick!

Good stuff find the right size ball and order a mold to cast your own bullets. Saves money.

Oh wow, that is a ram, lol. Thought it was a dog holding a ram horn for a second. Good grouping. You're hitting "minute of card cheat" well enough. As everyone said, you want to file the back. You probably have that figured out by now though.

Would love to see an update on this. Kinda interested if you can stretch it out just a bit farther. Seems like it would make an excellent little arm for "pot game" ( hares/ptarmigan/grouse) provided you could make a decent aimed shot. By casting you own I bet you can keep the cost down comparable to .22

Make some custom grips, helps the accuracy

Slug diameter too small? Look up buck shot diameters you might find a buck shot that will fit. Just cut a few hulls apart ...save the primered brass for other stuff

In order to bring your group down you need to install a taller front sight I carry a pietta 1851 in 44 I will try to get a photo of her

Gotta ask, what is that fine hat?

не знал даже что были безгильзовые револьверы шпилечные Лефоше только видел

NO! Please don't sell the Walkers. Would be great if you make additional video's about actually using the Walkers and what that would have been like for the original mounted soldiers and Rangers who had to use them with the pommel holsters. Thanks!

I would like to know about your 49 holster

PS, super lot of fun.

Where did you get your 1849?

Don't file the sight, your front sight needs to follow the bullets to adjust properly. I am glad you are getting good use of the property, my dad and mom owned it and my mom is the one who sold it to you. Have you found the snake den yet?

HAY, Filing down the front site will male it shoot way HI.. CAUTION***** CAUTION**** If you must, file the notch a slight bit in the hammer. First test with the proper sized ball.

1847 colt 32 nice shooting maybe I’ll add you to the Earp vendetta Ride and maybe I’ll name you creak Johnson I’m Wyatt Earp and Drew Ellsworth is Texas Jack

I use 323 in 31 calibers pockets

Don't file the front site! That will just raise the pattern. Your aim should put the bottom of the spot just on top of the front sight. The top of the front should be centered in the hammer notch and even with the top of the hammer notch.

I always thought it was an 1849?

hornidy double aught buck .330 works the best. Black Powder "shooting done fun"

Please don't file the sight.

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Due to the caps hanging up you should switch to slix Tricks nipples

Slick shot Nipples will stop a lot of that cap suck business. I put em on my Wells Fargo and not one cap jam since doing so. Uberti recommends .033 round balls which happens to be exactly what a .00 buckshot ball is. The Lee .00 buckshot mold makes the perfect size. I cast about 400 of them juts for that gun. Cheap ammo. Regular buckshot won’t work well as it has antimony in it and too hard.

Excellent on the money aim 3 inches below