A rifle/revolver question for a beginner

[gunner]

Hallo und guten Tag Patrick,
my comrad purchased the Remington revolver it is a very nice one. We were shooting it at our range. It works very well and after a hour of thick fog we`ve seen the result. That thing works much better than some of the modern revolver`s. Didn`t know that BP shooting can be so funny.

Regards

Ulrich

[jmoore]

For rifles, Mr. Chadwick's recommendation of the Pedersoli Gibbs target rifle is hard to top, unless offhand is the only type of target shooting you're goig to do.
There was, however, a most impressive bit of kit called the Whitworth rifle! The best reproductions were made in Enland a number of years back. With proper hexagonal bullets(often paper patched) they are serious contenders for ultra-long range shooting.

[Gun Surfer]

Remington is a superior design in many respects including strength, utility and in changing cylinders (if you can get an extra cylinder). The Colt 1851 in .36 cal points better and I have gotten mine to be quite acccurate at 25-50 yards, but the Colt is less reliable and harder to clean (but if it was good enough for Wild Bill Hickock for at least part of his "career", its good enough for me). I use water based Dixie Black Solve to lubricate the cylinder pins to keep them working well during a shooting session, other solutions would work too. I prefer black powder in the revolvers, other stuff seems much hotter than regular black powder, and frankly I have not ever used the subtitutes very much.

For a nice replica rifle, if you can get them, the Lyman Great Plains rifle has worked well for me (might be cheaper than Pedersoli?). In USA you can get the regular round ball version, or Hunter version for conical bullets, I have one with 2 barrels. I dont shoot a 155 howitzer in my back yard, but I do shoot this in .54 cal with great success and fun (in my area of Missouri, most of the neighbors shoot and nobody asks any questions :-) Moderate loads are more accurate than full power, usually.

[Johnny Peppers]

Remington never made a pistol in stainless steel if the goal is to remain absolutely traditional. The Ruger Old Army was never intended to be a copy of anything, just an excellent black powder revolver. Also, the Ruger Old Army can be dry fired without harming the nipples. I shot one for many years in black powder competition and can attest to their accuracy.
When our club lost it's range, I pretty well dropped out of black powder competition, but at that time a pistol showed up that was winning everything. It was a Colt 1911 frame with a muzzle loading barrel attached. It was as accurate as a modern target auto. That is non-traditional.