The kids were off school this week for Spring Break, so we took a short trip up to Ohio to visit my in-laws. While at my FIL's, as we always do, we went shooting on his land. Y2K wanted to shoot a blackpowder revolver. I am ashamed to admit it, but I have never had the chance to have him shoot one before - always other things he wanted to shoot, and I wanted to introduce him to this using a very specific gun. Well, he is now properly hooked, since I introduced him to cap & ball shooting with the pinnacle of the type - a reproduction of the 1860 Army Colt!
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It was a great day. It had snowed the day before (will this winter ever end?), but was sunny and 46 degrees. It actually felt warmer - perfect shooting weather. I taught him how to properly load the revolver, and watched him do it from then on in to make sure he did it right. Here is a picture of him shooting, and a short video (first time posting a video so hopefully this works):
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We did run into one problem though - the revolver chain-fired the next chamber several times. We were using 35 grains of Goex FFFg powder, a felt wad, a .44-caliber round ball, then actually Crisco grease (which, with the felt wad should have been overkill), capped with # 11 CCI caps. The double fire happened several times. I can't figure what we were doing wrong, and finally called it a day (for that gun) until I can figure it out. Still, it was a ton of fun, and again, he's hooked!
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Any ideas?