and the guy in the next stall was producing a lot of smoke. I looked over and he's shooting a cap & ball gun. I looked at his target and they were on the money, deadly accurate. His gun has a pretty long barrel, I would guess 7-8". Interesting piece of history.

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Yup! No one ever said those Cap & Ball revolvers were not accurate! I used to shoot Cowboy Action Matches (SASS) with a few Guys that would always use Cap & Ball Revolvers. They won quite often!

Chief38

My Uberti 1860 Army keeps em in the black all day at 25yds. How can they be so dead on with just a small bead and a notch filed in the hammer. A real joy to shoot. 7 and 8 inch were normal barrel lengths.

Ted

There is no choice except to be on the money with blackpowder because it's not practical to reload quickly.

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When I started to carry concealed, I was told repeatedly to carry what I shot best. I thought, "Great, now I have to find an IWB holster for my 1858 Remington!" Sounds really uncomfortable while seated.

I have surprised many guys I know that are into the "tactical" end of things when I used to shoot either my Uberti Walker or Pietta 1860 Army. They could not believe how accurate those two guns were out to 25 yards.

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The original Colt black powder pistols had sights regulated for 125 yards using full charge loads with round balls. I had an 1861 Navy Colt that was very accurate, and a joy to shoot. Still have a Colt 1851 Navy in new condition, have not fired it, but it, too, should be accurate. The 1861 Navy looked like a scaled down 1860 Army, and was, to my way of thinking, the most elegant of the Colt black powder pistols. It was stolen a number of years ago, I do miss it.

It was prolly Gisamo visiting with his
beautiful brides inlaws. Just a guess....

You guys are makeing me want to drag out this old original remington new model army. I havent shot it in around 30 years. It was very accurate as I recall. It was reblued before I bought it and has a old king red insert post front sight and the rear hog wallow was filed square. I also used to own a ruger old army 40 years ago. If I recall I used to use speer ,457 balls in both. I recall on the ruger I had trouble with the lever dropping down some.

The Plains Indians were accurate with their Bows & Arrows too (no sights on them)!

Chief38

When I lived in california years ago I knew a archery club that challenged a muzzel loading club to a shoot and outshot them!
When you consider how long it takes to reload a single shot muzzel loader maybe a good indian with a bunch of arrows wasnt at as much disadvantage as a mountain man in 1830 as we might think!