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Offline AtlLaw

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'51 Navy groups!
« on: March 06, 2012, 07:04:43 AM »
And groups good!!!  ;D
 
I took it to the farm this weekend and finally got to shoot for a group at 25 yards.  New Ampco nipples and RWS 1065 (#11) caps, 20 gr. FFFG, felt overpowder wad greased with Jawja tofu's lube, .380 balls from my newly Lee-mented mould...  :)  Only thing I forgot to do was make sure the sprue was flat spot up.   :(
 
With an offhand two handed hold and my old eyes guessing at hammer notch and front sight alignment I managed a 2.5 inch ( /-) 6 shot group that hit POA!   :o
 
Now that may not be much for you more experienced pistolaros, but for me it was GREAT!!   ;D
 
I just hope my '61 Navy does as well with 20 gr...   :-\  No matter, I'm gonna make up some six packs of combustible cartridges using the above load and that will be the standard fare for those 2 revolvers!  No more messing around!   ;)
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Re: '51 Navy groups!
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2012, 02:40:46 PM »
Congrats man, what distance were you shooting at?  2.5" is real good for the hammer notch aiming at 25 yards.  ;)
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Re: '51 Navy groups!
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2012, 03:24:15 AM »
Atlaw,
I had a fairly cheap 1851 replica back in the 70s. Was one of the most accurate hand guns I have shot without target sites. Of course back then I had very young eyes to help out. Good shooting! Were your hits close to POA?
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Re: '51 Navy groups!
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2012, 11:16:42 AM »
How long does it take to reload that thing?
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Re: '51 Navy groups!
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2012, 05:19:27 AM »
Congratulations Richard, that's good shootin' with or without the handicap of stock sights and especially for a first try with an arbitrary load. Tinkering with the powder charge a little and getting those sprues all up and centered might do even better. But in offhand shooting I can't tell the difference between a 1" grouping load and a 3" grouper, both shoot better than I can hold.  ;D
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Re: '51 Navy groups!
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2012, 06:55:14 AM »
Quote from: guzzijohn on March 07, 2012, 03:24:15 AM
Were your hits close to POA?

Right at POA at 25 yards!  That tickled me as much if not more then the size of the group!   ;D  As I remember my '61 Navy shoot pretty high...  :(
 
Quote from: yellowtail3 on March 07, 2012, 11:16:42 AM
How long does it take to reload that thing?

A lot longer then dropping bullets into a cylinder through a gate that's for sure.   :(   Ease and speed of reloading has been a concern since I started shooting these things.  I don't know why...  :-\   They ain't been any yankee cavalry or infantry in my back yard since '64.   ::)
 
Right now dumping the correct powder charge into the cylinder is easy with my new 20 gr. measure, a 30 carbine case epoxied to a 30-06 handle, and a lubed felt wad is quicker then greasing over the chamber mouths.
 
So lessee here...  that comes out to scoop 6 times, pour 6 times, plug 6 times, seat 6 times and cap 6 times for each reload.   :-\
 
Now, some time back I figured I could do better then that so I have loaded individual powder charges into nitrated paper.  Then I only have to drop 6 times, plug 6 times, seat 6 times, and cap 6 times...  :-\
 
My goal is to be able to cut that down to dropping 6 times, seating 6 times and capping 6 times!   ;D  You know, the charge, wad and ball all together in a combustible wrapper.   :D  Imma gonna try that this weekend!   ;D
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Re: '51 Navy groups!
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2012, 05:53:59 PM »
I've got the Uberti 51 NAVY too.
My load can put all shots in a 2" group at 25 yds if I do my part.
That's as good as I can do with even mybest S&Ws
My load is enough powder to just seat the ball below the face of the cylinder.
I had to cut down the hammer notch a bit to get it to hit POA .
I also squared up the notch.
Along with cutting the sides on the front sight   so it looks like a post from the rear but still has the same profile from a side view.
It has taken over most of my small game hunting jobs that a S&W 17 did for years!
 
 
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