Can I shoot without lube?

[BigBang]

Mostly from what I can tell, people lube the front of their revolver chambers (specifically, 1858) to prevent chainfires. I'm not really worried about that from the front as long as I have a tight ball in there. Is it ok to shoot the gun without lube? I know it helps with cleaning a little, but say, I wanted to shoot just one cylinder in a day?

[Raider2000]

For the most part, you would be fine with no lube infront of the chambers & even no wad especially if you had a good tight fitting ball, even with a few cylinder loads but what the lube helps the most in is ofcorse more shots & easier cleaning.

I've done this very thing before in some action shooting where I would empty my 1851 Navy & simply reload & go again.

Have fun & be safe.. :)

[bosipipes]

I took My pair of 58's to the range today. The lube does get messy.
To answer your question yes you can shoot one cyclinder a day with no problems. You could also pick-up some pre-lubed wads and don't worry about lube again.

[BigBang]

Yeah...I'll have to get around to buying some wads sometime. My gun has chamfered chamber mouths, so the balls fit really really tight. (doesn't shave any lead)

[K.A.T.]

You could use a lube pill between the powder and ball.