Took the Walker out today for the first time
Loaded one chamber with a calculated 50gr(40gr by weight of Pyro P).
Used a 2 hand hold and off it went, not bad recoil at all and the lever did not drop.
Loaded one chamber with a calculated 56gr(45gr by weight of Pyro P)
Used one hand and off it went, recoil not bad and the lever started to drop.
Shot one handed the rest of the time.
Went ahead and loaded the first cylinder with the 50gr.
All went off without a problem and the lever dropped once I think.
Loaded second cylinder with 56gr.
All went off and the lever dropped like 2 times.
Loaded third cylinder with 50gr.
All went off and the lever I think dropped 4 or 5 times.
I am going to go to a .457" balls for the Walker cause it barely shaves a ring off, unlike my 1858 shaves a good ring off with the .454" balls.
Very cool pistol.
A few of the caps just disappeared, I wonder if after it fired the hammer came back again just enough for the cap to fly away(did not see anything in the action).
I am using CCI #10's, they fit pretty snug.
Half of the caps blow apart and I flick them off after cocking the action for the next round and half of them look okay and stay on until the cylinder is empty.
My 1858 blows all the caps and I just flick the gun evertime I cock it and they just fly off the nipples.
I found that I needed to clean the arbor after every cylinder full, cause it would start to bind up.
It was not the face of the cylinder binding against the barrel, cause I removed the barrel and it still bound.
Cleaned the arbor getting off the baked on residue and put the cylinder back on and it was fine until the next cylinder full.
Not a big deal to me cause it is a slow and methodical pistol to load.
I find it more appealing just to load the cylinder with powder, wad and ball and remove the cylinder to apply the grease over the balls then reinstall the cylinder and then cap it, just like I do on the 1858 Rem.
Before you guys get on me about my weights and measures again
I ordered a powder flask and different sized tips(30-35-40-50gr.) and
2 extra cylinders for my 1858 from the Possible Shop.
Overall a great day in the desert and shooting 2 cap and ball revolvers.
Kabooooom
Clarence