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Doc Hoy · October 24, 2008, 03:00 PM

Experienced Euroarms Colt replica shooters,

I recently got back into C&B shooting after a looong hiatis. (20 yrs.) I bought a couple of used but good condition pistols at gun shows, one of which is a Euroarms 1851 Navy colt in .44 cal. from 1973. (I use this term loosely because I don't know what you call a pistol that looks like an 1851 Navy colt but is chambered for the Army caliber.) When I was shooting before, every .44 I ever had or shot (about nine in all) took a .451 as an adequate fit.

So I molded some .451s from the Lee mold I had been using successfully. I tried them in the Euroarms Navy and no amount of profanity resulted in the ball going more than about 2/3s of the way into the chamber. I put as much force as I had confidence in the arbor. No lead donut was shaved because the diameter at the rim of the chamber is larger than the .451. I know that Euroarms chambers are cut with a ream than imparts a gradual taper to the chamber, (a feature that I am not sure I understand or like).

Has anyone had experience with shooting smaller bullets in this pistol?

Tnx,

Doc Hoy

October 24, 2008, 03:00 PM	#1
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Euroarms 1851 Navy .44 Bullet size Experienced Euroarms Colt replica shooters, I recently got back into C&B shooting after a looong hiatis. (20 yrs.) I bought a couple of used but good condition pistols at gun shows, one of which is a Euroarms 1851 Navy colt in .44 cal. from 1973. (I use this term loosely because I don't know what you call a pistol that looks like an 1851 Navy colt but is chambered for the Army caliber.) When I was shooting before, every .44 I ever had or shot (about nine in all) took a .451 as an adequate fit. So I molded some .451s from the Lee mold I had been using successfully. I tried them in the Euroarms Navy and no amount of profanity resulted in the ball going more than about 2/3s of the way into the chamber. I put as much force as I had confidence in the arbor. No lead donut was shaved because the diameter at the rim of the chamber is larger than the .451. I know that Euroarms chambers are cut with a ream than imparts a gradual taper to the chamber, (a feature that I am not sure I understand or like). Has anyone had experience with shooting smaller bullets in this pistol? Tnx, Doc Hoy