Cap and Ball loads

[Eric Johanen]

I would recommend the Dragoon series of Pistols only for 2 facts: The Walker is just a bit to big and heavy for really good use unless you have a horse to tote them around and 2'nd the loading lever does not have a lever catch and it will drop under recoil which is a real pain in the butt. A Dragoon is still plenty big and powerful to smoke up a range. I use the lubed felt wads between the powder and ball as it is the least messy when shooting. I do use commercial lube over the seated ball for a extended shooting session (wonder lube, bore butter, Remington grease etc. all good for this). Many percussion revolvers were used on the buffalo range as the cartridge models were not all that plentiful except for the conversions until after 1880. I do use Uberti 1860 Army models for CAS as they do take some hard use in the sport. I will shoot a pair of Colt Navy's occasionally just for the joy of having owned them and style points...of course!