Other calibers than 44 and 36 i C&B revolvers

Onty said:

Is any other caliber, like true 44 (.429"), 400, etc., that were used in C&B revolvers? If so, I would appreciate a picture of actual revolver.

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No .429 diameter .44's. The land size of .44 cap and balls is .440. In the cap and ball days bores were measured before they were rifled.

.31 is available for 1849 and 1863 pocket revolvers and North American Arms makes a .22 percussion revolver.

In keeping with Ruger's tradition, I'm partial to the ".45 cal" Army's, Dragoons, ROA's and '58 Remingtons!!

Mike

a .22 caliber BP would be killer!

you got to be kidding me! they make one in .22

They make this one too. Never mind that one is a .22 mag.

Mark_Mark said:

you got to be kidding me! they make one in .22

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What people don't like to talk about with these is they were built to use smokeless powder. Charge weights with these are small and easy to overcharge, so nobody recommends it, but some people shoot them with smokeless all the time.

hawg said:

They make this one too.

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That's the one I want.

hawg said:

They make this one too. Never mind that one is a .22 mag.

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that’s extra fancy! octagon barrel, loading lever, yeah! that’s NICE

years ago, my buddy had one that was BP and it came in a belt buckle.

Colt produced .28 and .31 caliber Patersons, as I recall. I never owned or shot either so no comment on actual ball or bore diameters.

Mark_Mark said:

that’s extra fancy! octagon barrel, loading lever, yeah! that’s NICE

years ago, my buddy had one that was BP and it came in a belt buckle.

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The loading lever does nothing but retain the cylinder pin

I have an old Freedom Arms 22 C&B revolver, very similar to the NAA pistol. The instruction book stated besides BP and Pyrodex you can use Bullseye. The same powder measure throws the charge for both Bp and Bullseye. The BP and Pyrodex loads are pretty anemic. In fact I had a round bounce off an aluminum can. The Bullseye load will bury itself in a 2 X 4.

I have the 31 Remington . Guess me calling it a 32 is wrong, but I can order a cylinder so that it shoots 32 S&W cartridges. I'm getting awfully temped - the 241$ price tag is holding me back.

Colt made some .40 revolving rifles but I see nothing about a handgun.
The Butterfield Army was a .41 but they only got 640 completed out of a contract for 2850.

paul harm said:

I have the 31 Remington . Guess me calling it a 32 is wrong, but I can order a cylinder so that it shoots 32 S&W cartridges. I'm getting awfully temped - the 241$ price tag is holding me back.

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I often thought about getting one of them and there is a novelty of having both percussion cap and ball and smokeless .32 to choose from, but .31 round balls are weak and if I want to shoot .32 S&W I could buy a $150 top break that's faster to reload and double action.

Zygodactyl said:

I have an old Freedom Arms 22 C&B revolver, very similar to the NAA pistol. The instruction book stated besides BP and Pyrodex you can use Bullseye. The same powder measure throws the charge for both Bp and Bullseye. The BP and Pyrodex loads are pretty anemic. In fact I had a round bounce off an aluminum can. The Bullseye load will bury itself in a 2 X 4.

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NICE!!!

what was/is the BIGGEST BORE non cartridge gun they made for BP

Mark_Mark said:

what was/is the BIGGEST BORE non cartridge gun they made for BP

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Assuming you mean hand held I'd say probably a two bore.

hawg said:

Assuming you mean hand held I'd say probably a two bore.

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lol! forgot about canons

they made a 2 bore muzzle loader?

that’s 3500 grains!!!

May have to change that to 4 bore as the only reference to a two bore I can find is the cartridge guns made by Stolzer.

Mark_Mark said:

what was/is the BIGGEST BORE non cartridge gun they made for BP

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There's the 12 ga Diablo that came out a few years ago. I have definitely considered getting one.

TTv2 said:

There's the 12 ga Diablo that came out a few years ago. I have definitely considered getting one.

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Still just a 12 gauge.

Armi San Marco made a Colt Dragoon replica in 50 caliber. Look on You Tube for the Era's Gone Bullet Molds videos.

I read an article in Guns and Ammo many moons back about a 4 bore elephant gun. Showed pictures of some hippie looking character shooting it, gun was about 45 degrees up in recoil and all his hair was straight out behind him. The target was a couple of beer cans on a log, big crescent of daylight under them, splinters starting to fly and the cans were just beginning a trip to outer space. The photos were truly amazing.