I'm back again and a little more experienced with my Uberti Dragoon. God damn thats a hoot to shoot. Admittedly I was heckled at the range while i was fumbling about, what with bore butter up to my elbows and swearing at dropped caps. But the smirks soon disappeared when all the plinkers were drowned out by the deep throated woofs of 50 grains of powder, leaving a smoke screen downrange. I soon had everybody lining up just to feel the weight of it and have a shot.
I bet a few gents know what I'm talking about! One heck of a shoot. I'm sold.
I found that reports of the Dragoon were somewhat BS. I heard it has no accuracy and feels wimpy. Yes its heavy and black powder isn't as explosive, but it DOES still produce a satisfying recoil. And I found it plenty accurate enough too (with 35g). I took it to the 100meter range and I was hitting in an area, I suppose a 12 inch gong could cover. Could definitely hit the man figures without too much marksmanship. Good enough. I also put through 6 cylinders without needing a clean. Never binded. The barrel looked pretty good too. I think the bore butter must have been a good batch.
Cap jams. Now this is the only area I was let down in. A couple of cylinders were jamming every shot. The caps seemed to be splitting, falling off and getting caught in the area behind the cylinder, in that slim gap, causing the cylinder to grind to a halt. Usuallly requiring me to field strip, shake, then continue. One or two Cap jams were catastrophic. One cap managed to get underneath the cylinder (what?) and work its way into the bolt hole(you know, the little thing that rises up and locks the cylinder) and completely halt the trigger mechanism. I had to strip the trigger mech to find a large cap fragment above the trigger and preventing the bolt from moving up and down. That kind of failure cant be good for the gun.
I'm willing to accept a certain amount of charm but is there a way to reduce cap jams? I really don't want to risk damaging my pistol again, or have every shot lock up so bad that I need to strip it each shot.
Once browsing I saw somebody talk about Cap Protectors(edit:Cap Guard). He said it completely solved this kind of problem. Infact, he achieved 100% reliability. I can only imagine it is some kind of covering you put on top of the cap to prevent it from shattering when its struck. I really wish I had bookmarked that thread! What are these things?
Any other methods you can recommend?
Better brand of caps?
thanks!
I bet a few gents know what I'm talking about! One heck of a shoot. I'm sold.
I found that reports of the Dragoon were somewhat BS. I heard it has no accuracy and feels wimpy. Yes its heavy and black powder isn't as explosive, but it DOES still produce a satisfying recoil. And I found it plenty accurate enough too (with 35g). I took it to the 100meter range and I was hitting in an area, I suppose a 12 inch gong could cover. Could definitely hit the man figures without too much marksmanship. Good enough. I also put through 6 cylinders without needing a clean. Never binded. The barrel looked pretty good too. I think the bore butter must have been a good batch.
Cap jams. Now this is the only area I was let down in. A couple of cylinders were jamming every shot. The caps seemed to be splitting, falling off and getting caught in the area behind the cylinder, in that slim gap, causing the cylinder to grind to a halt. Usuallly requiring me to field strip, shake, then continue. One or two Cap jams were catastrophic. One cap managed to get underneath the cylinder (what?) and work its way into the bolt hole(you know, the little thing that rises up and locks the cylinder) and completely halt the trigger mechanism. I had to strip the trigger mech to find a large cap fragment above the trigger and preventing the bolt from moving up and down. That kind of failure cant be good for the gun.
I'm willing to accept a certain amount of charm but is there a way to reduce cap jams? I really don't want to risk damaging my pistol again, or have every shot lock up so bad that I need to strip it each shot.
Once browsing I saw somebody talk about Cap Protectors(edit:Cap Guard). He said it completely solved this kind of problem. Infact, he achieved 100% reliability. I can only imagine it is some kind of covering you put on top of the cap to prevent it from shattering when its struck. I really wish I had bookmarked that thread! What are these things?
Any other methods you can recommend?
Better brand of caps?
thanks!