Thank you kindly @BullRunBear and @windini
This ol' gal started her life as a 2019 Pietta 1860. She was one of a pair, One day after eyeballing the kirst conversion website for the 509th time I broke down and bought the conversion and ejector rod.
After the addition of the kirst that Pietta became the most accurate handgun I own. I am seriously blown away with the accuracy. The kirst conversion is pretty expensive almost too much, but I like it and I'm glad I bought it.
My usual loading is 38 grains FFFG Goex red label and it's a solid load. Probably pushing anywhere from 925 to 1100 FPS depending on the crimp.
Nice job on the revolver, by why are you shooting so many rattlesnakes??
Claus -I live on top of a mountain here in the Appalachian mountains. There have been a good many serpents out summer if 2021 though not nearly as much as 2020.
Rodwha- loading my 253 grain big lube I had old tom chef up down at accurate molds.
I don't know about head to tail penetration because I wait till the old snake coils up and then give him a hot lead sammich' he usually ends up literally blown into a few pieces !
If I see a Rattler' I kill him on sight.
If I see a king snake, I let him live. The king snake hates rattlers and copperheads more then I do and it's one of his favorite meals. You see the ol' king snake is a cannibal and is a damn sight meaner then me ! He's harmless to Humans but he's a copperhead or rattlesnakes worst nightmare
@misskitty2 As to the sakes I had a ol boy make em for me off ebay!
i sold the grip set as the snakes were cool but they gave the grip a feel i didnt really care for...
but they were sweet while i had em!
My pop ate rattlers during training prior to shipping out for the D-day invasion, his buddies from the East were not impressed. In the wisdom peculiar to big green machine he did most of his training at Fort Young at the Desert Training Center and then shipped out to the European theater where they fought through the coldest snowiest winter in years. No rattlesnakes though, gotta look at the bright side.Dang! That's cool. I've eaten a couple rattlers I shot, they were good.
I've ate bbq rattler. It wasn't too bad but I wont go out of my way to eat any more.