C Younger
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- Jan 4, 2017
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I’ve been shooting C&B since 1998 when I bought my first Ruger Old Army from the Anchorage AK K-Mart at the age of 18. After selling that Old Army in 2001 I took a short break from C&B until 2005 when I bought a 5.5” stainless Pietta New Army. I’ve since acquired a Pietta 1860 Army and another stainless New Army with an 8” barrel. Very recently, I found a NIB stainless ROA with fixed sights and snatched it up (still not sure if I want to shoot it or not as it is somewhat a collectible in un-fired condition).
Anyhow, the last couple days I’ve been tinkering and trying to figure a way to speed up the reloading process. I had been using the spout on my flask to charge the chambers, but I keep envisioning an ember lighting the flask off. I was thinking about using 30-30 cases with a pre-measured charge and an ear plug to hold the powder in, but it’s hard to remove the plug with one hand holding the gun.
My other thought was to put a funnel in the muzzle and pour the charge down the barrel into a properly indexed chamber. This would allow me to pour the scoop faster as I would have a funnel to catch any spillage and I wouldn’t need to remove the funnel until the last chamber has been charged. Is there a reason why this wouldn’t work, or shouldn’t be done? The only thing I can come up with is the possibility of powder sticking to the crud inside the barrel, but don’t know if this would cause any issues or not.
Anyhow, the last couple days I’ve been tinkering and trying to figure a way to speed up the reloading process. I had been using the spout on my flask to charge the chambers, but I keep envisioning an ember lighting the flask off. I was thinking about using 30-30 cases with a pre-measured charge and an ear plug to hold the powder in, but it’s hard to remove the plug with one hand holding the gun.
My other thought was to put a funnel in the muzzle and pour the charge down the barrel into a properly indexed chamber. This would allow me to pour the scoop faster as I would have a funnel to catch any spillage and I wouldn’t need to remove the funnel until the last chamber has been charged. Is there a reason why this wouldn’t work, or shouldn’t be done? The only thing I can come up with is the possibility of powder sticking to the crud inside the barrel, but don’t know if this would cause any issues or not.