Comments on: [Guest Post] The Walker Colt – by A. Uberti http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/ Firearms not Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Oswald Bastable http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/comment-page-1/#comment-17552 Oswald Bastable Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:23:35 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8848#comment-17552 I was waitng for that! I was waitng for that!

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]]> By: Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/comment-page-1/#comment-17424 Steve Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:48:16 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8848#comment-17424 DrStrangegun, LOL DrStrangegun, LOL

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]]> By: DrStrangegun http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/comment-page-1/#comment-17412 DrStrangegun Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:02:29 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8848#comment-17412 (god help me, I couldn't resist) If you don't grease your balls, your pistol will get very angry with you. (god help me, I couldn’t resist)

If you don’t grease your balls, your pistol will get very angry with you.

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]]> By: Oswald Bastable http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/comment-page-1/#comment-17139 Oswald Bastable Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:56:27 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8848#comment-17139 Bore butter is great stuff! As well as preventing flash-over it will also keep fouling down. Use of an over-powder wad or grease over the balls is mandatory at my range. It is also real easy to make- just melt beeswax and add vegetable oil (about 1/4 the volume of the wax) and mix. A bit of experimenting is needed to get the mix you need for your climate. It also is good for wood polish, leather, chapped lips and hand cream (so says the wife who helps mix it up!) Bore butter is great stuff! As well as preventing flash-over it will also keep fouling down. Use of an over-powder wad or grease over the balls is mandatory at my range.

It is also real easy to make- just melt beeswax and add vegetable oil (about 1/4 the volume of the wax) and mix.

A bit of experimenting is needed to get the mix you need for your climate.

It also is good for wood polish, leather, chapped lips and hand cream (so says the wife who helps mix it up!)

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]]> By: Lance http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/comment-page-1/#comment-17127 Lance Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:19:52 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8848#comment-17127 Looks like a nice addition to my copy Colt 1851 Navy. Looks like a nice addition to my copy Colt 1851 Navy.

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]]> By: P47f6f http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/comment-page-1/#comment-17125 P47f6f Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:00:03 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8848#comment-17125 Greetings from Texas, Like Wayne I fell in love with this revolver at first sight. The only excuse I can give for not having my own yet is real life keeps interfering with my gathering of neat firearms. I never pass up the chance to shoot those belonging to friends. According to the books it was the most powerful handgun in the world until 1935 when the .357 came on the market. I would add one suggestion to Jeremy's paper cartridge formula. See if you can find a vendor of magic supplys. Flash paper makes wonderful paper cartridges with nothing left to dig out of the cylinder. Greetings from Texas,
Like Wayne I fell in love with this revolver at first sight. The only excuse I can give for not having my own yet is real life keeps interfering with my gathering of neat firearms. I never pass up the chance to shoot those belonging to friends. According to the books it was the most powerful handgun in the world until 1935 when the .357 came on the market.
I would add one suggestion to Jeremy’s paper cartridge formula. See if you can find a vendor of magic supplys. Flash paper makes wonderful paper cartridges with nothing left to dig out of the cylinder.

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]]> By: Matt Groom http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/comment-page-1/#comment-17114 Matt Groom Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:11:54 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8848#comment-17114 I'm not sure what kind of papers they use in beauty shops that Jeremy described, but I know that Zig-Zags, those little papers they sell in Bodegas all over the country for rolling 'cigarettes' work very well for paper cartridges. They even have a little adhesive side to help them stick to themselves when rolled on the dowel, and they burn up Okay. If there's a convenience store in your neighborhood, they probably sell these, but they probably cost more than the papers that Jeremy described. I’m not sure what kind of papers they use in beauty shops that Jeremy described, but I know that Zig-Zags, those little papers they sell in Bodegas all over the country for rolling ‘cigarettes’ work very well for paper cartridges. They even have a little adhesive side to help them stick to themselves when rolled on the dowel, and they burn up Okay. If there’s a convenience store in your neighborhood, they probably sell these, but they probably cost more than the papers that Jeremy described.

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]]> By: Jeremy-Austin-TX http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/comment-page-1/#comment-17111 Jeremy-Austin-TX Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:44:49 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8848#comment-17111 Nice post. I own a Remington 1858 (Pietta - sold at Cabela's for around $200). For those interested in trying out black powder (I love it!) there are a few tips to make life easier: 1.) Making "cartridges" is easy. Instead of loading naked, you can get thin papers from a beauty supply shop (forgot what they were really for, but a box of 1000 costs $2US). Using a wood mandrel you wrap the papers to basically turn them into little cups roughly the size of the chamber of the pistol. Measure and pour the powder into the cup and drop a ball in. Then twist it off and dab a little craft glue on the top to hold it. IF you do this, bring out a brass pin to dig out the paper remains from the cylinder if they don't come out on their own. 2.) Bore butter is your friend. One problem with naked loading is when firing one round the explosion can sometimes catch another chamber and fire it. Yes, obviously this isn't safe. They make wads to pack in there to stop this but they can be expensive if you shoot pretty regularly. Instead, get a medium sized dental syringe with a plastic tip (1-2mm opening at tip). Fill it with bore-butter and use it to fill the edges of each round after packing it in. If done right, it stops the firing round from igniting another round. I also use Bore Butter after cleaning the gun to oil it. You MUST clean the gun immediately after a day of firing it. Like Wayne said, to clean it just pull it apart and drop it in a small bucket with detergent (I've used Palmolive dish soap). Dry everything and immediately oil it and any metal surface on the gun. Also, I shoot real black powder (Goex 3f) and have not shot pyrodex. Nice post. I own a Remington 1858 (Pietta – sold at Cabela’s for around $200). For those interested in trying out black powder (I love it!) there are a few tips to make life easier:
1.) Making “cartridges” is easy. Instead of loading naked, you can get thin papers from a beauty supply shop (forgot what they were really for, but a box of 1000 costs $2US). Using a wood mandrel you wrap the papers to basically turn them into little cups roughly the size of the chamber of the pistol. Measure and pour the powder into the cup and drop a ball in. Then twist it off and dab a little craft glue on the top to hold it. IF you do this, bring out a brass pin to dig out the paper remains from the cylinder if they don’t come out on their own.
2.) Bore butter is your friend. One problem with naked loading is when firing one round the explosion can sometimes catch another chamber and fire it. Yes, obviously this isn’t safe. They make wads to pack in there to stop this but they can be expensive if you shoot pretty regularly. Instead, get a medium sized dental syringe with a plastic tip (1-2mm opening at tip). Fill it with bore-butter and use it to fill the edges of each round after packing it in. If done right, it stops the firing round from igniting another round.

I also use Bore Butter after cleaning the gun to oil it. You MUST clean the gun immediately after a day of firing it. Like Wayne said, to clean it just pull it apart and drop it in a small bucket with detergent (I’ve used Palmolive dish soap). Dry everything and immediately oil it and any metal surface on the gun. Also, I shoot real black powder (Goex 3f) and have not shot pyrodex.

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]]> By: Cornelius http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/comment-page-1/#comment-17107 Cornelius Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:39 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8848#comment-17107 That's a nice lookin' gun. I had one when I was a teenager. It came as a kit - some of the parts were rough-cast and needed filing and assembly. It was a great project and loads of fun to shoot. Enjoy! That’s a nice lookin’ gun. I had one when I was a teenager. It came as a kit – some of the parts were rough-cast and needed filing and assembly. It was a great project and loads of fun to shoot. Enjoy!

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]]> By: Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/comment-page-1/#comment-17104 Steve Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:03:27 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8848#comment-17104 KG, this post was part of a guest post series I am running at the moment. KG, this post was part of a guest post series I am running at the moment.

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]]> By: KG http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/26/guest-post-the-walker-colt-by-a-uberti/comment-page-1/#comment-17103 KG Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:44:01 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8848#comment-17103 Good post. Are these reviews by Wayne going to be a regular thing? Good post. Are these reviews by Wayne going to be a regular thing?

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