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Not Black Powder but it fits in here . . .
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:15 am
by Aughnanure
Nitro muzzle loading pistols: These are loaded in an identical way to the black powder revolver but use only very small charges of smokeless nitro powder ignited by shotgun primers. Due to the very small charges that these pistols use it could be very easy to double charge this type of pistol and that would result in the pistol blowing up in your hand on firing. For this reason the club nitro revolver will only be used under very strict standards of supervision – please check with the duty officer for up to date details.
One lives and learns; I did know that a firm in South America built nitro muzzle loaders but I didn't think that any clubs used smokeless MLs.
Seems just a mite unsafe to me to have both types of powder on the range, but then I've been Range Officer when an Enfield (.577) blew up with 2.5 drams of Ballistite, by black powder measure, behind the usual minie
Smokeless powder ML revolver.
Link:
http://www.hprpc.co.uk/courses_of_fire/ ... nd_use.htm
Re: Not Black Powder but it fits in here . . .
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:29 am
by DuncaninFrance
Looks like a Ruger Old Army.
Re: Not Black Powder but it fits in here . . .
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:34 am
by Aughnanure
It is,Duncan, but like some humanoid robots it doesn't have nipples.
Re: Not Black Powder but it fits in here . . .
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:44 am
by DuncaninFrance
I want one and started to 'collect' some parts but my source dried up and so I have the barrel, frame and trigger only..................
Re: Not Black Powder but it fits in here . . .
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:13 am
by Aughnanure
Don't know what your local laws are like but any good machinist with a lathe could make one, very simple machining as the Old Army doesn't have a ratchet on the rear of the cylinder, just 6 holes against which the hand works.
Re: Not Black Powder but it fits in here . . .
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:48 am
by DuncaninFrance
Aughnanure wrote:Don't know what your local laws are like but any good machinist with a lathe could make one, very simple machining as the Old Army doesn't have a ratchet on the rear of the cylinder, just 6 holes against which the hand works.
Well, although it is BP it is classed as a CAT4 because it isn't a 'replica'. That means LOTS of paperwork!
Re: Not Black Powder but it fits in here . . .
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:29 pm
by blackisler
I have seen these for sale by a company who does the conversions.
link
http://www.westlakeengineering.com 
Robert