mine is a .44

the ***** will be a little large, no patches needed, as you force the ball into the cylinder it shaves off a nice little ring of lead and forms a tight seal.

so: powder- then ball- then grease
put some caps on and have a blast!


best way to clean afterwards:
completely dissasemble and drop all of it into a very hot sink full of dish soap and water!

yup, soap and water. scrub with a tooth brush and all the old nasty powder residue will come right off.
get some good gun lube and lube her up afterwards and your good to go!

i do mine like that every time and it works out great!

oh also: buy the most expensive nipple wrench you can find. a cheap one will only bend out of shape. they make them especially for older pistols like ours and they work good. do the research and find one just for pistols, trust me you wont regret it.

 

I've had an Ithaca M37 Featherlight for about 20 years. What a great shotgun. I think I like it better than the Benelli M3 Super 90 that I also have though the M3 is novel in it's pump action / semi-auto mode selector.

 

Glad to hear that I didn't buy a POS lol. Can't wait to give this honey a try out at the range.

I need to find out which local ranges allow black powder (some I know only let you during certain hours on certain days) before I get into firing mine. I can't wait to though :P

 

if youve got a buddy that shoots powder take him with. theres no substitute for experience.

 

I wish. I don't even know anyone with a black powder firearm. One of my friends only has a .22 revolver in his arsenal, and the other has a dad who started stocking up on firearms after he saw what happened at tiananmen square (no joke!)

Out of the three of us that go shootingm, I'm the only one to buy anything so far lol

 

I went back to the range today, with my old (and a new) blackpowder guns, but unforunately, they are only allowed during member hours.. for members lol

I just went out today and bought some black powder, percussion caps, lead ball, bore butter and a measuring tool too. The new one is an 1858 Army with a solid frame around the cylinder. I plan on converting that one to .45 Long Colt :P

spent most of the day trap shooting, a little time at the rifle/pistol range shooting the .22 revolver and the M44. pics will come later, my friend took them all

 

My favorite little toys:
Taurus 24/7PRO .40
Rossi .357 stainless 6"

 

My 2nd hobby.....I've got a chinese SKS, Century Arms 1911 .45, Smith & Wesson 9mm, Walther P22 w/ laser, Modded Glock 19 with night sights & a Ruger 10-22 rifle. Lots of friends with guns and a few of us belong to a local outdoor range where we shoot....I need to do it more often!

 

You post a list like that and no pics?

c'maaaan

 

Well,

Now this thread has a lots of "interesting" comments.

Both myself and the wife are into shooting irons.

She carries a Kimber Custom .45 or a H&K P7-M8, I carry a S&W Custom shop .357 or a Taurus Titnium 46437 DA .38 Custom.

She was a State Champ a couple of years ago, never got the #1 spot, I would not get off my Butt and take her to the matches for the extra points.

She had a write up on her years ago, when she shot for Wilson's Team.

We both enjoy popping rounds, and have numerous toys to do so with.

Ever seen a Barrett .50 rifle?

TDS

 

I'll try to remember to snap some pics at home tonight....

 

you gotta get a pic of that barrett 50 up here right now!!!!!

those things are friggin sweet!

 

and you need to move to omaha so i can fire it!!!

hahaha

 

Extreme target practice !

 

im sure you have seen the damage that thing does to a person!!!

not something i want pointed at me!

did you see the youtube vid where a round bounces back and hits the guy and knocks his earmuffs right off!!!???
crazy!

 

I've seen that nate.. its friggin nuts! he was SO close to disaster

 

I think there are a few members that owe some pics :P

Speaking of that, I will have more than a few this coming weekend. I'm taking two friends that have never gone shooting before as well of those gal's bfs, who has shot before.

The M44 will make an appearance, with new bitties, as will my coach gun and a New'n

 

I am one who owes pics....just haven't had chance yet. But I did visit the gun store yesterday and they are evil....made me a deal I just couldn't pass up so I brought this home....

 

MMmmmmm

I wish I could get one of those here

If you guys are interested to see how the last day of shooting went, search future9er24 at youtube. Theres some new videso of me and my friend brian with the M44, caoch gun and the awesomtacular Keltec SU16. I am so glad i bought that puppy

If you don't mind my asking paul, just how good was that deal

 

Guns are dangerous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLTvUNn3Suo