@catyear75
Still to this day one of the top Twenty Most Powerful Hanguns !
@carlbecklehimer1898
It was also known that the conical bullets were loaded upside down which caused the cylinders to burst also.
@tombrown4683
I love seeing these OG type firearms spin the spinner ! Keep it up & I'll keep watching !
@Natzndahouze
Man, I wish my dad was alive to see this. He loved collecting different types of guns. Thank you for sharing I enjoy learning about this.
@curly__3
If you grease the cylinder pin and use pyrodex and a grease wad, you can get 7-8 cylinders on a pietta 1858. Maybe more. From what I have seen of swiss, i would think you could get similar performance with that.
@widdrshinswonders
That recoil seems like it is actually a lovely amount for the amount of force you have flying down range. Thanks for the tutorial!
@Stormpriest
The video that this short is clipped from is actually one of the reasons why I ended up buying a Colt Walker 🙂 and don't worry, I will never load it more than 50 grains per chamber. I'm rather fond of both my hands. I would like to keep them both 🙂
@jasoncornell1579
Fun fact until the S&W model 29 this was the most powerful handgun in the world
@tiberiusvindex804
Two Gun Corcoran's weapon of choice in the Blue Bottle saloon for his fight with English Bob.
@ThomasJames69420
45/70 is a 45 cal ball with 70 grains of powder behind it. This PISTOL is firing 45/60 or 45/50 if you follow colts recommendations. That's insane
@je3229
Beautiful gun. gz on the blue gem.
@franzmuller3396
Nice Video👍🤘
@crunchytheclown9694
Hi Karl, i enjoy the fire arms content but the history and social aspect that you present to me is harder to find
@sulkingsalamander6181
60 grain was only a problem due to the questionable quality iron cylinder. Modern replicas have no risk of rupturing
@youngbloodbear9662
I've seen other videos where they had to bend the ramrod to just barely get 50gr of powder behind a conical, whereas other people claim 70gr was common. From your experience and reading, do you have any idea where this discrepancy comes from?
@jg-ub4ek
Neat!!
@JeffEbe-te2xs
Do guns of old west Mexico
@genosmolko10666
It's modern steel, it can handle 60 grains no problem
@Full_Otto_Bismarck
It's must be exhausting beating the petrified remains of an ancient long dead horse like creature that is the subject of Walker powder charges 😅 A more interesting topic that doesn't get as much attention is how did users deal with the loading lever in the time period. I've heard leather straps or laces were tied around it and the barrel, i think your solution is more functional for shooting however as the gun is already painfully heavy and I'm fairly certain leather over the barrel would block the fairly small front sight.
@InrangeTv