Shooting blanks...

[Trois Castors]

I have been asked to shoot my 1858 Remington in some public demonstrations,
anyone here have  experiance with a blank load in this particular revolver?

Thanks,

[mario]

powder, wad, compress, cap, BANG.

Same thing you'd do normally, but w/o a ball.

NOTE- Blanks can still be lethal or cause injury at close range.

Mario

[Rev]

What he said. Be careful...

[Trois Castors]

Thanks Guys, sometimes I overthink things.

[mario]

Story time.

A friend in Alaska used to live in TN. Portrayed Civil War Union cavalryman for a number of years.

During an event in LA (IIRC), someone mentioned the issue of an injured horse. What could we do if one was so hurt that it needed to be put down?

Dave answered that he kept a couple of ball in one of his saddlebags, just in case. Seat the ball over the blank and take care of it.

About 1/2 doz. guys stared blankly at him...

Finally one piped up:

"You mean these can actually fire bullets?"

They all thought they were carrying special, blank-firing versions of Civil War revolvers...


Mario

[Trois Castors]

"You mean these can actually fire bullets?"

Funny,yes.......suprising?...no,not really


Mario, I actually have a question again. When I shoot this gun I use powder,ball,lube.....so I need to know about wadding for a "blank",Thanks.

[rollingb]

"You mean these can actually fire bullets?"

Funny,yes.......suprising?...no,not really :rt th

[Trois Castors]

You can get dry, or lubed wool wads, from Track of the Wolf.  

Ok,then......I assume these are slightly oversize of the bore and will compress and hold the powder?

Thanks,

[rollingb]

You can get dry, or lubed wool wads, from Track of the Wolf.  :rt th

[Trois Castors]

Good stuff,Thanks.

[mario]

I used Ox-Yoke, lubed wads, IIRC.

Mario

[Shadow Hawk]

just a little more detail for you.
fill the cylinder, place wonderwad and press it down a bit with your thumb so it will let the cylinder turn and the compress with rammer on pistol.
at this time i also put a glob of crisco in each hole. this is for preventing chainfires.
 if you use a ball this is not nessasary but for blanks this is a big help.
 this method will make a great bang and lots of smoke.
 hope this helps have fun  

[Riley/MN]

I would keep an extra sharp eye on any fellow that said he kept a couple of balls along "just in case".....

[R.M.]

I would keep an extra sharp eye on any fellow that said he kept a couple of balls along "just in case".....

I thought that was a serious no-no.

[Trois Castors]

I thought that was a serious no-no.

Any re-enactment I was in you couldn't even put a patch over your powder as it was/is considered a projectile.