My word to you is, watch out!
The OC nazis here will deride and attempt to shame you for carrying something other than what "they" deem an appropriate self-defense weapon.
I got on the board last year and expressed my intent to carry a Ruger Old Army- if you don't know it, it is a Ruger Super Blackhawk with a percussion cylinder. It shoots .45 ball or conical, will hold almost 50g of 3FG powder, and is every bit the equivalent of a .45 ACP load, tho admittedly much slower to reload.
There was such a ruckus you wouldn't believe!
The old single shot BP pistols are fun to shoot. I have made a couple from kits. You can't be in any hurry to get shots in. In their time, if one could load and fire 3 shots a
minute it was considered pretty fast.
I cast lead bullets for many of my arms, but buy round balls for my BP stuff. It needs to be pure lead, and I use so few it's not worth it to me to buy the moulds.
If you already have a modern carry piece, that would be a better choice. If cost is an object, you can buy new Hi-Points right now for $150, same as you'd spend for the BP.
They are fun replica arms, and if you like period shooters like I do, you would enjoy a single shot.
I had a pepper-box for a while, too. It's a 4 bbl'd pocket BP shooter.
Lexington_Son wrote:
I could just see the ball and powder spilling everywhere. Possible? Also, are there any black powder enthusiests here that might have advice for me buying and shooting this? Is it fun to make your own ball ammo for them?
On a personal note, would this make me look too much like a pirate?
