Since they are low-pressure black powder arms, I used a handgun primer and everything worked out fine. I would not recommend that procedure with modern guns.When seating a primer it must not stick out from the case, as that will cause a variety of problems. In a revolver, high primers...
The conversation then wandered into loading pistols and revolvers. Since 1911 a magazine fed semiautomatic pistol has been the regulation US military sidearm. As far safety is concerned, conventional wisdom is that a 1911 pistol that has been loaded, cocked and the manual safety engaged is safe...
Ammunition Links Note on the Small Arms Rounds files: These are not totally finished yet, and may not contain all the different rounds that are fired by the weapons on other of these pages. Terms like Pistol, Revolver, and SMG rounds mean that those rounds are by and large fired...
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In the rear of each chamber a percussion cap was placed over a hollow nipple that directed the jet of flame to the powder when the cap was struck by the hammer. This type of revolver was eventually called “cap-and-ball.” Where earlier revolvers required the shooter to line up a ...