A 26 minute video? I'll be right back; gotta go get the popcorn.

@weitzfc1

3 жыл бұрын

@Mr. Cool mike knows his sh*t , you might have missed something.

@jonjacobjingleheimerschmid3798

Жыл бұрын

Hay! While you're up, Grab me a beer?!

@rmanly1473

Жыл бұрын

If he cut down on the ridiculous amount of rambling it would have only been 15 mins

@milkapeismilky5464

Жыл бұрын

Yup! He doesn't make any apologies for long form videos and I certainly hope you never shortens the game up! I've binged his entire channel in about 5 weeks. So far Mike has cost me a *lot* of money by showing a guns I didn't know I needed

@douglasschramm3017

Жыл бұрын

One thing I noticed DAY and Night difference. I use cleaning rods for oxygen acetylene tips. Day and night I found bigger bang more energy.

I’m glad that happened with the misfire. When you shoot thousands of rounds you take for granted that they all go off. Now I will be more careful watching for misfires.

Very educational. My 18 yr old son has gotten me into BP. Now its an addiction for 2 of my sons and myself. Great alternative to mag dumping a small fortune and is so much more satisfying.

@twodogshawkeye9968

2 жыл бұрын

Plus taking a cap and ball to the range draws eyes

@whatsmolly5741

Жыл бұрын

If you want to be a real masochist get into air rifles, the gun and the ammo is unreasonably expensive like cartridges are now and it takes as much work as shooting cap and ball for an inferior weapon.

@OKBushcraft

Жыл бұрын

@@whatsmolly5741 lol. I have a hatsan .22 nitrous. I'd love a large bore pcp.

@whatsmolly5741

Жыл бұрын

@@OKBushcraft I have a Benjamin .357 and Also have an aea terminator in .357 that is semi auto and shoots ~150 foot pounds with a 10 round mag.

@OKBushcraft

Жыл бұрын

@@whatsmolly5741 that sounds very nice. Oklahoma at this time does not allow big game hunting with air guns. I hope this changes soon.

You're a good man, a good shooter, and a good teacher. Thank you for a fun lesson.

I just purchased an Uberti 1847 Walker revolver, and I got the .45 Long Colt conversion cylinder for it. I love it. It's my all around handgun now. It'll scare the shit out of a bad guy.

Mike, I’ve never felt cheated by one of your videos, keep up the good work.

The time you took to explain the three different cartridges to be used in the Taylors conversion cylinder was thorough, and much appreciated. Thank You

Mike ive been watching your vids for years . Absolutely love what you do sir!

Mike, I absolutely love these longer videos! A good way to relax along with a cup of coffee. Great video as always! 👌🏻

@MORiverFishing

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I wish every video was an hour+ lol

Boy I look forward to seeing your barrel cut down video. Also love the sound that black powder makes as well as the smoke. Thanks for the video Mike.

Thanks for the video revisit ..I for one really like your safety practice , My wife and I love to shoot modern and black powder I had factory ammo that didnt get a charge and kind of chuckled too until my wife and her little lc9s found out where that extra charge went. What a day that was

I went with the Kirst conversion on my Uberti 1861, had the barrel lined, put a nickle plated 1860 army grip frame with simulated bone grips, nickle plated the loading lever, did a slick job on it along with a wire spring.

Beautiful Navy Mike! I have some .44 conversions, Kirst w/gate and Howells and a .31 conversion and will get this conversion if they ever get any ammo back in. From a fellow "hat guy" love the hat!

Lots of great information. And I agree about range finders. I finally broke down and bought one and my tape measure stays home. Sighting in a rifle at 100 yards in a clearing in the woods with a tapw measure gets old fast. Thanks for the reloding tips as well.

It seems that mike is loving his conversion guns these days.

Again! Very informative. Never thougt about 22 lr being a heeled bullet. Thanks for sharing

I love your videos!!! If I need to know anything about black powder revolvers I always watch your videos!! Keep up the good work!!

Man you do such a great job. I almost feel like I'm out there. What a great thing.

That was Fun to watch. Thank you SR.

Another fantastic video Mike. You are a wealth of info. You are the very TOP U-tuber . Thank you. Cheers

Always good to see your videos.

Thanks for another great video!!! I love the longer videos!!!!!!

Mike has explained 6 ways from Sunday as to why he chooses to only load 5 chambers at a time but I guess some people still don't accept it. Here's an idea, instead of writing in and expressing your frustration toward Mike loading only 5 chambers, why don't you use that time to instead call and/or write your representatives in congress expressing your frustration toward the unconstitutional infringement on our 2nd Amendment rights?? Stop wasting your time on frivolous things and get focused!

@kylethedalek

3 жыл бұрын

If they see pro gun people are willing to limit or control them selfs with things like in this case capacity. They will use it against us. Why do you need 6 if you only load 5? They can play that with more and more things. And before you know it we are getting talked down and down to one round.

@steelgila

3 жыл бұрын

@@kylethedalek I load five when I'm shooting my pistols, which are all revolvers. The ammo box is loaded five across width-wise anyway. I'm not in a rush to burn powder and eat lead.

@galm14ever

2 жыл бұрын

@@kylethedalek That and specifically in this case the "its safer" argument doesn't make much sense. That cylinder has no safeties on those 6 firing pins, 5 of them in use now if he did drop that gun i wouldn't be surprise if the gun went off anyway.

@sgtmcd

7 ай бұрын

I think the 5 or 6 chamber argument is ridiculous. There are no rules.

Hello Mike, as usual your video are very informative and fun, I learn a lot every time. A late happy new year, God bless.

Hello, I just found your videos about the converted drum I just heard about it. I really like your videos. Soon I will also order a converted drum from you for the Uberti 1858 New Armim 8 "inch tube. Thank you for your videos. A Hungarian man from Hungary. :)

Berry's plated bullets loaded to Long Colt length 1.400". Yesterday I was Reseating 38 Special #4 shot load to LC length. 8 of 10 made it.

a comprehensive story Thanks, Mike!

Im loving these videos, loving the fringes too

@wyattshook2775

Жыл бұрын

Where do you get a coat like that though?

I always learn so much from you. Thanks!

Nice review Mike. You covered the problems with the 36 cal. conversion cylinders.

I just ordered a uberti 1861 Navy from Dixie mostly because no one has a uberti 1851 Navy but also because of your videos. My friend John blew up his Walther ppk with a squib round from factory ammo and I'm pretty sure it was Wincheste ammo about two years ago.

Mike, I had an incident when I was a young man shooting my first cap and ball. I had a ball jammed in the barrel of my 1860/61 army revolver. Back then I didn't have the knowledge that you have. Well I fired two more times and got 3 balls jammed in the barrel but the gun held together. I was very lucky I didn't blow my hand off. I did get the .44 cal. balls out after pounding on them for about half an hour and I did continue to shoot that pistol with no problems.

Thanks for the video. You load those cylinders the way you want. Never mind what anyone else says.

Thank you for the lessen Mike.

Great loading info on the conversion. Get some cat litter or crushed lava rock in a large coffee can for traction on the ice , you wont be disappointed , makes life and limb a little easier.

Great video,......It's just fun to watch this guy have fun. I usually buy double action 357 magnum's,.... and I only shoot 38 specials through them and I have never fired them in double action,......I shoot in single action for the best accuracy.

I used to load six in an 1860 army until i went to unholster it and the hammer had somehow come off of the safety pin and was almost resting on a live cap! Good vid Mike

@jason60chev

3 жыл бұрын

I got accustomed to loading 5 when I was competing in Cowboy Action Shooting. If there is time and opportunity and reason to be as safe as possible, it is best to be safe.

Awesome information. Thank you sir.

I shared this video with my wife and when you were standing there holding your pistol out and fired it one-handed she says my gosh he looks like Wild Bill Hickok just thought I'd share that with you by as awesome always enjoyable thank you

@duelist1954

3 жыл бұрын

Thank the Mrs for me Joe. I hope Wild Bill won’t be insulted to be compared to me...LOL

@lifebiker105

3 жыл бұрын

@@duelist1954 he should be pleased. Mike. Deaun was happy to here from you. Thank you.

Thanks for making this video

I just love watching him

LOL The range finder - Been going to get me one of those for the longest time, STILL haven't done it and still using my 100 foot tape measure. I laughed as soon as you said it.

Mine like traditional wad cutters, in 38 special cases. The bullets pick up the rifling about an inch past the forcing cone and shoot as well as my S&W model 28-2

The reason I bought a Pietta 1858 Steel Frame 44 caliber was because Howel makes a 45 caliber Long Colt conversion cylinder specifically for it. And it works wonderfully! No black powder has ever gone through mine, but Fiocchi Cowboy Load Long Colt has passed through box after box. The cylinder is much easier and quicker to remove and replace on the 1858 44. Much easier.

I love pietta revolvers I've owned too many to count over the last thirty-five years but I have to agree with you I wish they would chop that barrel on the 1861 down to seven and a half inches it changes the whole look of the gun.

Great video

Nice info thanks for sharing that

was a great help,

love your vids and have read your articles since 90's...my favorite colts are pietta snubbies 51-61 models in 45longcolt....my goal is kirstkonversions for both no extractor puch out too reload...love see you do a kirst diy vid. i was born in 53...keep your powder dry and peace be with you iron tlc brother

@michaelreasoner688

3 жыл бұрын

have taylors on my remington and love it...short barrel need research schoffield/russian loads i reckon..peace

I've got a conversion cylinder from Brownells on my Remington repro; takes .45 Colt. I love it, even if I can't afford a buncha .45 Colt these days.

There were some frontier gunsmith conversions of Colts that used the Remington style of conversion.

I shit you not, I was just looking at these. Been looking to pick up an Uberti 1860 just so I can mess around with making my own black powder and projectiles. Having the option to fire .45LC sounds like a good one to have. Thanks for sharing.

@bryanglass6701

3 жыл бұрын

The reason I bought a Pietta 1858 Steel Frame 44 caliber was because Howel makes a 45 caliber Long Colt conversion cylinder specifically for it. And it works wonderfully! No black powder has ever gone through mine, but Fiocchi Cowboy Load Long Colt has passed through box after box.

thats what i need is special 38 i got in to one cheap now i know why that stuff is hens teeth. great video.

Don’t worry about what people think, stay safe.

I have a Pietta "51 Navy brass frame. Typically Pietta, there's no forcing cone. I tried to make one using a cone shaped grinder and an electric drill. All it did was cut a groove in the grinder. Oh well, it seems to shoot fairly well anyway.

@milkapeismilky5464

Жыл бұрын

Don't shoot smokeless in a brass frame, you'll get flex

same thing happened to me with some .32 acp factory ammo forget the brand, but i am happy it was because i was NDing in my home at the time, but it was a squib

Superb presentation! I've pondered a number of questions concerning these cylinders and every single one of them were answered here. Thank you so much! What are the shotgun shells for?

Well let's hear it for Eras Gone Bullets heeled base bullets! Good to know some one makes a period correct bullet mold that's also accurate and a straight shooting projectile. Celebrating my first night out with my Uberti Frontier .44 WCF SAA! Shot rather nicely too. Took my Rossi .44-40 along to to try out with the Magtech ammo and Winchester 225gn Cowboy action ammo I selected for the shooting session. Both guns seem to like the all lead bullets. The rifle did not seem to do so good with Win. Super x jacketed soft-points last time out.

At about the 10 or 11 minute point I was about to comment asking about hand loading 38 special with black powder. 12 minutes in, he answered my question! 🤣🤣🤣

Amazing there is a holster belt that actually go around that waist!

Nice review enjoy the video

I have a 44Cal . It has an Brass frame around the Cylinder. I was trying to zero it in one day and that frame Cracked at the rear sights and came close to blowing my face OFF! .

Lol. You remind me of many years ago. I was carrying a 2 barrel dillinger. ( typical one you see in westerns) I stepped out of the truck and it fell. Kaboom. I frantically checked my legs. One important lesson learned from one stupid mistake. I don't care what anyone says. They have no safety. Never before or after have I seen one shot both barrels at the same time. But they both went off then and sounded as one. Both missed my legs and hit the bottom of the door. And to this day. I don't see how they did what they did. For they hit the bottom of the door. ( two bullet holes inward) Missed the window. And went out the window hole. The perfect shot x2.

I love your leather jacket! Keep your conversions tho hoho!

It would be interesting to see a black powder conical pressed into the case with a similar BP load as the original cylinder.

Factory squib loads are nightmare fuel, especially in the modern tap and rack world

Sun’s out Guns out!

I wonder about loading round ball 38spl, my old Speer reloading manual #13 has loading data for round ball 38spl and 45 colt light loads interesting

@HircineDaWolf

2 жыл бұрын

if you use the same round balls you use for the cap and ball, you will be fine, i load my 45 colt with pyrodex and .454 round balls for both my pietta SAA and uberti 45lc open top

Thumbs up video ~John

I've had several Winchester white box defective rounds (various types of errors) in recent years. Enough to make me very nervous. I wrote them and they offered to replace the ammo boxes each time I found one but I've lost my appetite for it now.

Cool video. Thanks. Do you have a video on how the Navy was loaded originally, in the 1850s - 60s? How did they use powder horns? What did they use for caps? I am looking for historically accurate demos of the Navy or failing that, any of the cap and ball revolvers. Thanks.

@gijoe508

Жыл бұрын

They used powder flasks or factory made combustible paper cartridges that came in a foil or wood container with 6 cartridges and 6-7 caps

Jumping from cap and ball to laser range finders--that's a Luddite's leap into modernity.

Mike, You mentioned the original 1861 of Navy caliber having 7.5 in barrels, Were the ramming handles shorter as well?

I had a 380 auto winchester do that once with a ruger lcp. Most it did was smoke in the chamber. I haven't used their ammo since. I have a lot of their brass on 45 colt, but i wont buy their loaded ammo anymore.

What kind of pressure difference would you theorize concerning the 357 solid base . This over a healed bullet.

I had a squib with herters 45lc. It's scary because you don't want to blow up your gun.

This was so entertaining. Those black powder rounds are packing a nice punch. The smokeless wadcutters kinda wimpy by comparison 🤠

I wish you would make a video on the M1878 Colt Revolver... There is very little info and videos out on those... I have an 1877 also... I loved the latest video you put out on the Thunderer, Lightening, and the Rainmaker.... Video on the DA 1878... PLEASE!!

Cool video, but it seems like the 44 calibers are much easier to find ammo for. At least that's been my challenge with my conversions for the 36.

I was a hair’s breadth away from loading .36 cartridges myself. I abandoned the project out of love for my family. My brother and father love shooting .38 special and I’ll be raising kids to shoot. If I load up heeled cartridges that are too large for .38 special, and one of my future heirs ever tries to shoot them in a modern gun, it would be catastrophic. So I’ll be sticking to reloading modern cartridges only for conversions.

Now this is more like it if i could own fire arms this would be one of it 1851,61 cartridge conversion cylinder.

hi, mr Mike !!! very good video and very good conversions, but i have some doubts on their longer use, because their along use time by time assembly and disassembly brings many joke between barrel and frame ... so long, speedy gunner

another good interesting video. I know u answered this before but how do I identify what BP revolver I have? My 36 cal Remington clone only says made in Italy on the side and I want to make sure I order the correct cartridge cylinder if it's even available. Thanks!

@duelist1954

3 жыл бұрын

This video will show you how to identify your gun. kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYCp166gcqaYfKw.html

Hey Mike, any tricks to getting those Eras Gone bullets (I'm assuming you used their Colt Cartridge Works) into those cases properly? May be something I'd like to try myself!

@duelist1954

3 жыл бұрын

I use a case mouth expander made from a .375 H&H Magnum die.

I wish they still made the 32 conversion cylinder for the 49 pocket or the 53 Remington...........the one with the loading gate

We like and enjoy everything you do Mr @duelist1954 including the sermon to ALL the morons here with nothing else to do but critique others with positive vibes for others, shame on them haters, never satisfied... We are big fans of your channel, God bless and GodSpeed Mr Belivue... 💯💥🤠

I had Remington 38spl ammo where the primer was dead. I got a good hammer stake that put a big dent in the primer but no ignition. I had two round in the box not fire and since I bough them at a gun show I chalked it up to being old ammo a or somethings They were most defiantly not reloads. I just fired them up out of my S&W model 19 since I didn't trust them to fire fast at CAS. I reloaded the brass. Now that i saw you have an issue I am wondering about Remington quality control. I have e used Remington ammo for over 50 years with no issues until last year. Good shooting with the Colt short heal base bullets.

@duelist1954

3 жыл бұрын

Over the years I've had that happen several times with Remington Rifle ammo.

I always thought the 1861 was the best looking gun of all of them. It's nice that you can convert it without destroying the gun. In an Indian gunfight you would actually have quick change barrels but you have to carry a mallet in your back pocket.

@RoninAvenger

3 жыл бұрын

I like how the loading rod looks, but I prefer the octagon barrel on a 1851 way more than the round barrel.

Can those conversion cylinders be had in Charcoal/Fire/Nitre blue to go with the Charcoal finish 1851 Navies?

Does the frame of the 1851 navy 44 caliber have to be steel or can it be brass frame?

I have an 1858 Remington made by the same company as your pistol that you're firing in the video and it's in 36 caliber I have a conversion cylinder for that I was wondering where can you buy round nose hollow base bullets or a mold the hollow base waddcutter bullets work okay

Mike, why does the extra barrel length of the Pietta '61 affect the performance negatively? I always thought more barrel aided accuracy, etc.

@duelist1954

3 жыл бұрын

It throws off the balance...not much, but I notice it. And it really looks wrong, even at a casual glance.

Have you ever tried a multiball load with a couple of .360 round balls?

I have a question that I can’t seem to find an answer to. I have a conversion cylinder for a Remington new model army and want to load black powder cartridges as well as cowboy loads, can I use hard cast lead bullets or only soft cast?

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Hard cast is fine

Your videos are fantastic and always informative. Although most of my black powder revolvers are Colt 2nd and 3rd generation. I also have Ubertis as well. Have to admit that Pietta really bugs me with 1) historical inaccuracy like, as you mention, 8” barrel on ‘61 Navy; 2) printing all over the barrel of their pistols making them look aesthetically /visually inaccurate.

Can a 38 long colt be loaded with black powder & heel-based bullet?

I own a Navy , 36 cal. And. a Amy Colt. I've them all

My father got me an 1851 navy colt revolver, but we never got a chance to shoot it. I have all I need to fire it, but don't know how. He had to move so I have no one to show me how to do this safely. Where can I go to learn to shoot my black powder revolver and my black powder revolver in Colorado?

The question I have is what all did they carry back then. I have a pair of pistols on my belt along with a caps pouch, tool pouch, ball/bullet pouch, powder flask, lube and grease, and trusty capping tool. I never saw any photos of Hickok with all this. Only his dual .36 navies and maybe a cap pouch. How could on walk around town all day with only their pistols and no reloading gear?

Is there any advantage with the pietta long 8" over the Uberti 7.5" on the 1861 or the velocity is negligible ?

@TexasHellcat1836

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly it's pretty much negligible. Although the 8" is LIGHTLY better on velocity, it really doesn't matter. I'd personally recommend going with the historically accurate 7.5"

@duelist1954

3 жыл бұрын

The difference is minute.