1847 Walker

[streep]

Some advice please.

Brand new to black powder shooting. Grandson gave me an 1860 Army for Christmas and have fired it a time or two. Reading up on loading, it appeared that 20 to 30 grains of Pyrodex was the recommendation and it seemed to work fine.

The 1847 has a much larger chamber, but the information that came with it recommends only 20 to 30 grains.

Is this the right load for this or can it take more powder? Or is that recommended?

In reading up on the firearm, it seems the original was loaded with 50 grains. Seems like a lot and I'm not sure it would be wise to use that amount.

So......any adivce would be welcome.

Thanks

[mec]

45 grains of black or pyrodex will work very well and allow you to seat the ball down on the powder column. That thirty grain recommendation in that flyer confuses a lot of people. Whoever packages it with the Dragoons and walkers isnt a shooter.

[littl026]

I just ordered a Walker. It hasn't arrived yet but was wandering if it would come packed in grease. Anyone know? Thanks

[streep]

Originally posted by mec:
45 grains of black or pyrodex will work very well and allow you to seat the ball down on the powder column. That thirty grain recommendation in that flyer confuses a lot of people. Whoever packages it with the Dragoons and walkers isnt a shooter.

Thanks a lot mec. Being new, I wasn't sure just how much powder should be used - didn't fancy blowing my hand or other appendage off. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Thanks again.

[streep]

Originally posted by streep:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by mec:
45 grains of black or pyrodex will work very well and allow you to seat the ball down on the powder column. That thirty grain recommendation in that flyer confuses a lot of people. Whoever packages it with the Dragoons and walkers isnt a shooter.

Thanks a lot mec. Being new, I wasn't sure just how much powder should be used - didn't fancy blowing my hand or other appendage off. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Thanks again. </font>[/QUOTE]

[streep]

Originally posted by littl026:
I just ordered a Walker. It hasn't arrived yet but was wandering if it would come packed in grease. Anyone know? Thanks

Mine wasn't bad. Obviously needed cleaning but wasn't full of cosmoline or the like.

It is a hand full - have fun.

[littl026]

Originally posted by streep:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by littl026:
I just ordered a Walker. It hasn't arrived yet but was wandering if it would come packed in grease. Anyone know? Thanks

Mine wasn't bad. Obviously needed cleaning but wasn't full of cosmoline or the like.

It is a hand full - have fun. </font>[/QUOTE]Did you take of the grips to see if the spring needed cleaning? I haven't had time to take mine apart yet. It sure looks great though. Fit and Finish are excellent

[Will]

I normaly shoot 50 grains in mine. You can load 60 grains but it's hard on the gun. Tends to rattle anything not weld shut loose. Had one that the cylinder arbor locking pin in the back of the frame kept getting jared loose from recoil and the arbor would loosen up. Put in a slightly oversize pin and locktighted the arbor and that fixed that. Got anouther that the only problems were having to retighten all the screws every couple cylinder fulls.

Also they have a bad problem witht he loading leaver droping under heavy loads. The spring catch was originaly made for the patterson and worked fine with it's small charge, but the recoil on a stoked up walker is a bit more. I fixed mine by filing part of the spring cam into a hook to catch on the loading leaver. I have to depress it with a screw driver to lower it now, but it stays up during a match. Or you can simply use a bread tie around the loading leaver and barrel.

They are big, heavy, cumbersom and a "blast" to shoot! have fun.