1875 Outlaw and black powder

[John William McCandles]

How do the current reproduction 1875 Remington offerings function when ran on black powder?

Regards
JW

[TwoWalks Baldridge]

I see ifn  can splain this: 
yall done put the bullets in the gun
thumb hammer back an sheun locks
pull the blamed trigger
The trigger moven out theer way of hammer and spring makes hammer smack that blamed bullet
big boom and flame
repeat and theer beun how she functions.




Probably not what you be asking?

[John William McCandles]

I see ifn  can splain this:  
yall done put the bullets in the gun
thumb hammer back an sheun locks
pull the blamed trigger
The trigger moven out theer way of hammer and spring makes hammer smack that blamed bullet
big boom and flame
repeat and theer beun how she functions.




Probably not what you be asking?



Well, you answered your own question! No, not what I was asking!
Really wondering about fouling, but you are funny feller, ain't yea. Not!

Regards
JW

[Cliff Fendley]

JW, I can't answer the question since I haven't tried but I've got one in 45 colt if you want to shoot it this weekend to find out. You just got to clean it

I think Bowiemaker has shot black in one, might ask him.

[Books OToole]

I have been shooting BP exclusively in mine for 7 years with nary a glitch. 
I use a .452 big lube bullet and 30 grains of 2f until I ran out and then last year I used 3f.

Books

[John William McCandles]

Thanks for the info. I'm not asking for myself another shooter I know is thinking of buying these and we were wondering.
Cliff will we see you at JCR Saturday?

JW

[Jubal Starbuck]

    I have a pair of '75 Remingtons in .44WCF that have been shooting black powder loads for 10 or 12 years with very little trouble.
I did polish the cylinder pins up good, then reblued and  replaced them in their respective revolvers.   That seemed to help keep 'em running better.

[MJN77]

Don't know if it helps but I used to have a .44-40 1875 revolver. It needed a little polishing and a very little bit of filing and it would eat BP with no problems. I sold it a year or so ago but I ordered a new .44-40 1890 remmie today. Hope it likes BP too.

[Blair]

I have nothing to report on the "new" ones.
Mine dates back to the early 1990's.
The only problem I had was with being able to see the "wisker" fine front sight at just over arms length.
It is still one of my most favorite hand guns for shooting BP.
Blair

[Fredcdobbs]

I have a 1858 Remington and decided to increase my black powder shooting time by drilling four cross holes in the cylinder pin about .147" diameter. I deburred them and loaded the holes with Bore butter.
I just shot it for five cylinder loadings and had no problems. Other fouling was slowing the gun down a bit but it was good for more rounds. I just went home. Upon cleaning the gun, I noticed the pin had lots of lube under the cylinder. Goopy and black but still good.
This seems to handle most of the binding. Probably would work with a 1875 0r 1890. I put all four holes under the cylinder.
I don't know if anyone else has done this but it seems to help quite a bit. I just wanted to put more lube holding ability like the spiral cut on a Colt cylinder pin.
If you want to shoot cas, I heard someone say they take a spray bottle of windex (without ammonia which is harmful to metal) and when it gets sticky he spritzes the gun, wipes with a rag or hand towel and keeps going.

[Cliff Fendley]

Thanks for the info. I'm not asking for myself another shooter I know is thinking of buying these and we were wondering.
Cliff will we see you at JCR Saturday?

JW

JW, Miss Kitty and I plan to be there. We just got through loading up a few rounds for her.

Wear plenty of layers, its going to be a cold morning.

[The Swede]

Lotsa bullet lube, or spray with moose milk and wipe between stages.

Swede

[Grapeshot]

I used to own two 1875 Remington's in .44WCF with extra cylinders in .44 Special.  I was shooting .44 Colt and BP out of them and all I ever had to do was spray a quick spritz of Ballistol & water mix and wipe the front of the cylinders off every other stage.

[St8LineLeatherSmith]

Black powder is all they used when the pistol first came out That is what I use in my .44-40  army outlaw's
like others have said a spray and wipe with Ballistol/water mix now and then.
pllus its a lot more fun using the holey black.

[Wagon Box Willy]

I find that a full load of black in 45 colt will beat the snot out of my pistols causing them to release the cylinder pin and jam.  I use about 26 gr of black topped off with filler and they shoot pretty well.  The only real issue I have is the darn ejectors bending and breaking.  They are my main match pistols.

[Gabriel Law]

I bought my 1875 Remington (Uberti) in 1975, and until recently, it has only known black powder.  My load is 30 grains of 3Fg GOEX and a 255 grain bullet.  It shoots right to the sights at 20 yards...oh, I replaced the little factory sight since the new revolver shot so high, with one that resembles a SAA Colt.  It is thin, to match the rear notch, but is deadly accurate, and has won me a lot of honours.  I see now that the new ones come with a better front sight.  I automatically give it a quick cleaning now, between stages, and it continues to perform well.