1888 Commission Rifle

[Grenadier]

I don't know if anyone has seen the carbine but all kinds of just plain cool, I saw one one time.   

I had one marked to a Bavarian Uhlan unit.

Reichsrevolvers are not terribly hard to find, just very expensive usually when they are located.

[Major Matt Lewis]

The Reichsrevolver is smokeless or does it shoot the holy black?

[pony express]

They were originally Black, although I'm sure many have worked up light smokeless loads for them.

If I had one, it'd be smoking.....

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

They were originally Black, although I'm sure many have worked up light smokeless loads for them.

If I had one, it'd be smoking.....

I shoot mine only with black, but they look strong enough for light smokeless.  (CAUTION!) 

A 200 gr. bullet shot high in mine, but a .440 roundball pressed on top of the case struck POA at 15 yds. I have some of DDs 160s loaded up, but haven't tried them yet.

[Major Matt Lewis]

Is that .440 Round Ball the same round ball in which you would use for an 1860 Army?

[pony express]

No, 1860 would need .451 or .454.

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

Is that .440 Round Ball the same round ball in which you would use for an 1860 Army?

No! It was for a patched ball .45 muzzleloader. What you could do is run a .451-4 ball into a lubrisizer for .430-2. Then you'll have an egg shaped proj.

[Pitspitr]

I was at the Cabela's in LaVista over the weekend and they have another one there too. They also had a M-1871 .50/70 Springfield Remington Rolling block.

Major Matt, I'll bet if you are the least bit interested in the Commission rifle, Cabela's would ship it to the KC store.