Antique revolver
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burnt_servo
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- right in the middle of b.c.
good luck in your search .........
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- Alberta, let freedom reign!
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In that price range you get a slightly above 'beater' grade rimfire in .32, or .38, with a few rounds of ammo that has not been produced for 50 or more years.
There are reloadable ammmo kits available that use rimfire blanks or power loads to fire a black powder charge, with a round ball or cast bullet seated by thumb pressure upon a case.
Half again that much 'might' find you a converted Webley or possibly one of the sorta 'off' model Colt's (ie: not a SAA) that can shoot light duty reloads of available ammo, sometimes .38 special cases. Factory loads are a little warm for the older guns. Most of them, anyway.
Watch the EE for a while. The really good deals last a matter of minutes, usually, and if you don't mind a put together from parts gun, the savings can be significant. Usually you have to choose between price and ammo availability, they do not often come cheap with available ammo.
Cheers
Trev
antiqueguy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- windsor ontario
and ones in available calibers will need to be reloaded for anyway for something like a .45 acp webley revolver every factory load is well over the proof load(proof load is above the service load) in pressure you will need to load for these guns no matter what
One word "Belgian"
Just remember to do your homework both on condition and antique status and get everyone one of your ducks in a row with pinpoint accuracy - at that point you might not end up with a broken dud of a gun or with something that won't be accepted as antique by the CFC. It's more expensive here for a reason - the bureaucracy, tax and losses incurred in each cross border transaction are pretty big... you can get a deal or you can end up with a piece of junk that doesn't even have usable parts for resale.
For muzzle loaders lubed patches help, as does a blow tube to soften fouling. For percussion revolvers lube is usually put over the ball to prevent chainfires as well as lubricate everything and keep fouling soft. In cartridge guns grease grooves on the bullet can carry the lubricant. Some sort of lubricant makes cleaning easier, softens or lessens fouling, makes reloading a muzzle loader easier and in theory will keep a BP revolver running a bit longer, but in the strictest terms no, you don't physically lube the barrel as a rule. On my muzzle loaders if I don't have lubed patches made up I just chew the patch before loading - works well enough as long as the cotton hasn't been in my range bag too long
