Pinfire revolver...what are they about?

[Until the Angels Fall]

Pinfire revolvers seem really interesting to me...but its hard to find ANY info on them. Any of you guys have an info to share on them? How accurate can they be? Is getting all the compents to reload hard?

 

[BrotherRockeye]

There are kits available to reload certain cals of pinfires...or you can build your own.

 

[mooncoon]

Most of the ones that I see are small ones around 27 calibre. They have fairly soft hammers and are fairly difficult to make shells for. I think on those ones the pocket where the primer sits needs to be flat bottomed in order for the cap to fire. On the larger ones with stronger hammers, it can be a round cavity milled into the bottom of the shell base. Also important to use brass or copper pins to prevent damage to the hammers.

Pinfire shotguns I find to be more awkward to shoot than centerfire hammer shotguns because the hammers are much higher and closer together and block your vision more.

cheers mooncoon

 

[Until the Angels Fall]

Well currently what I am looking at is either a 7mm or a 9mm pinfire revolver.

 

[dingus]

There intresting but there hard to make ammo for as Mooncoon says.
So the fact maby one in 3 shells fire id not want one to shoot but as a collectable piece they are intresting.
If you want to shoot get a normal CF cartridge gun.

 

[BrotherRockeye]

On this website, you will find full reloading systems for 7mm, 9mm and 12 mm pinfire

http://www.hc-collection.com/

 

[Until the Angels Fall]

There intresting but there hard to make ammo for as Mooncoon says.
So the fact maby one in 3 shells fire id not want one to shoot but as a collectable piece they are intresting.
If you want to shoot get a normal CF cartridge gun.

Well its not something I'd shoot often at all...but I'd wanna shoot it if I got

 

[mooncoon]

So the fact maby one in 3 shells fire id not want one to shoot but as a collectable piece they are intresting..

On my shotgun shells, I have nearly 100% firing (don't ask how many hit :>) ). I also had a 53 caliber double barrel pistol that was fairly accurate and fired 100%. I did find it important to put a drop of airplane glue where the pin passes into the shell. It prevents the pin backing out. If the pin backs out even a small bit and you push it back in, they virtually never fire. I used #11 caps as primers with a piece of thickish paper between the priming and the pin.

cheers mooncoon

 

[starpuss]

lots of them will have weak hammer springs. but if the spring is good i get close to 99% firing with my antiques (11,12mm ) there not that hard to Reload and there fun to shoot!

 

[dingus]

On my shotgun shells, I have nearly 100% firing (don't ask how many hit :>) ). I also had a 53 caliber double barrel pistol that was fairly accurate and fired 100%. I did find it important to put a drop of airplane glue where the pin passes into the shell. It prevents the pin backing out. If the pin backs out even a small bit and you push it back in, they virtually never fire. I used #11 caps as primers with a piece of thickish paper between the priming and the pin.

cheers mooncoon

Well you did work at it awhile i never had much success with the one i had.
There intresting tho and i doubt they will ever end up on any NO cartridge lists so maby every collector should have one.
As a shotgun shell thats great because theres so few cartridge shotguns we can have as antique.
A antique pin fire shotgun sounds like fun.

 

[mooncoon]

Just to make you jealous. On the inside the locks are as good as the best english locks. The gun is Danish, I forgot to mention

cheers mooncoon

 

[dingus]

Just to make you jealous. On the inside the locks are as good as the best english locks. The gun is Danish, I forgot to mention

cheers mooncoon

well im jealous thats a fricken beauty.
I like my 14 ga Cf Shotgun, but its not as nice as your pin fire.

 

[Musketfire]

Just to make you jealous. On the inside the locks are as good as the best english locks. The gun is Danish, I forgot to mention

cheers mooncoon

I don't believe Ive seen a more beautiful cartridge double.
Are the tubes cylinder bore or adjusted for shot??

What a stunning arm... wow!!

 

[mooncoon]

they are both cylinder bore; choke boring did not come in until the early 1870s and became widespread by 1875. I think the manufacture of pinfire shotguns probably ended by the mid to late 1860s

cheers mooncoon

 

[mckutzy]

wow very nice. Are those homemade shells for that?

 

[Until the Angels Fall]

Just to make you jealous. On the inside the locks are as good as the best english locks. The gun is Danish, I forgot to mention

cheers mooncoon

Great looking gun!!!

 

[BrotherRockeye]

juicy iron!

 

[kayceel]

Old Pinfire Firearms

Had a look at a break action pinfire conversion of an early 1820's?? French musket and a 12 shot pinfire revolver ( about 9mm ) a few weeks ago. Pics will be coming in a bit in an attempt to ID them and get approximate values. Kayceel

 

[mooncoon]

wow very nice. Are those homemade shells for that?

I made the bases from solid brass and the bodies from 1/2" water pipe. The pipe I annealed then put one end in a collar to keep it from expanding and forced a plug down the other end using my vice. Soldered the copper into the brass base and fire formed to finish off. The plastic shell was an experiment that failed. I tried to glue the plastic body of a shotshell into the brass base but it came loose after one or two shots

cheers mooncoon