Well decided to take these to the range
And before one can shoot them, one needs to remove the healthy coating of WD 40 that protects them.
Here you can see the size of the Walker's Cylinder compared to the colt 1860. The Walker is absolutely huge and weighs more than 2 Kilos.
here is the basics of a BP load, powder, lube pill and ball or conical. Also a 9mm cartridge for reference. The tube on the left holds a light charge for the Walker, while the one on the right is the standard charge for the 1860.
The Lube pill is a mixture of Bees Wax, Parafin and Olive Oil. It keeps the fouing down and even prevents the cylinder from gunking up and freezing.
When shooting light charges, I tend to load Powder, Couscous, Lube pill and Ball/conical. With the Walker it is Powder, Lube pIll and ball.
Capped and ready to go
It is difficult trying to take a picture from behind the gun as you aqueeze the trigger. Also gives a clear meaning to the term the smoky haze of war...
here is a friend of mine shooting it, in full recoil. The Loading lever on the Walker drops when shooting full loads. Normal for it, and this was fixed in the later Dragoon series of revolvers.
Here is another shooting buddy shooting his Remmie 1858. On the table to his right is a Colt cattleman. BP shooting is popular around these parts.
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Once the shooting is done, time to clean...

Luckily the Swiss ffg is not as messy as Goex or Pyrodex etc.. in the sink with liberal amounts of Windex. The Cz goes in as well, since it was exposed to BP residue.
A good soak and scrub with hot soapy water
Dry.. completely. And coat with WD 40 liberally
Its a good thing my wife is uderstanding.. shooting BP is messy
I didnt get to shoot them too much, simply because I ran out of primers..

Time to order more.
I wanted to order more smokeless powder as well, but the wife pointed this out to me.
