Reeder Custom Guns - WHAT A SURPRISE;WHAT A SHOOTER!

JT
WHAT A SURPRISE;WHAT A SHOOTER!
Thursday, September 09, 2021, 14:04

This just may be the most all-around accurate shooting sixgun I have ever experienced in the past 65 years. It is not a modern gun; it is not American-made. It is an Italian PIETTA Percussion Sixgun .44 1858 Remington 12". I bought it brand-new a couple weeks ago. Then I proceeded to degrease it, remove all the oil, put proper grease where it belonged, cleaned out the barrel and put in a light coating of Ballistol wiped down with a clean patch, and before I ever shot it swapped out the factory nipples for stainless steel Slix Shots. I used a .454"round ball, Speer CCI #11 percussion caps, a lubed wad between the powder and ball, and my homemade lube over the end of the ball filling out the cylinder. This lube is 50% beeswax and 50% vegetable oil. Here are the results from this morning:

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WHAT A SURPRISE;WHAT A SHOOTER! - JT, 2021-09-09, 14:04
- Amazing! Are you going to try conicals? (nm) - Amede, 2021-09-11, 10:08
  - NO. RBs ARE FINE (nm) - JT, 2021-09-11, 13:06
- Top left load is running 1000fps!! (nm) - backroadsrambler, 2021-09-09, 16:22
  - AND BECAUSE OF THE BRASS FRAME - JT, 2021-09-09, 17:03
  - two of the targets in the bottom picture - Gary Reeder, 2021-09-09, 16:40
- PICTURE #2 - JT, 2021-09-09, 14:05
  - It’s so nice to find a gem like that. Good shot you are. (nm) - Sid R, 2021-09-13, 09:24
  - accuracy - stonecold, 2021-09-10, 10:04
    - THANK YOU. 20 YARDS (nm) - JT, 2021-09-10, 12:51
  - Wow! Just .. WOW! (nm) - Jim Taylor, 2021-09-09, 14:40
    - I expected the speed, but NOT that accuracy! (nm) - WB, 2021-09-09, 19:51
      - NEITHER DID I. NEVER TOUCHED THE SIGHTS (nm) - JT, 2021-09-09, 20:08