[geeks] Things that go BANG

[James]

I don't know much about guns, but black powder and its lack of good 
compression in the "chamber" causes a slower detonation. This results in 
more kickback than you might expect, but its not as jarring. At least this 
is what I've experienced while playing with some friends muzzleloaders in a 
firing pit.

At 11:51 AM 1/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>         Since we are currently in loud noise mode on the list time to bring
>up a handful of things I wouldn't mind exploring.
>
>         Firstly, anyone do black powder weapons? I have been real tempted to
>buy one of the 6 shot models of the 1800's pistols that are out their,
>something like the Navy pistol or some such, but have been worried that they
>are disappointing to fire. Anyone got a black powder pistol that would care
>to weigh in on the subject?
>         Secondly I am thinking about getting a revolver, that and a shotgun,
>are the only things missing from my collection. I was wondering what I
>should look for in a revolver. I used to have a .38 revolver and liked
>firing it, very satisfying, but want to look at other cartridges also.
>         Anyone familiar with the 7.62X25 pistol round? All I have been able
>to find in this caliber is steel core ammo which the range frowns on using.
>Also I am interested in the ballistic characteristics of this round. From
>what I have seen, and I have not found much, this round packs the punch of a
>.357 round. I have a 1942 Russian tokarev that fires this round but I want
>to get another Chinese tokarev knockoff as it was a great gun in that
>caliber, I paid $150 for it and sold it for $500 but I still regret getting
>rid of it.
>         Of note on the Russian tokarev I have it shows the signs of being
>hastily made, and I don't overly trust it for it, as the grips in the slide
>were hand filed into the weapon. It defiantly saw use, I like to tell people
>that it was made, handed to a guy on the line, and he ran outside to do
>battle with the Germans who were storming the factory. Guess they won the
>battle as the gun was Russian surplus, not German :-) .
>
>
>
>Michael A. Turner
>Systems Engineer WHRO
>michael.turner at whro.org
>http://www.whro.org
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