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New appreciation for the pepper box revolver

2.2K views 9 replies 6 participants last post by  walkinguf61  
#1 ·
I just started learning about black power revolvers just before Covid and didn’t have much practical experience due to New York’s restrictions on black power revolvers. It needs to be on your permit if you are in possession of the black power revolver and it’s loading components. I could not even keep it in the state let alone fire it . I would travel out of state to try it.
I’m a little bit of an armchair historian and wondered why one would chose a pepper box over a colt revolver for a self defense gun at the time. Now I know.


The double action feature trumps the single action at up close and city type self defense situations. It doesn’t appear to be as inaccurate as I was led to believe at these distances.

And they appear to be inexpensive as compared to the colt products.

I wonder if they had a chat room like this would the pepper box debate look like one of our caliber debates or single stack vs double stack debates-lol
 
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An Uberti 1851 Navy in .36 is an excellent first cap and ball revolver. I highly recommend you pick one up. Replace the factory nipples with Slix-shot and it’s 95%+ reliable.

I have to say I’d pick it over a pepperbox, but as a history guy myself I definitely appreciate its historical significance due to the technology progression of the time.

I have been shooting my blackpowder guns a lot lately. I can still find components for them.

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#4 ·
An Uberti 1851 Navy in .36 is an excellent first cap and ball revolver. I highly recommend you pick one up. Replace the factory nipples with Slix-shot and it’s 95%+ reliable.

I have to say I’d pick it over a pepperbox, but as a history guy myselfi definitely appreciate them due to the technology progression of the time.

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fun gun... when i was much younger i would spend a few hours shooting it, lot's of fun. had a chain fire once after some extensive shooting, should have cleaned it a little better a little sooner. made some noise and a wicked recoil but no harm to me or the gun...