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Watch: How deadly are cap and ball revolvers? Ballistic Gel vs Civil War Handguns

Ballistic Gel Test: Cap and Ball Revolvers

November 3, 2016 by Mark3smle Leave a Comment

 

How deadly are cap and ball–aka percussion– revolvers?


I teamed up with Matt from Murphey’s Muskets to find out.
We shot a trio of Uberti made Colt revolvers into 10 % ordinance gel straight out of the packs from Clear Ballistics and got some surprising results.
We pit the civilian 31 caliber against the naval caliber 36, and Army caliber 44.
If you are a handgun hunter, Civil War enthusiast, or anyone who enjoys shooting–you must see this.

Filed Under: Ammunition, Featured, Handguns Tagged With: ballistic gel, ballistic gel test, black powder, cap and ball revolver, Civil War, clear ballistics, round ball

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Mark3smle Terril Hebert aka Mark3smle is the guy behind the one man show at the Mark3smle YouTube channel. When he isn't working on the next gun review, he is at his desk writing. He is the author of The Devil's Dog series of mystery books.

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