Black Powder loads?`

[mibighntr]

Any reason I should not fire Black Powder .45 Colt catridges in my Model 83 with the .45 Colt cylinder?

Any cons other than cleaning it really well afterwards?

Thanks!

Mark

[Redhawk1]

I never have, but I also never read anything that says you can't. You have stated the obvious about the cleaning. Give FA a call.  

[Fiveshooter]

You will find that BP fouling will start causing binding of the cylinder on any gun with as tight of base pin fit and barrel/cylinder gap as the average FA revolvers have. I have a custom Ruger Old Army that was built by Clements. It has very tight tolerances and because of this I have to remove the cylinder and clean it at least every 10 shots or it gets hard to turn. I really don't mind as it is the guns tight tolerances that make it so accurate. I think if I were wanting to fire BP cartridges in a revolver I would do it in a stainless Ruger and not a Freedom Arms.

[Redhawk1]

You will find that BP fouling will start causing binding of the cylinder on any gun with as tight of base pin fit and barrel/cylinder gap as the average FA revolvers have. I have a custom Ruger Old Army that was built by Clements. It has very tight tolerances and because of this I have to remove the cylinder and clean it at least every 10 shots or it gets hard to turn. I really don't mind as it is the guns tight tolerances that make it so accurate. I think if I were wanting to fire BP cartridges in a revolver I would do it in a stainless Ruger and not a Freedom Arms.

Fiveshooter, I did not think about the tight tolerances, you have a good point there.