hello; it happened, some attics had "plunder rooms" barely able to be enteed like fibber mcgee's closet. widening a door to move out a huge china cabinet my brother found an aaluminum handled survival knife my father had made during wwll experimental i think, hidden in the wall next to the door frame on a cotton cord tied to a nail. my mother remembered his giving the knife to my grandfather.
To be sure, former Confederates did hide their weapons from Carpet Baggers during the occupancy of Southern states by the North. However, when told a weapon was found in a wall of a house, there should be details on the finding. Who, What, Why and Where. In the end, any such claim should immediately be suspect and require closer scrutiny of the claim and weapon.
My Navy Arms Italian 1851 Navy would do the same, I suspect the tolerances are too tight on the newer ones but would be surprised if a new original would go 24 rounds without getting fouled bad enough to “lock up”.
Black powder revolvers tend to bind up after about 12 rounds. I used 2 Dragoons for a while in cowboy matches and found that lubing the arbor pin with Breakfree got me about twice as many shots before I had to tear it down and clean it. Remington 1858's are a little better. I was using true black powder so I'm not sure how the substitutes work out.
None of my other cap n ball guns seize up that quickly as long as I do my part with lubing the arbor. I’ve put 30+ rounds through my 1860’s in one outing without the cylinder binding so bad I couldn’t turn it. I wonder if it’s the sheer volume of soot and pressure coming out of the Walker that binds up the cylinder to arbor junction. I think next time I may try CLP instead of grease.
Grease is the historic lubrication but I believe you're right about the volume of crud on a Walker (or Dragoon). The grease tends to collect it. Breakfree CLP works well.
