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Post by tinkerpearce on Nov 1, 2020 12:31:30 GMT -5
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Post by flyingzebra on Nov 1, 2020 13:17:56 GMT -5
Cool!
Send it to me when you get tired of it
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Post by x101airborne on Nov 1, 2020 22:48:25 GMT -5
All holy cow man!
How totally cool of a revolver!
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Post by wheelguns on Nov 1, 2020 23:15:50 GMT -5
How do you fire it? Using what looks like a hammer at the back of the grips?
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Post by magnumwheelman on Nov 2, 2020 8:24:38 GMT -5
most of the Velo dogs had folding triggers  Trigger is down in one of the pictures & the little loop at the bottom / front of the frame is the tip of the trigger in it's folded position... was looking for a picture of mine ( I kept one during the big sell off ) mine is nickle & in good shoot-able condition so I kept the 3-400 cartridges I bought after finding the gun... can't find a picture right now... Tinker is correct in that the cases often crack on the Fiocci velo-dog ammo... I think it's mostly due to big chambers, as I've fired several in my 22 CCM ( with tighter chambers ) & not cracked any in the handful fired in that that gun, while I cracked one in a cylinder full in my V-doggie   |
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Post by wheelguns on Nov 2, 2020 8:39:38 GMT -5
most of the Velo dogs had folding triggers Trigger is down in one of the pictures & the little loop at the bottom / front of the frame is the tip of the trigger in it's folded position... Wow! That’s a big trigger. I thought that may have been the trigger, but then I thought it was too big. |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Nov 2, 2020 8:43:40 GMT -5
they take a little muscle to fire... guessing the longer trigger helps out in the leverage department
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buzz1761
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Post by buzz1761 on Nov 2, 2020 9:15:51 GMT -5
You do find some cool stuff.
Buzz
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Post by tinkerpearce on Nov 2, 2020 10:20:00 GMT -5
most of the Velo dogs had folding triggers Trigger is down in one of the pictures & the little loop at the bottom / front of the frame is the tip of the trigger in it's folded position... Wow! That’s a big trigger. I thought that may have been the trigger, but then I thought it was too big. The trigger is a bit long, but it's more that the gun is so small. I have now fired the gun. I made 7 rounds of home-made brass and loaded them with 29gr. RNL bullets over a charge of 1.6gr. of Universal, with a Federal Magnum Small Pistol primer. This gave an average of 430 fps. and 12 Ft./lbs of energy, with an extreme spread of 21 fps. I was aiming for a 'Gallery Load' so this is just about right. The original load pushed a 43gr. copper-jacketed round-nose bullet at 650-700fps. from these tiny guns, which was about what you'd expect from early 20thC. .22LR from a similar gun. Once I get some reloading dies I'll see about replicating the original loading. Firing at five yards produced a dinner-plate sized 'group,' but this was my fault. I was holding the gun wrong and just as the trigger released it would bump into my knuckle, which tended to through the shots off. I found that if I choked up on the handle a bit this no longer happened, but by then I was out of ammo. When I get more ammo set up I'll see what sort of accuracy can be managed. |
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Post by flyingzebra on Nov 3, 2020 10:59:54 GMT -5
Nice.
Just let me know when I need to send you a shipping label.
;-)
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Post by magnumwheelman on Nov 3, 2020 14:13:20 GMT -5
a couple pics of mine...   |
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Post by wheelguns on Nov 3, 2020 15:01:45 GMT -5
I didn’t realize they were that small. That is really tiny.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Nov 3, 2020 16:13:02 GMT -5
Cylinders always look really long... because the cartridge is nearly identical in size to the 22 magnum, & the gun is so tiny
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Post by magnumwheelman on Dec 9, 2020 9:29:12 GMT -5
while looking for cases for the 22 CCM, I came across this website... everything you wanted to know about Velodog revolvers ( & other "mouse guns" )... pretty current ( most Velodog info is nearly as antique as the revolvers themselves )... lots of pictures... www.velodogs.com/ |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Dec 30, 2020 8:37:40 GMT -5
realized I hadn't taken a picture of the lil guns I kept after my big sell off... this is most... range from my 22 Velo-dog, to my 44 American Bulldog...  |
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