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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blitzfike" data-source="post: 2592697" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>We found out that all the steel targets need to be made to hang as a slight angle to deflect the bullets down. Experience can be a hard teacher... The loads on that old navy colt were pretty light as I remember, I was new to black powder and didn't trust the steel at that time. I later loaded it to max so many times that the brass frame is deformed from the cylinder slamming back into it that there is a large gap between barrel and cylinder now. I still have it as a wall hanger. I also learned the hard way about sealing the front of each chamber very well with crisco or some other lube to keep chainfires from happening...</p></blockquote><p></p>