Recent content by oldcodger

"firefly gun" ? wazzat ? pics ? thx

that's TYRANNY.

I'd appreciate second consideration on that, (steel frame) Jaymo -:what: I have a Pietta "1851 Navy Reb" in .44, with brass frame. Thank you - Tom

and now I'm feelin' guilty / LUCKY to have gotten the Wells Fargo Colt Limited Edition Set (by Uberti) #66X of 1000 for $175, unfired, in a pawn shop. Complete as at Cabela's, with the New England Collectors' Society documentation.. :neener: oc

hmm... another idea..? How about the outer skin from birch or aspen bark? It is paper-thin, almost like onionskin, so maybe a couple of layers would be good.. Slighty oily, but I don't think oily enough to transfer into the powder.... and I know that brich bark makes excellent tinder for a...

Thanks, guys, but I was referring only to the 5-digit number stamped on the frame botton, and concealed by the trigger guard. There are no proofmarks, nor are there date codes in boxes. oc

I have a pair of .31 "Wells Fargo" brassers, one made prior to the winter of '85, when I acquired it NIB..not marked as to manufacturer (no proofs of any type, no date code) I completed from a CVA kit, and as yet, unfired and the other, bought +/- 2009, completed, at a gun show. The second is...

"Charter Oak" or "Liberty Tree" in Annapolis, MD not far from the governor's House, until about fifteen years ago. It fell, (lightning strike, I think) and the area was almost immediately cordoned off to prevent folks getting souvenirs.. I'd bet some of the politicians managed to get some of...

Sorry for the needless death of a kid. it just shows how out-of touch some "parents" are with reality and child-rearing. :mad:

armed robbery and murder with a BP pistol Occurred in my home town in about 1980. Liquor Store across the street from where my "little" brother was employed. In broad daylight, the perp walked in, announced a robbery to the person working, and it was that person's 21st birthday. He had...

'51 Navy wall-hanger.. pls message me if you have an idea what you'd want for the remnants.. IF you'd consider that...:D thx, oc

Foto Joe? had a '62 pocket Police for sale a couple of months ago... pics of it show very nicely.. (let me see if i can post them from my email) oc

starting fluid and a spark from a bic lighter took care of the major spider egg and nest in my mailbox. a short spray, close the door, and hit the little quarter-sized hole in the rear floor of the box.. blew the door off, and virtually vaporized the little spideys..

If I recall correctly from training at the Army's Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1969, the "primer" as we called it, for the 155mm howitzers was a black powder-filled .38 Special "blank" cartridge. I don't think I ever saw a misfire with it !! If I recall, the 105mm was...

recall the term "Bessemer Converter" from American History? first, quoted from a post above: "The area around Birmingham AL was a well known iron producing area. I would agree that the South was not nearly as industrialized as the north. And the South was certainly behind the 8 ball. But...