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I work at a gun shop that is a stocking Browning dealer, and we always have a few new 94s in stock. They are very well made to my eye, but we only sell one or two a year because of the price. I haven't heard how well they shoot, but the old ones were never meant to be a target rifle, but more as...

Hogue Monogrip. It's made of soft rubber and fills in the space behind the square trigger guard on the Super Blackhawk, and extends below the bottom of the frame to make room for the pinky to grip. I have big hands, too, and while a pinky below the frame works fine and is comfortable to shoot...

None of the two I own do. One is a Yugo, the other a Norinco.

What Articap said about patent breeches, with the breech plug having a smaller diameter than the bore. I generally just remove the barrel from the stock and set the breech end in a pot of water and flush it out with a cleaning jag that fits the bore tight with a cleaning patch by pumping the...

Just throwing out some opinions here, never having hunted hogs. If you can get close enough, a round ball hits with pretty good authority. The problem is a roundball bleeds off velocity pretty fast (and energy), though I killed a mule deer at around 100yds. with a .433 roundball and 60 grains of...

I've used them with my .54 with maxiballs and heavy powerbelts no problem, though mine did not say for "Reenactment Use" on the tin.

What RCmodel said. But first, try loading up some without a crimp, then jack a loaded round into the chamber after measuring OAL. Then remove the loaded round and measure again. If the bullet has moved forward from the inertia of the shell being slammed into the chamber, then spin the expander...

The smoke keeps the mosquitos down!

I just bought my first snubnose yesterday, although I bought my first handgun over 35 years ago. This one is a Taurus 905, a 9mm based on the Taurus model 85 snubnose. All I can say is, what a gas! Even with my big hands, it's very comfortable to shoot both single and double action, and more...

Not a Smith, though Five shot, steel 9mm J frame = Taurus 905.

Some More Info If one looks at a Hornady reloading manual, it shows different .45-70 load levels for: 1. Trapdoor Springfield 2. Marlin 1895 3. Ruger #1 The Ruger #1 can only be loaded with a Hornady 500 gr. bullet to 1800 fps (3,000 ft. lbs.), while in a .458 Win. it goes up to 2150...

Don't use Hornady Lever Evolution .45-70 ammo. It's loaded for pressures suitable to modern rifles, like Marlins and Ruger #1s. The first trapdoors were .58 caliber (they reused the Springfield musket barrels the rifles were built from to save money), then they went to .50 caliber (.50-70)...

I put a Simmons 4x shotgun scope on my #1 in .45-70 for now. It offers about 4" of eye relief, which is almost enough for me. If I had left the factory stock on, it would probably work fine, but I restocked it with a longer buttstock, as I am tall and wanted a longer length of pull. Ruger does...

Load them like you would a muzzleloader. The bullet needs to be seated down tight to the powder charge, preferrably slightly compressing the powder. Any air gaps can lead to a big kaboom. I'm assuming your sabot round is lighter than the original bullet, so a case loaded to capacity with enough...

The Browning BAR Short Trac semi-auto is available in .243 caliber, among others, and weighs 6 lbs. 10 oz.. The left handed version is only $30.00 more than the right hander. An added benefit is the gas operating system will absorb a portion of the recoil that a bolt action won't, letting you...