Recent content by Weird Guy

Cornmeal, flour, cake mix, tapioca, cream of wheat, oatmeal, malt-o-meal, whatever. Filler is filler. Just be sure to bring some sugar and milk with in case you get hungry. I don't use anything myself, but if I did I would use either Malt-o-Meal or large grain corn meal. Probably...

Didn't you post about this wedge problem before, including pictures? If I remember that correctly the barrel and cylinder arbor are not just out of alignment, but WAY out of alignment. I want to know how bad this is before I give advice.

I want it in flintlock myself.

There is a pistol that I would love to own. Do you have a copy of Pirates of the Carribean? Watch the bald headed skeleton pirate, the friend of the tall guy with the false eye. He is packing a double barrel pistol (Johnny Depp even puts both fingers in the muzzles at one point). I asked...

Traditions revovlers is somewhat a misnomer. Traditions is a US company that sells guns, but they don't make them. Pietta in Italy makes them. The other company that actually builds the guns is Uberti, which are a bit better, but also a bit more expensive. The Pietta guns are good guns. I...

So if I understand this correctly you made homemade, brass cartridge rounds using blackpowder as propellant, and used them in a regular revolver?

I like conversion black powder pistols for one reason alone. They're different. I don't want to have a Smith and Wesson just like everyone else, or a Glock just like everyone else. I want people to look at my gear and get curious.

I have a Ruger R & D conversion cylinder that I got from Taylorsfirearms.com. They sell the R & D cylinders now. Yes, the rear plate has firing pins in it. The R & D cylinders have a rear plate that is keyed with a single peg to the cylinder. The Kirst Konverter types have a stationary...

I will second that. Brass frame guns are just dumb.

Traditions sells Piettas primarily. I would suggest getting their "Redi Pack" kit, since it also comes with all the tools you will need. Just remember this. Black powder residue will rust the gun. Period. It must be cleaned after shooting. More BP pistols are lost to rust than wear out...

Finlander, that center pin should not be hanging up like it is. Your pistol has a problem of some kind. Remingtons are supposed to be able to slide the cylinder arbor pin in and out with next to no effort. That way you can reload a new cylinder in a few seconds and be back up and shooting...

I'm indifferent to the choice of various powders. Here in Lincoln, Nebraska I have only found Pyrodex for sale at the sporting goods store. The stuff goes "bang" when I pull the trigger, so it is good enough for me. I haven't had a chance to try anything else, and it is tempting to see if...

I am a cheap bastard. I couldn't find a small funnel that I liked. I just made one from some paper and scotch tape like a snow cone cup, and cut the tip off. In my defense the paper was a business reply drop out note from a "Guns of the Old West" magazine!

Dixie Gun Works website has an extensive list of old style firearms to choose from, and by clicking on the "price" word above the list it will sort them by cost. The lowest priced longarms they have, either in percussion cap or flintlock variety are Lyman Deerstalkers and Hawken rifles. They...

River Junction sells blank shotgun shells. http://www.riverjunction.com/catalog/guns/blanks.html