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I just refinished the stock on this old custom varmint rifle for a friend. I found under some gummy dark varnish stain, some unusual Maple. It is a combination of birdseye, and curly maple. The action is 98 Mauser, the barrel is a tapered bull in 270. The owner said that his grandfather had it...

Is there an adaptor to use standard scope rings of modern target scopes on the target style scope mounting blocks used on older varment/Target scopes? Thanks. Chubbo

Hi, All: I have a Win. 94AE in .45LC. It is an older gun, but as new. It has been fired only about ten times. When I fired it the other day, with R&P new brass reloads, the extractor would not pick up and extract the fired cartridges. I tried several other brands of brass when I got home from...

:confused: Hi, All: I need to unscrew the barrel of my Rem./Uberti 1858 Rem. New Army. Can anyone tell me which way it is threaded into the frame? Is it right hand threads Or left handed? I had an unfortunate misshap at the range today. I tried some commercially loaded .45 LC cartridges in my...

Hi, All: :) Can anyone give me information about the Rem./Uberti .44cal. revolving rifle that I have? Is it a reproduction of an actual Remington rifle? Has anyone here had any experience shooting one? It seems to be very well made and the finish is really good. I have a Rem./ Uberti 1858 New...

I found and bought a Rem./Uberti revolving rifle today. The price was good, and I couldn't resist. There are few markings on this rifle. I checked it against the markings on my 1858 Rem./Uberti New Army. The markings are identical. I checked the two R&D conversion cylinders in .45Colt that I...

Hi, All: I have been looking around all the forums, and in books, to find pictures of cased Remington revolver sets. I have found hundreds of pictures of cased Colt sets, but not one picture of a cased Remington. I want to build a presintation case for my 1858 Rem. New Army, and need to know...

Does anyone know of a source of pictures of original Rem. 1858 New Army revolvers? I am trying to find pictures of cased Rem. 1858 revolvers in cases, to find what kind of original tools and accesories that were used in the cases. I am building cases for some of my cap & ball revolvers, and have...

Hi, All: After getting my ML rifle out of mothballs and shooting it, after about twenty years, I found that my sight picture with open rear sights, along with many other things, has left me. As my docter has told me, I have the common malady, Advanced Maturity. Back when I was not concerned...

Hi, All: Some time back, on one of the forums, there was a formula for a black powder cleaning fluid. It was called Red something. does anyone remember what that formula was called and what the formula was? I would like to get a good formula for a black powder cleaner. I had a good one, back...

Hi, All: Has anyone used the APP black powder substitute? I tried it for the first time last Sunday at a black powder shoot. I fired aproximatly forty shots of 45gr. of this APP behind 440. round ball, with a patch of pillow ticking of aprox. .020" with #11 CCI caps, in a Browning Mountain...

Hi, All: I have always wanted to own and try to load with a Lyman-Ideal 310 loading tool, so when I saw one in .38 S&W M, on e-Bay I bought it. I know nothing about these tools, and don't even know if this one is complete. It has only one die, a bullet seating die, and two other stations, one...

Hi, All: I have loaded cartridges for 50+ years, for 15+ cartridges. I want to start loading black powder cartridges, the .38 Long Colt & the.45 Colt. It seems to be the best kept secret in the loading comunity. I can not find manuals or information this subject. All the many manuals, including...

Hi, All: Does anyone on this forum know where I can find a manual for loading black powder cartridges? Im getting ready to start loading .45Colt and .38 Long Colt. None of my many loading manuals have information on how to load for them, or have loads listed for them. All my Black Powder books...

Hi All: I have posted these questions on another forum, but I thought I would get the opinions of the guys on this forum also. I am thinking of using Conversion cylinders in two of my cap & ball revolvers, one a Uberti/ Rem. 1858 .44 cal. New Army, and a Uberti/ Colt 1861 .36 cal. Navy. I want...

Hi, Does anyone out there know where I can find reproduction paper cartridge packs, for 1860 Army Colt pistols? I used to see them at gun shows, but not lately. I am going to buld a presintation case for my 1860 Army, fluted cyl. pistol. I have all the assessories & tools, including a...