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I carried a Smith revolver during my 30 year LEO career. It wasn't until some time after I retired that I bought my first 1911. Fell in love with them. Bought several and will buy more in the future. Almost all my handgun range time is spent shooting the 1911s. What a joy. However there...

Thanks for the replies. I did this once before back in the '70s but can't remember the details. I was thinking I had the case full of powder. George

Looking for someone with a little experience in black powder .44 magnum loads. How many grains by volume of 3f bp would you put under a 200 grain LSWC in a 44 magnum case? Also is it necessary in bp cartridge loading to have the base of the bullet flush with the top of the powder load...

Buck, no matter how careful you are in your reloading, you can always have a failure to ignite. It happened to me once in 30 years but it did happen and a bullet stuck in the barrel. Why it happened I have no idea. Maybe I damaged the primer upon insertion. I don't know. But from that day...

Back in the mid 80’s a friend gave me a four pound canister of Bullseye powder that he’d picked up at an estate sale. It was about 1/3 full. The canister was old looking and quite dusty. The printing on the container was even fading out. Even then I was a little leary of the powder and not...

I bought my Zouave new in 1975 for $120.00. It was well designed, had reliable ignition and was comfortable to shoot but it had an extremely low front sight. Shooting that big, hollow base mini was fun but I couldn’t hit squat with that rifle. A few years later I had a much taller blade sight...

My two most inaccurate are a 181 series Mini-14 and a Winchester Model ’94. I bought the ’94 in 1974 and I still have it. It's deadly accurate at 20 feet. I recently and reluctantly replaced the Mini 14. When it started keyholing at 25 yards, I talked to a gunsmith about it and we ended...

Boys, I'm going to have to eat crow on this one. I got that folding stock to fit. I talked to another retailer today and he told me the same thing Cheaper Than Dirt said so I decided to work with it some more. After about 10-15 minutes of fooling with that thing, I was just about to give it...

Chris Jones, a product tech at Cheaper Than Dirt answered my email and stated that all their after market stocks will fit the newer series Rugers. I'm at a loss of where to go from here. I skimmed through some of the customer reviews of the various folding stocks sold at Cheaper than Dirt and...

you might be right Husker but the way I see it is that the market for the older models is probably larger than the one for the newer models so retailers should be directing most of their marketing toward them. I sure there is plenty of stock on hand for the old style. Some of the ads I've...

I recently bought one of the new Ruger Mini-14 Ranch rifles. When I tried to install the synthetic folding stock from my old Mini-14 onto this new one, it didn't fit. Neither did the flash suppressor off the old rifle. As I understand it, Ruger made some major improvements in the Mini-14...

Bill, that happened to me about 30 years ago. I was shooting a S&W Model 19 on a police qualification course when I saw something go flying off the gun. This was a timed event and I had just so long to get off 18 shots on 2 reloads so I didn't stop shooting. When I did my first reload, I...

If I have a one day trip to the range, I'll clean before the end of the day. I don't hunt but since 1975 I go on several 2-4 day shooting trips a year. We'll shoot from Thursday to Sunday. My guns will be shot everyday and sometimes all day. During that time I'll do periodic bore wipes just...

I've been getting good results with .457s in my '58. I would try going to the slightly larger ball before trying the other options.

Thanks Tinpan. I like those holders from Cabela's. Are those made specifically for the C&B cylinders? They appear to be the same design as modern speedloader holders. I have a few of those holders but mine are for a K frame revolver and that is too small for the Remington cylinder. But an N...

How are you carrying your spare C&B revolver cylinders on your person? I'd never given it much thought until I took my pistol and spare cylinder on a trailwalk-type shooting course last week. So I came home and made up this belt pouch from scrape leather pieces to hold my spare Remington...

I had a buddy bring his Navy .36 over and we checked it out on the reloader today. It worked just fine.

I hadn't thought of boring out my current barrel. I might as well because I never shot it. I have other rifles that long ago replaced the old Renegade in the line-up. Maybe it will come out of the safe more often if it is a smoothbore. I've never owned or shot one before. Anyone in the...

I've been shooting black powder since '74 and over the years I experimented with a wide range of products and combinations and most did a good job of cleaning my bp firearms. A great many of what I tried worked just as well as soap and water but none worked better than soap and water.

Tallbald, Jaymo posted the link that will take you there. The cost was $63.95 plus $5 for postage. This is my first cylinder reloader and I"m sold on them. It makes the loading much easier and faster.