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I'm loading trail boss powder in 38 special cases. Today I stopped when I realized my barrel was filled with three bullets. I was shooting a S&W Model 36 snub. The loads were 3.7 grains of TB and a 125gr jacketed hp. I might as well have just shot primers. My loads that I was loading that...

I've recently got back to reloading, mostly because my girlfriend decided she wanted to start shooting, then the got a concealed permit, and now shes talked me out of a couple guns. When we go to the range though she's getting burned out really quick on me, and mostly due to recoil. I can...

For my girlfriend to have a lowered recoil load that might still be effective, I loaded up 6(six) test rounds of 24grs of 777(FFG) under a 145gr Winchester Silver Tip Hollow Point in new Winchester brass. I used Winchester WSPM(small pistol primers for magnum loads) primers. Any thoughts on...

I'm thinking about loading some low low pres 12ga black powder ammunition. Does anyone here have any experience with this? I have an old cheap hardware store 12ga. It's made from Belgian Laminated Steel, the underside of the barrels has the famous E L G stamp as well as some other...

I might just have missed some very basic piece of info somewhere along the line, but I'm quite sure some on of you guys can set me straight on this. Load data for the 58 Remington that I've seen seems to be around the same as that for the 1860 Colt Army. This being the case, Why in the...

I've got an old straight stocked, long barreled, safetyless Marlin 444. Has anyone ever loaded these down with black powder? It does have a micro groove barrel, I'm not sure what that would do...

I got him about an hour after sunrise. I shot him once from around 20 yards with a Pietta copy of an 1860 Colt 44 caliber black powder revolver. The deer fell right there and would have died within five minutes, but I shot a second bullet. The other picture is both of my round balls which...

I've got a 1918 Erfurt KAR98, the small ring type chambered in 7x57. The rifle is extremely sharp looking and from looking at the bedding job and bore, I bet it's a pretty solid shooter. The rifle has been sporterized so I dont need some kind of military style mount or anything like that, in...

I've just purchased a Pietta 1858, that in addition to my 1860 makes it official, I absolutely must score a set of hollow ground screwdrivers so that I don't have to replace the screws on my guns(already have once on the 1860). Where could I get a good quality set that has what I need for...

When shooting a modern solid inline muzzeloader that takes a 209, in my case a Remington Genesis, what would be the harm in shooting a by the book low pres 28ga slug load or something such as that... Clearly the barrel is significantly stouter than many of the cheapo single shots out there...

I'm not sure if anyone in here has ever seen one, but use to there was a man in Arkansas making nice under hammer rifles. Does anyone out there know if these are still available anywhere? I'd just love to find one of the ones that the guy was making back in the late 80s and 90s here in Arkansas.

I'm having a terrible problem with the rear spur on the cocking piece ramming a groove into the cheek rest of my stock. Can I grind this off? I can't see what purpose it serves, but I could be missing something very big, figured I'd run it past a few people before I took to stoning the thing...

Can someone please tell me what this is. It is in 99% condition, the pics dont do it justice. The serial number doesnt have a single letter in it or before it, just 648xxx Inside the loading gate I found no model number, which made me believe it was a much older model than anything I've...

Does anyone know how to tell the difference between a genuine Colt flask and a repro? I think I might have a Colt manufactured flask. It's got the cannon and flags on it... Copper.

Does anyone know of anywhere online that you can purchase the Pietta and Uberti cap and ball revolvers used? I've checked a couple of the obvious auction sites, but no deals there.... I'm trynig to find me a 1851 or maybe even another 1860, I'd like to have a 36 cal, but a good deal on a 44...

[/IMG] This is my 12 year old Pietta 1860, I "antiqued" the finish last night and took that picture this morning. I sanded and put two coats of boiled linseed oil on the grips a week ago, and I plan on giving them another couple dozen coats over the next month or two. I purchased this...