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This afternoon I won an auction for a pretty nice looking S&W Model 1905, 4th Change in .32-20, with a 4" barrel. The seller is local and I plan to pick it up tomorrow morning. Gunbroker auction pic: It's 1920s production, made after they started heat treating the cylinders. I am not...

I've long been a fan of the Ruger Security, Service, and Speed Six revolvers. I much prefer them to their successor, the GP-100, which while being stronger and simpler to make, is bigger and in my experience, not as smooth. The first centerfire handgun I ever shot was my father's blued 6"...

I have small hands so grips that cover the backstrap often don't work for me. However, the old S&W service stocks or Magnas don't give you enough to hang onto when shooting double action. So, grip adapters to the rescue. I received these three today from Robertson Trading Post. When I can get...

Well this is certainly not a post I looked forward to writing. THR member RON in PA, who has been a part of this board since the beginning, passed away early this morning. I knew him as, "Dad." During the 1970s in Maryland he was very active with black powder shooting with the Tidewater and...

Yesterday I met up with a few other guys at Boulder Valley Sportsman's Assoc. in Green Lane, PA to help clean and setup the woods walk course. Some cleanup had already done been about 2 weeks ago, trimming back the brush from the shooting lanes. Yesterday we went in with loppers, a chainsaw, and...

I recently replaced the grips on my S&W Model 28-2 Highway Patrolman, which made the gun much easier to shoot with my small hands. It previously wore a set of Herrett's Shooting Stars. I replaced them with a set of Thai Magnas + a BK Grips adapter. With it now fitting me better I started...

Today after work I picked up my latest acquisition: a 1932 Colt Shooting Master in .38 Special. This is one of 3,500 Shooting Masters built by Colt from 1931 through 1938 and was the most expensive model in their line, at $52.50 (about $1138 today). Of them, 2,500 were chambered in .38 Special...

After doing a lot of research, last Sunday I ordered a Palmetto State Armory Rock 5.7 pistol, and I was able to pick it up from my local FFL on Wednesday. A picture with my Beretta M9 for scale: (The Beretta has slimline grip panels from LOK Grips, which I can't recommend highly enough. They...

Today I won a Gunbroker auction for this Colt Police Positive in ".32 Police CTG.," AKA .32 Colt New Police, AKA .32 S&W Long. I am a died in the wool Smith & Wesson guy when it comes to double action revolvers but I found this gun appealing for some reason. I was able to get it for only $250...

Yesterday this knife that I found last weekend on eBay arrived. It's an English-made Bowie hunting knife that was imported by the E.K. Tryon Company of Philadelphia, PA in the late 19th/early 20th Century. I have a scan of an 1883 Tryon catalog and a very similar knife is listed as a No.501...

Several years ago I bought a Pietta 1851 Navy Sheriff's Model .44 caliber percussion revolver. It's strictly a fantasy gun in that Colt never made an 1851 Navy with this short a barrel, nor did they make them in .44. All real Colt Navy revolvers are .36s, with the exception of a very few...

Today I took another trip up to Dixon's and wound up trading my Pedersoli Brown Bess carbine for a Euroarms Remington 1863 Contract Rifle, AKA Zouave. Although about 12,000 of these were made by Remington during the Civil War, it's unlikely that any of them saw service. They are called Zouaves...

Last week I was browsing Track of the Wolf's website and ran across this rifle. I've been wanting a percussion sidelock for use in local trail walks and for deer hunting during PA's early antlerless season. After mulling it over for a day I ordered it on Saturday. I paid extra for 2 day shipping...

Yesterday I shot in the Boulder Valley Muzzleloaders woods walk. I hit 15 out of 20, my personal best so far. Targets are steel gongs of various shapes and sizes from 10 - 80 yards. All loading and shooting is done out of your shooting pouch. I use a ramrod that fits under my barrel but many...

Today I picked up this left handed flintlock rifle at Dixon's. Greg Dixon wasn't sure who built it but after getting it home I found it marked "C. Gibson '08" in the stock behind the patchbox. It's not signed on the barrel. Some googling has not revealed any contemporary makers by...

Last weekend I used a tool made by Joe Wood ("flintsteel" on The Muzzleloading Forum) to cone the muzzle of my longrifle. This was a common practice in the 18th Century and lets you load the gun without a short starter, since the inside of the muzzle is made into a funnel. Mr. Wood includes...

Pennsylvania's early muzzleloader antlerless deer season was last week. PA was one of the first states to have a muzzleloader-only season but for decades this started the day after Christmas and was flintlock-only. That season is still available and is for antlered or antlerless deer, but the...

Next weekend I'm heading upstate to take advantage of Pennsylvania's early muzzleloader season. I wanted a ramrod that was a bit longer than my Cabela's Hawken's 29" barrel, and one I won't have to worry about breaking in the field. I rummaged around in my shop and found a piece of aluminum rod...

I was feeling crafty so I made these today. The antler is from a buck I shot last year. The other parts are a length of 3/8" poplar dowel, a short length of 3/8" brass rod, and a .38 Special case with the end turned down. All parts are glued and pinned together with brass pins I cut from brass...

Today I took a drive to Dixon's Muzzleloading Shop and saw this canoe gun (I know it's not an historical term) on the shelf. I've been looking for a 20 gauge percussion smoothbore and the fact that it's a lefty is icing on the cake. Some measurements I took: Overall length 40" Barrel: 24.5"...