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OK. Marked "cal .36 black powder only made in Italy" under the reloading lever. No other distinguishing marks. Thanks for your help. No cobwebs................ Tom

MORE******** Found some markings peeking out from under the trigger guard assy. Removed it and found this.

Have a 36 cal pistol and wondering about manufacturer and value. The only markings I can find on it are a BZ in a small box on the right side of the frame. On the cylinder there's a wrap around engraving of what looks to be a stagecoach being robbed. Help?

Looking for one pound of shot for 2 pounds of lead ingots.

Currently have 2,700 pounds of lead poured into 2 pound ingots. 2,220 Pounds of melted wheel weights and 480 pounds of soft lead from roof flashings. You need to be in reasonable distance of east central Illinois. We would be willing to drive 100 or so miles and meet for the swap. Would prefer...

Next question is how close to the end of the cylinder does the ball need to be. I used 25 grains of FFFG and a commercial pre-lubed felt patch. After pressing the ball in (and shaving off the required ring of lead), the ball sits about 1/4" down into the cylinder. Is the ball supposed to be...

Thanks for the info. It is a brass framed gun tho. Will start with a lighter load and see what happens. I have felt wads. Thanks again.

Bought one from Cabella's. A F.lli Pietta 1851 Reb Nord Navy in 44 caliber. It's a little confusing from my side. First, somewhere on this forum it was recommended that a ".457 soft lead ball be used. The F.LLI book says a ".454 ball and the Cabella's manual that came with it says a ".451 ball...

I'll be careful..... Thanks..............

Last of the questions I think I know the answer to, but have been told otherwise by others. have a 45 Cal CVA Hawken. It has a pretty darned thick octagon barrel. I want to mount a scope base (dovetail type) on it. The base does have a flat bottom for the octagon barrel. Question: Can I...

Soft lead round balls cast to 445? That right? Thanks.

If you want soft lead, find yourself a roofer or two. Preferably one that does commercial work. Soft lead was used for roof flashings, and most roofers throw it away when replacing the roof.

"72coupe, how do you tell the difference in the zinc from the lead wheel weights?" The Zinc weights will be marked Zn somewhere. They may LOOK like lead weights, or they may be flat rectangular weights with sticky tape on the back. Zinc weights will melt, but you'll have to get the temp up...

Have right at 1800 lbs of lead ingots. 440Lbs came from lead roofing flashings, so it's soft stuff. All the rest came from wheel weights. All is melted into 2lb muffins. Located in east central Illinois, about 125 miles south of Chicago. Zinc weights (at least all I could fine while hand...

Thanks Thanks a lot. Tom

caliber Oops, sorry. .45

Illinois Make up a bill of transfer (both ways) and include the weapon mfg, type, caliber and S/N, have a copy of the other person's FOID card included, along with the date of transfer. Store it in your files. We just had locally a young man, convicted felon, ticketed for unlawful discharge...

Picked up a CVA Hawken the other day and am not too familiar with either BP or it. Plan is to take it with me to east Texas in the spring for pig hunting. Will be using .433 balls w/patch (because I have the mold). Also have a pound of Pyrodex ffg (P) and fffg(RS), and a pound of real fffg BP...

roof flashings Find yourself a roofer friend and have them save you the lead flashings from older buildings. Pretty pure stuff.