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After changing my front sight to a silver post on my 51 Navy Colt I had to re-sight it in using 25g of Pyrodex"P", .380 cast ball and #1075 caps. Cleaning barrel and cylinder between every 6 shots for a total of 30 shots. My main purpose for this Revolver will be to carry while mowing and...

This artical I found on the net will make the nay sayers think again about the old lead ball and it's stopping power: A little bit about bullets: There are various schools of thought about bullets, and what happens when a bullet hits a person. The popularly accepted theory is that when a...

For the past few day's my loading lever has been dropping down when I shoot. Not all the time but every now and then. Yesterday it did it 4 out of 6 shots.It latches so tight that I can't force it down and the spring in the latch feels plenty strong enough. Anyone have any idea whats causing...

If you go to this site you will see one of the original 1851 Navy Colt's for sale that was carried by the Baltimore Police and the history behind it. Seems there are only a few left in existence. The history behind them and there use by the police at that time is interesting. Just scroll down...

When loading my Remington's or my 51 Navy I always compress my powder tight but not in a crushing manner. Just far enough that the ram stops. Today I decided to check and see just how much I am compressing my 25g of Pyrodex"P" with a .380 ball on top. The 25g of powder fills the the chamber to...

For the past few days now I have been shooting like a person who has never held or shot a gun in his life and I have been at this for close to 50 years! Never had target panic in archery or with gun's in my life.......until now. The thing about this that bugs me is how well I shoot off target...

Anyone on here old enough to remember the "Rebel" with Nick Adams? Watched it all the time on TV when I was a kid and was just trying to remember what revolver he had.It was set at the end of the civil war and his holster was a military style of that time line but I can't remember what the gun...

When scrubbing the bore of my black powder guns I use Flitz and it works great but does anyone know of anything that may work better? I'm not one to keep up with new products for that kind of stuff but thought maybe some of you would know what's best. Years ago it was hard to beat any of Hop's...

Why is it so many people believe that the Colt 45 won the west??? By the time the 45 came alone the west was already won by REAL men with REAL revolvers like the Remington .44, Colt 51 and 61 and the old army. The only guy's who carried the Colt 45 were wimps and REAL cowboy want- a- be's...

A friend sent me some scrap leather he had so I could make a holster for my 51. It's double stitched and has triple leather on the back for the belt loop. Haven't dyed it yet but will do that soon. [/IMG]

These two book's are a must have for anyone who wants to learn all they can about the history, styles, right loads to use, tuning tricks, do your own gun smithing and much more. It doesn't matter if your new to this hobby or if you are an old cowboy these book's will make you a professor of C&B...

When you lube the 51 what all are you applying the lube to ? I have been useing just a little lube on the arbor(Cylinder pin) a wipe of lube in the cylinder pin hole, a little around the flange on the frame where the back of the cylinder would ride. No wads but I lube over the balls. This gun...

Not trying to get personal here :D My scales are really cheap and I'm trying to figure out haw many .454 balls I can cast per pound of lead. Also want to figure the same for .380 balls. Thought some of you might know just what they weigh or at least an average. Thanks , Mike

After receiving my 1851 Colt .36 Navy a few weeks ago I was surprised to discover that the front sight was high and I was shooting a little low.With most of the reproduction revolvers it always seems to low and I shoot way to high. It was really shooting great where it was at but in my old age...

Several people have asked me for the parts # for the Remington and Colt repair kit's from Cabelas. These numbers are unlisted and I have no idea why. When I bought my first Remington from Cabelas I ask to talk to someone who knew all about these Revolvers and they transferd me to one of there...

Some people seem to like the looks of the 61 better than the 51 and some like the 51 better. To tell the truth the 51 is becoming the one I like the look's of the best. If any of you have shot both or even held both I would like to hear your openions.

Dave, How would yopu like to make your own swaged balls right there at home? Found this while searching swaged balls on Google. http://www.corbins.com/prball.htm

It looks like this place sells .375-.380 swaged balls. I sent them an email just to make sure but haven't heard back from them. They have a letter "P" beside the .375 and .380 and I have no idea what it stands for. Here is the site: http://www.barkertownsutlers.com/shootingsupplies.html

On one of the antique gun sites has me drooling all over my key board after looking at some of the best looking original Remington's I have ever seen. Just can't afford what they are getting for them...... Anyway I was looking at two .36 , 1861 Navys and one .44, 1861 Army .They all have the...

Don't hear much about this gun but it seems to me that if someone wanted a Remington cartridge revlover ( .45 LC ) this would be the way to go instead of messing up a beautiful 1858 with the cylinder conversion. I don't know a thing about the 1875 Remington and it may be they just aren't that...