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I on the other hand see them as a problem. No No and no this has been discussed before. They have no screw on covers like the rifle mag sparks. Because of this you can only load very very very weak loads (hint start at 5 grains of black powder and work your way up until you see signs of back...

You bet they are. There is an 1858 Uberti Cylinder sitting around with a reamer guide permanently jammed in it. Apparently this was not always the case as I have seen youtube videos where the reamer guides worked with no problem on various cap and ball guns. I can tell you it was a problem in...

I don't know if Goon fixed his to work right or not. People in the old days (especially soldiers) didn't like this flask and it did not last on the market so yea they are scarce. They had a lot of deal breaking (life threatening in action) quirks affecting it's ability to work (unreliable.) I...

I was thinking of using a never fired Santa Barbara Remington 1858 to shoot holes in the styrofoam lined cardboard box that it came in came in. The box really looks like a toy gun box with that cartoon like picture of the gun on it. Can anyone estimate the value that would be shot away in such...

Because they want to test the limits of people like me who ordinarily are not cheapskates but at prices like this will not buy the stuff not because it costs too much but almost purely out of principle. Never brought or tried the stuff but I know from what I read that regular smokeless in...

Old South Firearms sells a Pietta 12 " barrel steel frame 1858. They are currently out of stock.

Nickle plating does have it's weaknesses but it is still as far as I know to this day considered more robust than blueing.

Legal I don't know. He advises people to carry a shotgun fire it a few times and dump a bunch of empty shells all over the ground in proximity to the deer in case the game warden comes after you have hidden your cannon while you are recovering the deer.

I like the Rogers and Spencer but be aware to disassemble it requires an uncommon European size slotted gun screwdriver with a very thin tip. This size is not included in the standard brownells kit. They have it in another brownells kit that took weeks for them to send because it had to be back...

Again correct me if I am wrong but I think the singer action Star Revolvers are good to go. It's the double action version that is trouble. Both the modern and original double actions were known to be finicky, and prone to malfunctions as well as generally awkward to operate in single action...

No not even close modern lubes are much better however the lock work of a black powder firearm does not present very much of a lubricating challenge and truthfully any adequate quality light duty lubricant even the old ones will work just fine. I imagine wagon wheel axles would have fared much...

I have seen bore butter melt on hot days too. I think the concept of packing Mobil 1 grease, a modern automobile rated synthetic grease that is apparently impervious to black powder fowling and way over rated (-30 to 300 deg F in addition Auto's get pretty carbon rich filthy) for the light...

CapandBall has a video on one that was loaded with a smokeless load that was not the strongest. This one was a squib load with black powder.

I would love to tell the seller he ain't getting the gun back.

I believe it's simply because those old guns were made to be used as serious tools. I imagine accuracy and reliability was important if you wanted to stay in business as a gun maker. The clones are made to be budget and profit friendly guns with "alright"/"adequate" accuracy that will fire most...

Well I was asked and I answered. I think threads like this are useful and despite the lack of replies I am almost sure that manufacturers are paying careful attention. There have been lots of changes for the good since the times when most of these replicas were crude junk project kit guns...

I got a lot Grossly under size revolver chambers that promote inaccuracy and gas cutting. Grossly under size loading ports that prevent properly sized period correct conical bullets from being loaded. This also totally kills the joy of making and using paper cartridges. A Walker with a tiny...

It sounds like a failed trigger job too ???? I don't think this is a good deal for a 1970s Uberti let alone one in this condition unless the gun has outstanding accuracy or some other exceptionally redeeming trait. The hammer trigger engagement that you described is a big problem and a real...

I have read there are differences when dealing with smokeless powder. All of this may be true but maybe someone here who knows more can tell me if firmly ramming a tight projectile over most smokeless powder charges causing the charge to be tightly packed is a good idea. My understanding is...

A cap and ball revolver with a conversion cylinder alone would fit into this scenario. The groove that you milled into the frame to make sliding bullets in easier along side with your cartridge cylinder is going to make a tighter case. Saying that you did it to make capping easier and they can...