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Today I acquired a used Traditions DeerHunter R 50cal Percussion rifle. Twenty years ago the owner fired it a few times and put it away without cleaning the bore. As a result, there is significant rust spotting throughout the bore. I was going to unscrew the breech plug and clean the bore with a...

Today, I did a test using Lucky13 Green Zombie 9mm Coated Lead Bullets sized .357. I was using my Beretta 92A1 which has a large .3575 slugged bore that is prone to keyholes with undersized lead bullets. I reload lead bullets with a Lee Classic Turret press w/o FCD. The first position is a...

During its short one-year life, the 5-lb Harbor Freight Vibratory Tumbler did a good job of noisily cleaning cartridge brass. A little over a year ago, I bought it on sale for about $45. After 6 months the threads on the vertical shaft that secures the lid stripped. I replaced the threaded shaft...

My wife usually asks me how I shot when I return from the range. Sometimes I say good and other times I say that I had on off day. I always though that I was just having ups and downs maybe due to sleep or some other such factor. While I'm confident that there is always some variability due to...

I mostly love my Ruger LC9S except for one real irritation. The cases eject towards my head instead of to the right, which I would prefer. While the casings mostly go over my head, one in 50 will go between my safety glasses and my eyelid - ouch! This forces me to wear a cap while shooting it...

A year ago I purchased a cheap in-vehicle lock box - a metal box e/w 4-digit built-in combination lock and steel tethering cable. The box was NOT intended for immediate access or high security. My objective was (1) when I need to leave it in the vehicle, to secure a pistol against smash & grab...

I currently carry a P3AT in my right rear pocket in an Uncle George holster. I like that method a lot except, now that summer is here, I have some shorts with overly large rear pockets that let the holster flop into an unacceptable sideways position. I'd like to IWB carry with a camp shirt but I...

P3AT/LCP Rear Pocket holster - Your experience? I have P3AT that I carry in my right rear back pocket. I mostly wear blue jeans. I am curious about other people's experience with their back pocket holsters for P3AT or Ruger LCP. In my testing I have managed to accumulate 3 pocket holsters...

[Solved] Walther P38 Modern Paddle Holster? Anyone know of a modern OWB paddle holster for the Walther P38/P1? I am talking about something like the Fobus and Uncle Mike style Kydex or molded tactical holsters and all that I can find are the WWII style German Army holsters plus a very few...

I currently load with Berry's plated as well as Lucky13 lead but I would also like to load some 9mm jacketed. Any suggestions as to the most economical source?

The previous threads on this topic are rather old so I am starting a new one. When I shoot at the local range there are often several people shooting 9mm and most are reloaders creating some confusion as to whose shells are whose. I want to permanently mark my cases. Using a Sharpie Marker is...

I have an original Spencer carbine that I purchased back in the early 1970s for the then princely sum of $95. I recently became interested in shooting it with a centerfire conversion breechblock and have done some research on what would be the correct ammunition. I slugged the bore and was...

I live in a fairly rural area but, despite that, there are few, as in virtually none, places to shoot outdoors. I have a friend with a farm that has offered let me shoot there but I don't want to abuse the relationship and I generally do not shoot there. Besides, the farm is quite a distance...

Recently, for $35 and trade for a little junk that I didn't want, I picked up a 50-cal Traditions Yukon In-Line Percussion Modern hunting rifle. I only got it because of the price because I no longer hunt. I thought that I'd shoot it at the range because the owner swore that it was real...

My neighbor has a Dixie Gun Works .58 Enfield rifle. A couple of weeks ago I was with him at the local range and he shot it with Minnie Balls very successfully with 60 gr Pyrodex 2F and CCI musket caps. Perfect operation, firing every time, nice and accurate. Today we were at the range and every...

There are two parts to this story - the first is tied to the second. Soft lead is just about impossible to purchase where I live. Consequentially, I have been buying my soft lead through eBay. I've been buying from a couple of people, one going by "thefatguy123". They exploit the Post Office's...

FYI - I make home-made 44 caliber lube pills of equal parts Beeswax and Lard. I normally use a pill between the powder and round-ball with my Pietta 44 Remington, with no lube on top of the ball - only the pill between powder and ball. I recently created a cutter and have attached instructions...

Some of your comments to another post of mine inspired me to alter how I was making paper cartridges for my 44 Remington revolver. I have put together a little photographic how-to that shows how I am now making paper cartridges for my 44 C&B that are single-thickness on the nipple end. I have...

Tonight I was watching TV and making some paper cartridges for my 1858 Remington 44. I thought that I had enough Zig-Zag rolling papers to finish my goal but I ran out. Knowing that I would need to purchase some more and feeling that rolling papers are, in my opinion, rather expensive, I again...

I have a CVA flask that has a 25-grain spout but I would like a 30-grain spout. I am looking for a source for CVA spouts. I purchased a 30-grain Tresco spout and it will not fit - the shoulder is too wide to seat next to the CVA's spring screw. The existing CVA spout has a shoulder that is 11mm...