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I think I do. A Chiappa 1887 lever action with a Calrson rifled choke. I am currently using some cupped 730 gr. .69 Minie balls. I previously tried 22 gr. of Unique and found it to be a fairly mild load. Likewise found to be mild was 3.6 drams of FFF. In search of a little more thump I...

In the 80s I ran over a thousand US Treasury +P+ rounds through my Service Six with zero problem. One could almost say the gun liked those rounds, more than my alternative S&W M 19 or M64 did anyway. I still have it and it still performs quite well. This would have been an industry wide...

The other one is much less problematic. Yes a Colt letter is ordered already on it. A 1909 with the VP proof, Pre War gun. Nickel re-do and they took off a lot of the writing, but it still has the Colt mark and the caliber visible and only a little of the nickel job has flaked off. I've...

Sigh it is worse than that. Here are better lighting pictures of the one I showed. Seems it isn't a re-blue but instead a corrosion secial. Mechanically the gun is good. 4 clicks, tight lock up, etc. What we seem to have is a gun wrapped in a damp rag then ignored for a really, really long...

Some thoughts. Both were pretty cheap as authentic Colts go, much less 1st gen guns. In the ballpark of a used Uberti. I am checking my Kuhnhausen and note a lot of parts interchangeability between 1st and 2nd gen Colts so replacing the pitted cylinder won't be that hard. Indeed, since this...

I am sorely tempted. This is onw of them. The rebluing was so long ago it is turning brown. A true shame the clumsy polish job took off most of the writing.

I have purchased 2 1st gen Colt 1873s (at a good price). Both mechanically work just fine. Both are 4 3/4" barrels. One has the old type black powder frame while the other is early 1900s. My issue is both weapons have been 'beautified' by an unknown bubba who polished off many markings...

A few years before the Civil War Colt had managed to convince the Army to purchase a bunch of early percussion revolver rifles. Some issuance took place. Almost immediately injury reports, some serious began coming back from the field and the order of purchase was quickly cancelled. The...

There may have been some poor qualitty Belgian revolvers. However we should note the arrival in the US of the Webley Bulldog clones from Belgium in the early 1870s nearly destroyed Colt and S&W. Simply because neither firm yet had a good DA design, the Bulldogs could be carried in a pocket...

There may have been some poor qualitty Belgian revolvers. However we should note the arrival in the US of the Webley Bulldog clones from Belgium in the early 1870s nearly destroyed Colt and S&W. Simply because neither firm yet had a good DA design, the Bulldogs could be carried in a pocket...

I am unaware of any health issues involving WD-40 exposure. Just last night I immersed both hands in a bowl of it while cleaning thick gunk from the cap of a Farmall governor. Most of my black powder arms get periodic soakings in WD 40. As someone indicated it really does loosen up...

Thinking through your smokeless powder, it isn't, as someone implied above, enough to just design a more powerful cartridge, you will also need to match the strength of the gun to the cartridge. If you don't, sooner or later you will have a burst gun. I would think about using an AR 10 as the...

44 automag from a rifle would probably be interesting. That said, I have a Rem Rolling Block chambered for a straight rimmed still unknown 2+ inch BP .43. I have been having great fun with it. With heeled 43 bullets and black powder I have thus far fired in it; 44 Bulldog, .442 Webley, .44...

Yes, I am creating another Zombie post, but when we hunt on the Internet for blogs about Belgian clones of the S&W DA Frontiers, this OP is one of the better ones out there, so why not refresh Googles memory of it. I have one of these myself. Belgian copy of the S&W Frontier in .44. Mine...

"The only two top break (not solid frame) revolver manufacturers that can use this ammunition are British Enfield and Webley. Both these models feature heavy frames and robust latches that resist deformation. All other “top break” models should never be fired with this ammunition.< Well, how...

Your pistol is probably chambered for .380 Rook aka .380 revolver short and .380 revolver long and in the US called .38 Short Colt and .38 Colt long. Sometime around 1920 Colt thickened the rims of their version. These days ammo is best made by shortening a .38 Special case to about 0.7"...

Back in the 70s I was with something called GSA FPS which was a uniformed security police force. I worked in the DC area. I went to FLETC in the mid 70s and met the Treasury load there for the first time. I also met some of the folks who developed it. My issued revolver back then was a...

Regarding OP wishing to see pictures of a blown Mauser C96, it took a little hunting, but I found this one. http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?352511-Broken-Broomhandle-part-1 What I find most interesting about the failure is the bolt lock held, it is the upper receiver/barrel...