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I have an old Pietta 1860 Army pistol that I used for many years before it developed too many problems to continue to shoot, and so it became a wall hanger. I've recently decided to give the 'ol girl another chance as she was a tack driver and I reckon guns should be shot rather than looked at...

Two new Cabela's are slated for the Denver area; one in Thornton (about ten minutes away by freeway :uhoh: ), the other in Lone tree. Here's part of a story issued by the Denver Post: "Cabela's announced today that it plans to open two new stores in the Denver metropolitan area by next year...

I've had three Walkers in the last thirty years, and I just don't seem to be able to keep them! I have other pistols I've had for nearly as long and never given a second thought to, but the Walkers all seem to slip out of my grip! What's the deal?!! Bought the first one in the mid '80s - an...

Well, it's been a while since I've visited these forums and it's good to see all of the new faces (so to speak). I'm especially heartwarmed to see that folks are still downloading the cap box labels I created; glad someone finds them useful. I haven't been doing much shooting for a couple of...

Once again, the subject of good books on black powder shooting has come up, so I thought I'd re post this list. I would, again, like to submit it as a stickie, though the suggestion has been made before with no result; I would guess that, even though the subject arises time and again in the...

After reading the account in Wikipedia about the Tutt-Hickok fight, I had some real problems with several aspects of what had been written, especially the statement that Hickok "rested his pistol on his off arm, took aim and fired." Not only is this not mentioned in the eye-witness accounts I've...

I thought I would ressurect this list as I've found it to be quite useful and figured some of the new members could benefit from it. These are invaluable references covering all aspects of black powder shooting as well as the history behind the guns and the men who used them. Any new suggestions...

I've been thinking about this for a while, and thought I would start a thread about Black Powder references; kind of like BP a shooter's library. What books would you consider necessary for a BP shooter to have on his/her shelf? These could run all the way from serious reference books to...

(AKA "Savage-North") "Among the distinctive features of this weapon is the "humped" back strap, the large case-hardened off set hammer and the extreme size of the off set case-hardened trigger guard containing a ring cocking lever below a conventional trigger. Both are...

Just a heads up in regards to a show Wednesday night on the History channel about Deadwood ("Lost Worlds"). This series uses CGI to recreate ancient locations. Could be interesting and, as usual for the History channel, semi-accurate. Scenes from the ads portray Wild Bill and others... could be...

Original cased 1861 Navy with 1862 Pocket Police (note the Eley cap boxes and packs of cartridges). I wanted to add an Eley cap box to my cased Walker, so I purchased one from Dixie Gun Works, and I have to say that I was pretty disappointed with what I got. The box itself wasn't bad...