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Hi! Been a while since I was on the forum last. I am building myself an AR (while I still can...). Parts have gotten scarce and often expensive (lots of people of a like mind to myself - "get it while you still can" :fire:). Right now I am concentrating on getting the hardest-to-find stuff first...

Anybody who owns a 20 gauge Pedersoli or Middlesex howdah pistol - have you chronographed your guns using .600 ball loads? If so, what powder loading did you use? I'm trying to find out what sort of m/v I can expect with a 350 grain .600 ball and 60 grains FFg from a 7-1/2" barrel, and I don't...

This was on 9 & 10 News tonight. The sheriff and prosecutor both said that no charges would be filed against the homeowner, that he was doubly justified in shooting the burglar (both in defending his home from an intruder, and in shooting a fleeing felon while making a "citizen's arrest"), that...

Let's face it - I prefer to travel with a gun. Tourists anywhere are more likely to be victimized, since it is assumed that they have money. Now, I know that a muzzleloader is not the best choice for self-defense in this day and age, but IMO, any firearm is better than none at all, and...

I want to try making my own lead shot, but without building a shot tower or buying a $350-$375 commercial machine. Anybody had any success on the "totally homespun" route, and if so, what did you do? Might come in handy if Oblahma starts taxing ammo components...

Well, I'm buying a kit gun for the first time in many, many years. It's a Northwest Trade Gun from Sitting Fox Custom Muzzleloaders, 20 gauge, with a 36" barrel (and flintlock, of course). This gun will be several firsts for me: first flintlock kit I've built, first muzzle-loading smooth bore...

Subject: IN MASSACHUSETTS; HE'D GO TO JAIL FOR LIFE Plantation, FL -- Police were called to investigate an attempted armed robbery: The 71-year-old retired Marine who opened fire on two robbers at a Plantation, FL, Subway shop late Wednesday, killing one and critically...

Someone on one of the other forums I frequent offered to sell me a repro 3rd model dragoon revolver (I had put out a WTB in the classifieds). Asking 270.00 for it. From the pics he sent it looks really nice. I asked him if it was Uberti or ASM, and he said ASM. The grips have a medallion set...

I read something in another forum about an ammo ban being pushed in 18 states. Something about all ammo having to be encoded, dealers having to keep records on who is buying what ammo and how much, and that all non-encoded ammo (including handloads) had to be destroyed in 2 years' time (2011)...

Another anti-gun Commiecrat bites the dust! The governor of Illinois, an avid gun-hater, is hoist on his own petard - arrested on charges of political corruption and soliciting bribes for allegedly trying to sell Barack Obama-Bin-Laden's vacant senate seat. WOO-HOO!!!:neener:

Has anybody heard of a "Challenger" brand bullet mold? I just bought a used (but excellent condition) Challenger brand Minie ball mold from www.thegunworks.com for my original P1853 Enfield. It is supposed to cast a 505 grain, .580 diameter "old style" Minie (I got the .580 because my musket's...

Does anybody sell a ready-made former for .58 caliber paper cartridges? If I had access to a lathe, I could make one, but I found out that company policy at my new job does not encourage "government projects" (one of the few things I miss about my old job...:barf:). For that matter, is there...

Well, I finally took my IMA P1853 Enfield out to the range today. It's a "banger", not a "hanger"! Its only fault is a bad case of C.H.S. (Can't Hit S**t). I think part of the problem is I may have gotten some bad powder. I ordinarily use American Pioneer Powder in my blackpowder guns and CAS...

...to make historically correct paper cartridges for a rifled musket? I'm not talking blanks that look like live rounds, or the British "Pritchard"-type cartridge that uses a paper-patched, smooth-sided bullet, but an American Minie-ball type cartridge? all I have been able to find references to...

Got my breechplug wrench from Dixie Gunworks on Friday. The replacement for my broken rear barrel band spring arrived yesterday. Pulled the breechplug today, and the verdict is...? Well, the threads on the breechplug were cleaner than clean - not a speck of rust on them. The face of the plug...

I am FINALLY going to get my breechplug wrench from DGW, so I can pull the breechplug on my Nepalese P1853 Enfield. The bore near the muzzle looks like it just has a coat of surface rust, and a patch run down the bore goes in and comes out without catching, so there are no apparent rough spots...

Does anybody out there know where I can find some good, detailed info on the Williams rapid-fire 1.5" (1-pounder) cannon that was used by the Confederacy? I'd like to try to build one at some point, but the few photos I've seen don't give me enough information on things like mechanism details...

What was the weight of the original Burton-style .58 caliber Minie ball as used in the Civil War? I will want to get a mold for my Nepalese P1853 Enfield, assuming the inside of the barrel is in as good of a condition as the outside, but there are a number of different molds for the "old-style"...

I went ahead and ordered one of the "untouched" P1853 Enfield rifled muskets from IMA yesterday. I'm keeping my fingers crossed as to barrel condition. I've wanted a rifled musket for many years, and the Italian replicas have always been out of my reach, price-wise. At $240.00, the Nepalese guns...

I have been wanting a real, useable, if not terribly fancy, sword for years. I currently have a "qama" from Atlanta cutlery, which was made in India and has a 17-1/2" blade. I suppose that qualifies as a short-sword in some circles, but I'm looking for something a bit longer. Trouble is, I'm on...