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About a year ago, my friend's father-in-law died. He was a gun dealer in the next state. My friend and his wife and his mother-in-law have been going through stuff to make sure what's there and not there. He doesn't know anything about guns at all. He went in with his iPhone and took pictures...

I've only used it once, figured out I didn't need it. It's a Taylor's and Co. in the box and ziploc bag it came in. PM me.

As a teen, one of my friends used to shoot (and blow stuff up) with his dad when his dad was an EOD specialist. He really hasn't shot anything except for a .22 since then. He tried a friend's AK-47 and my AR-15 the other week, but he and his son are getting more interested in the shooting sports...

Usually, I just toss the powder in from my measure and use a patch because the felt wads make it tighter to ram. This time I decided to see what it would be like to use them consistenly. The last few outings with my .54 Mississippi Rifle, I've tried to be more consistent. I'm loading it with 55...

I even threw in a 1911 and a Dance and Brothers. Uberti Walker, Uberti 3rd Model Dragoon, Pietta 1860. The Walker and the 1860 had some rebluing done and the 1860 got some tweaks. As you can see, there's quite a size difference between the three of them. The Walker is the longest of...

My cousin was given several minie balls and bullets that were recently found in or near a creek bed by some other relatives. Hardly any of them showed any oxidation at all, they had some mud crusted on them. Several of them had what appears to be bite marks and some of them are flat or...

http://www.targetmasterconversion.com I thought I had a problem with my .22 conversion unit for my AR-15, it turned out to be an idiosyncrasy with their design. I emailed them on Christmas day. The owner of the company called me last night to talk to me about my "problem". With the unusual...

After having a heck of a week, I had a good day shooting my Armi Sport 1852 .69 Springfield rifle. Using 50 grains of Goex FFg, I can fire a 3 shot group where the holes nearly touch each other at 25 yards and only open up a little bit at 50 yards. I aimed at a 7 inch gong we have hanging up at...

Me and a friend were taking advantage of the pretty weather to shoot last Friday and zero some rifles of his. I set up a target stand at 25 yards, 50 yards, and 100 yards so I could see what I could hit from a rest with my .54" 1841 Mississippi rifle and my .69" 1842 Springfield. They both...

I was driving around yesterday showing off my Blunderbuss to a few gun buddies and I picked up a Harper's Ferry 1805 pistol a friend had in her shop. It was used, it had only been fired a couple of times. Neither she or the customer knew how to clean the bore properly; it had a couple of spots...

My steel Blunderbuss from MVCT came in more than a week ago, my flints came in the mail today. Specifics: 14" steel barrel, .678" bore, my .68" lead balls won't fit. I plan on using a patched .60" ball, birdshot, and buckshot. I've barely touched a flintlock before. Via Pete's advice I bought a...

Jonah Hex sports an immaculate steel framed '58 Remington (even though he was a Southern officer and used 1860 Colts in the comic book). His girlfriend (for lack of better words) also uses a .31 Remington single shot hideout pistol. Lots of BP love in that movie. We can ignore the dual horse...

I saw a couple of products at Walmart and an idea kept nibbling at me until it struck me this afternoon. They sell a brown canvas pouch that's designed to hold a box of shotgun shells. It's got a steel slip-on belt clip and is labeled Winchester. I can use that as a "dump pouch" for my brass...

I got a Remington holster for my Pietta Remington. No brainer. I got a Walker holster for my Ubertis Walker. Ditto. Is the Pietta Dance and Brothers more like an 1860 Colt or a Dragoon? Which holster will fit? I notice that Cabela's and others recommend a Walker holster for a Dragoon, but the...

I'm going to be able to splurge and get a few new guns. I thought about buying a LeMat, but after reading up on it, I would hate to drop that much money on a wallhanger. I would want to shoot it a lot to justify the expense, but the more I shot it, the more risk I would run breaking it. I can...

I'll find out in a few minutes whether he's going to drop off a 24 lb slab of lead I ordered on ebay or if I have to go get it from the post office. :) It cost me $32 with free shipping. The UPS man used to wonder what I bought when I bought ammo by the case, and he completely gave up when I...

My Armi Sport 1842 .69 Springfield has rifling now, plain as day. I kept looking at the bore when I first cleaned it and never saw the rifling before. I would run a patch down the bore and feel the rod rotate, but could only see what I thought was a land out of the corner of my eye..Even when...

The results of the other day's casting. Now I'm figuring out how to store them. Tupperware for now, but I made another ball pouch out of a leather pouch kit I bought at Hobby Lobby. It's so easy, I'm going to wait for a sale on leather crafts and load up on tools and components and...

Rather than buying a bunch of molds I can't use, I hope a bunch of knowledgeable folks could help me figure out the optimal balls to use for my "new" rifles. I bought a Lee .533" Minie Ball mold and a .530" ball mold for my .54 Euroarms 1841 Mississippi rifle per Dixie Creek's recommendation...

A 20-something year old guy's dad died a few months ago of cancer involving Agent Orange from when he was in Vietman. I haven't met the guy, but hope to, soon. He inherited about 700 different guns, including blackpowder and transferrable machineguns. A local dealer is selling them on...