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I made do with a stand for years which was done up literally in 40 minutes from some construction lumber. So a few days back I decided to make a new one. This is the result. It's made from wenge. And as you can see it includes holes for five empty .308Win casings to use as powder transfer...

A buddy and I have been working on tuning his JM 625. We've got it firing rounds consistently but only with a higher trigger pull than we think it should have. We're currently using the stock mainspring ground SLIGHTLY narrower (not thinner) and this is working with the 14lb rebound spring...

For a few oddball reasons I'm looking to make up a few rear sights for some rifles I have on hand. I'm wondering if any of you have done something like this and might have a few hints on best methods. Fancy joints within reason are not out of the question since I've made my own cutters and I'm...

So I've got a .36 caliber brass framed '51 that I've sold to a club mate. The gun is in really nice shape but it has/had a few issues. Which may explain why I got it for pretty cheap. I'm trying to correct the sight picture for the guy since the front sight is barely visible over the...

I've got a couple of short shoulder stocks which need splits repaired and both are soaked with more than 100 years of gun oil. I soaked one end in acetone for one of them but it stripped out the finish oil as well. That's fine, I expected that. The wood grain looks really nice in fact! But...

So I shot BP cartridges yesterday at a Cowboy Action fun match. First time in a while. .357Mag brass, 130gn bullets and as I recall this works out to around 23gns of powder. Six stages so a total of 60 rounds. The odd thing is that I've done this before with no major issues at all. But...

I attended a Rendezvous this past weekend and had a great time. Didn't do all that well but that's my own fault. But it was great just to be out and shooting some smoky stuff with the flintlock. One of the guys in my shooting group mentioned that he has gotten up around 100 or so shots from...

So at the big Canadian Nationals last weekend I tripped over a guy at the swap meet selling SYG at roughly half the price I can buy proper black for. I figured that I'd find SOME sort of use for the stuff so I bought 3lbs each of the ffg and fffg equivalents. Looking around at reviews on the...

A couple of years back I saw someone using the Speed-D-Loader on their lever rimfire rifle and was "somewhat" impressed. But it lacked the ability to top up without filling the tube and causing a lot of problems with leaving the right amount in the magazine and still fit the spring rod. I got...

So after something like two years of hauling my two flintlocks out to the club black powder trial days and shooting at gongs out to the side of the trail against the hillside and not having a good idea of where they were hitting I FINALLY took a day to shoot them at paper and get a handle on...

So last month a buddy bought two new Pietta 1873 clones. He brought them over and we stripped them and went through the action looking for things to polish or otherwise fit and upgrade. Let me tell ya. Pietta has really upped their game. The insides were finished VERY nicely and some...

Last time out with my new under hammer rifle was less than stellar performance wise. I was shooting it using 50gns of 3f behind a .490 round ball. Two days ago I was at another fun shoot and based on what someone in my group had said last time I was using a .30-06 casing as a measure which...

Sometime a bit later this week after the transfer process is finished I'll be bringing home a well cared for TC Patriot percussion in .45 caliber. In looking over the information on the web and the pictures apparently some previous owner decided to take off the little rear hook on the wood...

I'm wondering if there's anything out there for holding pins in position that match the relationship of the pins in various actions. The idea is to simulate the pin positions in the frame but outside where I can see any issues and gauge things and monitor progress. I know of the trick...

Hey all. I'd like to start up a discussion for the benefit of all about what are some preferred options for front and rear sights of all sorts and what most folks prefer if they have played around with some options. OK, so I'll start out. I'm fortunate enough to still have enough decent eye...

Some round ball I cast up a while back has proven to be tougher to ram home than I would have thought. Then when I measured them I find that the .457" mold (Lee) is dropping balls that are more like .461 to .463 depending on where I measure across any given ball. The mold is closing...

Took a couple of buddies out for some shooting yesterday and took along a C&B revolver as part of the box o' toys. Got it loaded up then suddenly realized I'd forgot the little bottle of Canola oil I use for ball and bore lubing after loading. Figured I'd just shoot it dry for a couple of...

A couple of months back after visiting the dentist I was cruising the toy stores and came across this nice looking shotgun for what I figured was a silly "Chump Change" price of $150. So it came home with me. First time out it jammed really badly with basic Federal trap loads. Only got...

This refers to the addition of a button on the nose of the cylinder and barrel mount arbor on the Colt open top style revolvers. As some or most of you may know a few of the brands seem to take pride in missing the boat on how the arbor is supposed to fit on these guns. And that leaves it up...

The pictures taken by our resident cowboy camera nut from the club meet a week and a day ago were just posted up and I found these gems among the collection. To be fair I recall that I had to shoot the rifle first (.357Mag casings filled with Pyrodex and capped with 130gn LRNFP's). So...