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The P35 Hi Power is one of my all time favorite pistol designs - If a Hi Power is set up right, I actually prefer it over the 1911! Anyway I have an early MKIII, still with a forged frame, that was actually the first "serious" pistol that I ever purchased, back about 30 or so years ago. But...

I've become interested in making combustible paper cartridges for my 1860 Army. I looked at just about every YouTube video on the subject that I could find, and the one that most impressed me was the one by that guy in Hungary that posts as "capandball.eu". That was the set of instructions I...

I'm not much of a TV series or movie person, but every now and again one will pique my interest. On Saturday - rained a good part of the day - I was poking around Netflix, and I came across this TV series called "Pinkertons", set in Kansas City around 1870. I streamed the first episode, and...

I'm thinking about purchasing another percussion revolver - specifically a Colt 1849 replica. I regard Cimarron as providing a generally better than run of the mill product, so am considering purchasing their version of this revolver, which, I understand, is made by Uberti. The Cimarron...

I thought that some of you may like to see my re-worked Pietta 1860 Army revolver. I actually have three of these - one very old one (my first percussion revolver), which had some mechanical issues - principally the arbor was too short, or the hole for the arbor was too long.....one of the two...

I have one of those gunsmithing screwdriver sets that has a bunch of bits that fit into a handle, and the brand is Wheeler Engineering. I was using the next-to-smallest screwdriver bit the other day and the tip snapped off. I was sitting right in front of my computer at the time, so I Googled...

I have a 5-1/2" Cimarron Model P .45 Colt with the black powder frame. Love it, and it's very good looking. I'm thinking about buying another one, but this time with the cross-bolt for the base pin and chambered in .38 Special/.357 Magnum. My .45 is clearly marked as being manufactured by...

I see over and over on the net references to shooters "back in the day" carrying extra preloaded cylinders for their percussion revolvers, and swapping the cylinders out when a reload is required. However, in all of my fairly extensive reading (mainly centered around American Civil War, I will...

Subject tells the tale. I've decided I "need" a flintlock long gun, but don't want to spend a lot of money. Mostly I'm just curious, as one who is interested in history, about finding out how to make one fire accurately and reliably, how to load it and clean it, etc. In the bit of research...

Modest and nothing unusual, but I like 'em. The two 1860 Army replicas are date code CH (on the left) and CI. The Remington is date code CD. The 1851 Navy, my "problem child" (see http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=737688), is date code CL, and is only a few weeks old. I...

I just received a new Pietta 1851 from Cabelas, and while in the past I've been a booster of Pietta, I have to say that this 1851 is the worst thing I've seen in a long time. My previous experience with cap and ball revolvers has consisted of three 1860 Army 44's, and a Remington 1863, all by...

Having been involved with handguns for going on a half century, I have gathered a fairly extensive library of "gun books". On cold, snowy winter days like today I'll sometimes pull one down and browse through it. It's fun to look back on "old" theories and opinions, and see which ones ring true...

My interest in percussion revolvers stems from my interest in American history. As a consequence of this my tastes in revolvers tends strongly to lean towards examples that are accurate reproductions of those guns which were actually produced. This interest extends to researching and duplicating...

I just scored a new Pietta 1851 Navy for $219! I've been wanting one for some time, and happened to catch a sale at Cabela's. With the way prices have been going, this may be the cheapest I'll ever find one. I already have two "good" Pietta 1860 Armies and an older short-arbor "hangar queen"...

A while back I recall that someone had prepared a pdf file of reproduction percussion cap tin labels. (Honestly, though, it may not even have been on this forum.). Anyone, have a link to the file?

I have two Pietta 1860's which I just outfitted with Treso nipples, thinking that would solve my cap issues. Well, no such luck! I have close to 1000 CCI #10 caps that are just too darned small. I went to Wal-Mart this week and picked up 300 Winchester #11 Magnum caps (which I gather are...

I have a couple of Pietta 1860s and experience the usual problems of caps seating properly on the nipples. Sometimes it requires a second strike to set them off, and sometimes the blown cap falls off into the action. I'd like to update both of my 1860s for improved reliability. It used to...

I have three Pietta 1860 Army .44 revolvers. The oldest one, about 10 years old or so, has a few issues, mainly a too short arbor. The last two, however, bought over the last couple of years, are quite well made, with correctly-fitting arbors, and good timing. I am willing to "sacrifice" my...

I have some felt that would be suitable for cutting wads for my .44s, but don't have a wad cutter. I know a lot of folks use a Harbor Freight 7/16" hole punch to cut wads, but 7/16" = .4375 which seems too small for me. It just occurred to me that I have at home a single old 45-70 cartridge...

I've been shooting Pyrodex in my percussion revolvers - would like to use BP but can't find it locally and prefer not to pay the Haz Mat charge when shipping. Anyway I will be passing a Bass Pro this weekend, and according to their web site they have Pyrodex in stock. My question is that...