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  1. gilgsn

    Pietta 1851 Navy Loading Lever Clamp.

    Hello. I just 3D-printed a loading lever clamp for my 1851, to prevent the lever from dropping under recoil when using heavy loads. It sure looks goofy but should work fine. The file is on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6112897
  2. gtrgy888

    A Wood Test and Chamber Experiment

    Last trip out to the desert I tested wood penetration of 140 grain .36 conicals over 20.5 grains of Old Eynsford with a cereal box barrier between conical and powder loaded for a month. The results were surprising. While freshly loaded conicals over 21 grains of 4f Goex penetrated 6 boards of...
  3. gtrgy888

    Best shoot yet with the Uberti 1851

    After a few months of trial and error, I had the best full cylinder of shooting yet with the .36 Uberti London 51. 6/6 shots accurate with no cap jams, cap failures, or dropping loading lever (except after the last shot). This was with 23 grains of Goex 4fg under round ball in paper...
  4. beczl

    .31, .36 and .44 Ammo box labels

    Hi, In some times ago I created old .36 Belt/Navy ammo box labels that I want to share with anybody who can use it on their own private project. I tried to use an original font as much as I can, but a very few cases some fonts are not fully identical. These labels must be resized to fit a...
  5. B

    Reasons to reduce cylinder gap

    This is my first thread and post though I have spent many hours reading and implementing many of the ideas on this site and a few others. This site and some of the others out there and the users on them have saved me a ton of time and frustration as well as money potentially spent on incorrect...
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