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I like to hunt quail with an antique double barrel. Learned a while back to square the load. Equal volume of shot to powder. This solved...

Sometimes the bridal screws can be too tight and pinch the tumbler between the bridal and the lock plate assuming of course that it has...

Something no one seems to have mentioned in diagnosing this problem. When you pop a cap does it go thunk or is it a sharp sound like...

The accuracy is definitely there having punctured a few jackrabbits at over 50 yards with my beater ROA. There was no flopping around...

Agreed, it boggles the mind. One way or another it lit off 3 chambers. The only thing that changed in the all the times I shot this...

I think maybe Bill Ruger was thinking about ACW pistols and might have decided the Old Army had to shoot the same? Just about every cap...

I really don't believe that chain fire came from the back of the cylinder. I think the amount of powder that was embedded in the lube at...

The frame was stretching. With the short arbor and full house loads it was just a matter of time. I know I sound like a broken record on...

I was in the same frame of mind as you until I had a chain fire on an 1860 Navy. I got sloppy and spilled some powder in the front of...

Wouldn't that be the reason for putting lube over the ball/ bullet? And preventing chain fires?

In some cases Pietta arbors are too long. It's rare but it does happen. I find them easier to deal with than the short Uberti arbors.

I am fairly certain especially after Bad Karma found the documentation on bedding the arbor, that Colt would have made sure the arbor...

Have to disagree on all greases and oils being the same, not trying to discount your experiences. I was in the aircraft world as a...

Doe's the barrel lug meet the lower frame firm with no gap? you may need a thinner shim. What is the barrel/cylinder gap? You really...

Rather have one that goes boom instead of rolling, guess you could tape the pistol to the top bar and have the best of both worlds