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Uberti makes, or did, several grades of guns. If the distributor wants cheap they get the less refined models. Ordering direct from Uberti is no protection from getting a "second" or maybe third. If Cimarron pays for better guns they get better guns in general. Buying an Italian repro revolver...

If WD 40 gets in the wood it penetrates very deeply. First choice is G96 Gun Treatment. Second choice is another good light gun oil. Break Free gums up so I avoid it unless for years long storage. Run the patch up and down 2-3 times then stand the gun muzzle down on a folded paper towel to keep...

BP fouling dissolves almost instantly in water. Not need for extended soaks. Dan

Correct. When I said "failed in service" I meant MILITARY service. Modern Walkers are not used by the military and as such will not fail in "service" or any other use. The original Walker had too much powder capacity for the quality of iron used. Which apparently was not all that good. Also it...

My thoughts too. Dan

58 caliber. 270 grain ball. Made for a friend you also hunts in occupied Gbear habitat and is a also a crack shot with pistol or rifle. But this is best used with a HARDENED ball like WW alloy. Dan

Bear Spray. A big can and the knowledge to use it right. Shooting at a Gbear at a distance with a BP handgun is a recipe for becoming bear poop. Aside from something like a 500 S&W or a 460 S&W or 480 Ruger there is no good Grizzly handgun for shots at any distance unless a good head shot is...

Most Walkers, or at least a very large percentage failed in service. Burst barrels or cylinders. This was one reason the Dragoon cyl was shortened. The catch on the Walker stunk so this was changed. The Walker was also far too heavy. Dan

Blackpowders primary burn rate control is grain size since its a surface burning propellant. SO... FFFF is twice as fast as FFF which is twice as fast as FF which is twice as fast as F. This is based on the available surface area. Now this does NOT equate to FFF making twice the pressure of FF...

I would have to ask how many ear rings or shoes etc. does she have... :grin: Dan

Different rifles use different powder charges. The difference between 65 and 70 is slight. Its not as though we were dealing with a 48 compared to a 80 or 96. I have a 50 caliber 44" long gain twist, beginning and ending twist proprietary, that the maker tells me shoots best with 120 gr of FFF...

Modern smokeless guns are different and the later TC MLs seemed to have better barrels. Most failures in carbon steel barrels on cartridges guns are generally reloading errors or obstructions, which are much more serious in rifles running a normal pressure of 55-65000 psi and velocities in the...

Proving a faulty steel proves nothing. It can pass proof then fail at the next service load. Dan

Trust me, the lawsuits early on gave them all the info they needed. But this is another long story. Dan

It is supposition that smokeless was used. If smokeless to any extent was used then fouling would not have been much of a problem and the ball would not have stuck. That there have been failures very much like this with blackpowder with no loading errors going back to the 1970s with this brand...

If nothing else some spit down the bore may wet the patch and let the ball move. But this may take 5 minutes and people get impatient. There are several options. But these are all to late for the victim here. We can only hope that he has the best possible recovery. Dan

Barrels made of proper material do not shatter when BP is the propellant or even with smokeless. They do not fragment. The barrel should at most have only bulged at the point the ball was lodged. That the barrel broke is an indicator of the barrel being made of a brittle free machining steel. I...

None of the "new" C&B Colts were made or even finished by Colt and I strongly suspect that the late SAAs (after 2nd gen) were made with Italian parts. This based on comparing late gen colt SAAs with Italian guns when I used to work on such things a lot. Dan

First. Nobody knows exactly what a 1730s American made gun/rifle would look like. SFAIK there are no examples that can be confirmed as American made. Second. Curly "Sugar Tree" wood was widely used for gunstocks in America. Both smoothbores and rifles. Third. There was a lot of wood imported...

The problem with what was called "expansive" as they were called, projectiles is that they must be soft enough to expand and fill the bore. This makes them too soft for best penetration. Turner Kirkland went to Africa with a 4 bore to shoot an elephant but being unread and thinking a ML is a ML...