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The question was when was the last percussion shotgun sold in the U.S. - well, I'd say sometime this morning. We still have makers producing percussion shotguns here (If on a very limited scale). Certainly the custom makers supplying die-hard muzzleloading shotgun competitors should be...

Nice photos of a nice pistol/ Thanks.

Worst problem I have, personally, is complacency - nothing happens for years and years and I get sloppy. Distracted, it's easy to get up and walk away from something powder-related, leaving a haz-mat-news worthy-insurance claim situation-to-be primed and cocked. Older I get, the more easily...

Glad to have you. Good luck finding a used flinter right before hunting season. Welcome from Ralls County (south of Hannibal).

"Carving" is done by hand. Fellow set up at gunshows with a table of his creations, a portable worktable, lamps, chisels, hammers, and a real leather work bib. For about $200, he could turn your $1,000 shotgun into a $400 parts gun. I've seen Kindergarten Halloween punkins look better. That guy...

If every caplock I own use the same caps, the answer would be easy. Don't shoot much these days as all my ol' buds are ...dead. Now adays, I get out something I've not fooled with in perhaps ten years and scrounge around for proper sized caps. At 75 years old and no shoots I know of within 75...

Neat gun. Best advice is for you to go to Dixie Gunworks website and order one of their catalogs. Hundreds of pages of info, items, and ..pertinent books. Last time I checked, the catalog was under $10. Basic stuff - measure the bore inside diameter with a micrometer to get the true caliber...

Sounds like you're off to a good start. We're into our second year with Max, a Bassett. He has free run via dog doors to go after rabbits anywhere on his farm, anytime. Interesting to us, if he's with us, he hunts enthusiastically - into brushpiles, weedy thorns, etc. races after bunnies he...

Thanks to everyone for the replies. Been gone a few days without internet access. I can still use files for some work, but welding/similar has never been in my skillset. Now, to find someone willing to fool with such a project. Both hammers function, fire caps ok. Thanks again.

Have a couple of originals with missing chunks due to erosion (?) of the portion of the hammers that strike the nipple. Seems to be common as I've had others in the past with the same issue. One is a good shooter - English single-barrel, half-stock 12 gauge that I enjoy hunting with, but the...

Will you please post a photo of the ramrod? In place or loose? Thanks. Mine's missing.

Had/shot/enjoyed my Jon Browning for many years. Killed several dozen deer with it and shot it in club competition weekly for several years. Very accurate .50 steel furniture modern, not historically authentic rifle. Then ..Browning no longer had either service nor replacement parts and the...

These types of photographs were staged in photographers' studios, mostly. Whether or not the firearms in the picture were what they actually used in events is doubtful to me. Props were on hand to be displayed - we see many examples in photos of uniformed soldiers/sailors/etc. still floating...

Because this item was presented to you as a token of gratitude by someone you care about, it will always have special meaning to you and each time you come into contact with it, whether it be kept in a place safe from harm or used/shot for fun, it will always be a special thing to YOU. If it's...

NRA "YHEC" program - Youth Hunter Education Challenge - eight events. Written hunter safety exam, practical hunter safety course, map/compass course, .22 rifle competition, shotgun competition, 3-d archery course, wildlife i.d., and ...muzzle loading rifle competition. Youth 8-18 compete state...

Not only depends on the youngster, but on the adults. Ours started going with us during deer season during those times when we weren't "hunting hard" (mid-day, after most tags were filled, etc.) more on walks than expecting to shoot something at about age three-four. As they aged, became...

Have enjoyed fooling with "project guns" for many years (all types). Just like friends who resurrect old vehicles, if we recover even a portion of the cost of parts, that's a "win". For sure, I have a lot less money invested in a few old guns than any of them have in one old vehicle. When I hit...

Yup, that's how we used to buy 'em. Back when gas was a WHOLE lot cheaper, powder maybe $4.00 a pound, and yada yada yada.

Only remember one sorta problem over the years. Man was explaining to his son how percussion caps made my rifle go off while he was showing him my opened tin of caps which he dropped/spilled into the gravel beneath the loading bench. He did help me find/pick up what ones we could. I should've...

I mailed it to Dale. Drove 20 miles into Hannibal to the US post office because our small town post office is only open 3 hours a day, "postmaster" might be the right one or not, etc. Clerk at the "big post office" filled out and attached all labels b/c my hand tremor writing style is illegible...