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Only two of my horns have powder in them right now. Goex 2FF in one, 3FFF in the other. I have a few other horns but they aren't in use at the moment, one is getting a new strap made, another has a broken hanger to be replaced as well as a new strap and a couple are just stored away. I have...

Many people consider a powder flask to be a potential bomb if there is a spark hiding in the chamber. Many ranges prohibit loading directly from the flask for this reason (also not allowed for many types of competition). It's certainly safe enough for a first loading, the risk is for reloads and...

Gain twist is a type of rifling where the rate of turn increases as it goes down the barrel. Basically it goes from slow (like 1 turn in 60") to fast (like 1 turn in 30") before the barrel ends. Was believed to have advantages in sealing and accuracy if I remember right............... P.S. those...

That is a very cool old can, would love to have one of those in my old powder can collection. If you only got it @ 30 years ago it would have been old when you got it. Hercules quit using those little square cans a long time ago (in the 1960's I believe) switching to a cardboard tube type can...

I guess I would have to say it was a combination of things. Really enjoyed the old Daniel Boone series but I loved history in general and the Civil War Centenial was going on when I was a kid. Traveling to the battlefields, looking at the guns in the museums and reading books led to a real...

The Navy Arms caps I remember were made in Italy. They were identical to the Dixie caps I had except that they came in blue tins not red ones. They offered both a #11 and a musket size. I still have a tin of the Navy Arms musket caps somewhere in my gun stuff. They are wingless musket caps...

That is the normal location for a caliber marking on Colt cap & ball revolvers. Not all were marked though if my memory is correct

On the CVA guns there really isn't a decent way to convert one to flint. CVA's patent breech design has the drum screwed directly into the breech plug (Zonie has posted pictures of what they look like in a couple threads) so it's not a case of just removing the drum and fitting a liner. It might...

I tend to agree with the "Frankenrevolver" idea. A mix of old parts put together with modern parts to make a workable gun. I have one of those myself though I am still looking for good Colt parts to bring mine closer to correct. It could be an old counterfeit piece but a gain twist rifled...

I have a few tins of the #9 and #12 caps, think I still have a tin of #13 caps as well. Haven't used them on anything in years, they are mainly just part of my collection of old ammo and gun items. I had used the #9 caps on an original Colt 1849 but it eventually left the collection. My replica...

After the 1891 Act any firearm offered for sale had to be proofed to be legal. Older guns, which often had no proof marks or only local proofs had to be submitted to the proof house before they could be sold. Remember Germany did not exist as a nation until 1871, before that it was an...

Well some I liked more than others but I can't really say there were any I regret. Other than I regret selling a couple of them. When I was younger there were times when something else caught my eye or I needed quick cash and let a gun go I wished later I hadn't. I do wish my first rifle kit...

Crown over U is German and was required starting with the 1891 Firearms Proof Act. Before 1891 Germany had no national proof requirements (only local ordinances) but afterward any firearm to be sold had to be proof tested. Guns that predated the Act would be submitted for proof if they were to...

Don't have any experience with British shotguns but my two original British muskets have nipple made that same way. As to the powder fouling it may be coming back up through the nipple and then being blown down by the hammer cup. Are the caps thoroughly shattered or even missing after firing...

The 1851 Navy series normally has a spring on the wedge, The various pocket models (1849 .31 cal., the .36 cal. 1862 pocket police and pocket Navy) usually do not.

Colt closed the London plant in 1856 and shipped unfinished guns and parts back to the US (he kept the sales office open but seemed to have determined that demand could be handled by the US plant). If your gun was manufactured in 1856 it's quite possible your gun could have been built using some...

Actually I think the Tingle grips are closer to a Colt in design. If you look at how the frame to grip junction is shaped it is flat like a Colt. I have handled a couple Tingle pistols a few years ago and IIRC the length of the grip is very close to that of an 1860 Colt Army. I later owned one...

The OP's Hopkins & Allen gun would have to be a Numrich piece as the original Hopkins & Allen company was founded in 1868 to make those newfangled cartridge guns (they did produce a few cap & ball revolvers at first but are not recorded as making any other muzzle loaders).......... Numrich...

A couple people posted that it might be a musket nipple. Possible but the one I had years ago (new in the box when I got it) came with a nipple sized to fit a #12 cap. Not a very common size but at least I had some as another older gun I had also used that size (and you could still find them...

A gas check is used for reloading certain cast bullets in modern (unmentionable) firearms. It is a small brass cup that fits on the heel of the bulllet to prevent gas cutting and leading. It does offer a possibility for use as a retaining wad for your shot use in a cap and ball revolver