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There was a pistol that was traditionally used for dispatching cows and horses (.32 short?). The shot placement was the same as for captured bolt guns, through the forehead, aiming to the spinal cord. If the shot was correctly placed it went through the midbrain and into the spinal cord...

I have often watched my shots spiral down range to the target. If every ball has a slight off center balance point then every ball should spiral down range with a spiral diameter determined by the amount of the off centered mass of the sprue. Theoretically even a swagged ball should have some...

I would suggest that you show it to a museum curator or antique firearms specialist and get advice. Perhaps they might be able to convince you to stop trying to "improve" it and let it remain as a historical artifact with its history written on its patina and remaining grime. There are modern...

Personally I wouldn't. A new horn is too cheap and your time left on Earth is too valuable. Patches and fill-ins will age differently from the original horn and you don't know what it will look like in a few (or many) years. Your dog might enjoy it more than you will after all your efforts.

It makes a great lip balm! Only use a small amount of oil though.

I have a .50 CVA percussion rifle (from a kit) but I want a flinter, preferably something I can at least assemble myself. I do like the lines and history of the 1803 Harpers Ferry and may yet build one of the kits on the market. I like the idea of keys instead of pins for easier take-down and...

I like this batch. These would be less out of place if transported back 200 years!

Thanks, but I need images. Perhaps this needs a Wikipedia entry?

This has always confused me. Is there a resource or set of images of a lock with and a lock without a fly that I can see and compare?

This is the web site you/we need: The NMLRA Charter Club Program — The NMLRA

Lakewood is a bit far south of me. You are almost into the San Diego territory. There is a rendezvous in that area every year, so there are certainly active members: Laguna Mountain Rendezvous

We do have several southern California groups to look into, as well as some local activities and rendezvous.

After seeing the beautiful creations posted here and considering my last post about "historical accuracy" I was thinking about my ideal range box. I went out to the garage and looked at my own pile of primitive and shooting paraphernalia and realized: I was trying to create what I already had...

As functional, well though out and finely crafted some of these range boxes are what would more likely have been historically accurate would have been a rough shipping crate or storage box, repurposed for holding shooting gear (or just a large shooting bag). My current box is a cheap red...

Don't you need to neutralize the AF treated wood with something alkaline?

Soaking in vinegar might work, but I have been using vinegar fumes for a while and it works better. It seems that, while vinegar is about 5% acidity vinegar fumes are a much higher % and will corrode or oxidize metals much faster and with a different patina. I use it for brass and iron. Brass...

I have a New Orleans Ace and this (#3) is one.

Place your object (iron, brass, zinc) in a large container or bag suspended off the floor and not in contact with walls. Place a wadded newspaper or paper towel saturated with vinegar into the container and seal it. Check within one hour, over night may produce desired results on brass, iron...

If you use vinegar try fuming it. The vinegar fumes will often work much faster than the liquid and they create a deeper effect. The only issue is that you have to watch that it doesn't work too fast. In the liquid the acid concentration is about 5%, in the fumes it is more like 80% (chemists...

My two NO Aces unscrew by hand and I always unscrew them to clean them out thoroughly. I made a lead jawed pipe wrench to tackle tough jobs like this, though my Aces have never given me trouble.