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There has been a lot of debate about the safest way to carry a cap and ball in previous threads. To give a simple answer to your question, the safety pin was introduced by Colt to allow his revolvers to be carried fully loaded. The Walkers, early pocket pistols and possibly the early Navies only...

If one works fine with either cylinder and the other does not the first thing to check is if the hammer face is even making contact with the caps. If it isn't it could be that the gap between nipple and hammer is too large which could be the result of having too much end play in the cylinder or...

I second Dixie Gun Works. Have bought a lot of parts off them over the years. If they were out you could try Numrich (GunPartsCo out of new york state) as they stock some Uberti parts. Shouldn't be too hard to find a bolt.

The inner leg of the bolt rides on the cam on the hammer. It is supposed to stay there until the hammer cam rises up after passing the halfcock position and releases it. Due to a worn bolt or cam or both, yours is releasing before it gets to the right point. Usually I try replacing the bolt...

I have owned and shot several original guns. If they are in good shape and not some extremely rare piece I have no trouble about shooting the old ones. Currently have an H. Ashton 1848 pistol, an 1860 Army and an old squirrel rifle that I shoot. I also shoot some early cartridge guns too...

My first two cap & ball revolvers were both brass frame guns. I put a lot of lead downrange over about 15 years with those two before they loosened up. The Hawes sheriffs model navy base pin came loose causing the barrel to wobble so I retired it. The full length navy was getting out of time...

I lost the front sight of an 1860 army a few years ago. The original was staked in place, I trued up the slot by tapping a chisel into it tthen made a new sight from a piece of pewter scrap. I pressed it into the slot and then used an old wood chisel as a staking tool to secure it. It's stayed...

From the sources I've read over the years the Williams bullets were intended to remove both lead and gunpowder fouling from the bore. The zinc washer was slightly coned so that it would expand with the minnie when fired and scrape the crud out of the bore in passing up the barrel. How well they...

I am sure that some new made parts can be used to repair an original as I have done it myself. I have an 1860 army that was missing some parts, dixie had the correct thread screws I needed for the frame and I used a uberti loading lever asssembly to replace the missing one on mine. Just be sure...

The second revolver in this thread is interesting. There were some repro Leech and Rigdon Confederate revolvers made in the late 70's or early 80's (Dixie or Navy Arms, can't remember). They had steel (iron?) frames but a round cylinder. Wonder if someone defarbed one and modified the cylinder...

I shoot and enjoy both, really don't have a preference. I especially like percussion revolvers and rifled muskets but usually shoot flinters in single shot pistols and I really love a flint trade gun I got a few years ago...it's really all about what you enjoy the most from my viewpoint

I am not aware of any repro colt pockets with steel straps. Some original London Colts did, but I have never run across a repro of these.

I didn't see any problem finding muzzleloading items, it was modern cartridge stuff that became overpriced and hard to get. People were stockpiling things that they thought would be hard to get or even banned and the manufacturers were not able to keep up with demand.

Almost looks like someone made a home made replica of an 1842 service pistol but in a smaller caliber for target shooting. If the bore is good a little work and you might have a nice shooter there.

At rest the cam will be below the arm of the locking bolt. As the hammer is cocked it will lift the arm lowering the bolt out of the cylinder notch. The arm will be beveled so that it will reach a release point allowing it to snap off the cam and re-engage the bolt and cylinder. When the hammer...

I've bought several over the years. Old ML shotguns seem to show up loaded fairly regularly. I've had a Colt pocket come into the store loaded too. Many people can't figure out how to unload a cartridge gun let alone a muzzleloader. I see quite a few people come in to sell cartridge guns that...