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Nice win! I did the same thing you’re looking to do and I was surprised how difficult it was to find authentic 2nd gen accessories. My source has primarily been eBay. How much money do you want to spend? Be prepared for a lot of competition and high prices. If you don’t care about authentic 2nd...

I selected one of the poll options but it isn’t all that close to my primary interest in historical military firearms (ACW for me): to gain some understanding of and allow me to have some affinity with my ancestors who bore those arms in combat.

I’ll bite. Bump stock.

My first thought when I saw the title of this thread was that it was a trick question: What did originally come in the box for a brand new Ruger old army in 1973... a gun maybe?! 😜 Congratulations on a nice find!

I have been hesitant to hang my muskets on the wall with the bayonets fixed. If stolen they could end up being used in a drive by bayoneting. The whole story reminds me of the Clint Eastwood film “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.”

I was thinking of something simple such as a burr on the bolt or even fouling that has caused it to stick. I had a similar problem on one of my first Italian Colt clones. Being very new to even disassembling a Colt for cleaning I polished the edges and mating surfaces on each part including the...

I have neither the tools nor the skill to make anything similar. My solution for all my Ubertis is to use brass washer(s) fixed in place with epoxy. Where one washer was not quite thick enough and two would have been too much I cut a shim or two or three as needed from a soda can then stacked...

I speak and read Italian but my Google search in English turned up this website that gives information regarding FARA: Cap and Ball Revolvers. (Scroll about 1/2 way down to see an image of a FARA marked revolver for more info.) It seems the Zoli business was carried on by three of Antonio’s sons...

I love my Uberti Walker but like all the revolvers I’ve bought for myself I have followed others’ online/video advice (e.g. Blackie Thomas/Shaman’s Forge, Mike Beliveau/Duelist’s Den) and taken the time to de-burr and polish all moving and mating parts. I’ve also shimmed Uberti’s infamous gap...

My Uberti is in better condition than that. 🤣

The only brand new Pietta I’ve owned, an 1860 Army, had the same problem right out of the box. As I recall it came from Traditions and they suggested sending it back. USPS had just misplaced both a revolver and a musket so I wasn’t keen on losing another gun to the shipping gremlins. I started...

With my first revolver I bought a Traditions straight capper. It fell apart after about three uses. I then bought a Ted Cash straight capper. After four or five years it still works fine. I have two that I load up while watching TV then I don’t have to fool with the tins at the range. I also...

I echo what others have said. That rifle is a fine piece of work! And congratulations on a successful hunt.

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Thank you all!

I plan to put some shotgun cartridges in the covered compartment. I just haven’t made them yet.

I just finished the case for my Pietta LeMat reproduction and accessories and I thought someone might be interested to see how it turned out. I had wanted to copy the design of an original, but I found that there was a lot of variation among originals, so I chose instead to just design my own...

@brianzx7 please share pics!

Coincidentally, I had my own Parker Hale 1853 at the range on Saturday. So to answer the OP’s original post…

I'm looking for a reasonably priced chronograph for use with my BP firearms. Nothing fancy needed...