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Used to get blue balls, but I'm too old now. Sorry, someone had to say it.

do you have any idea what might be wrong with it, and how much it might cost to fix it? This would be my first BP pistol. Thanks,

Back with another find at a local auction. The hammer seems to be stuck at half cock. I couldn't move it at all. Cylinder and trigger won't move either. Loading rod moves throughout its entire range. One guy at the last auction pointed out a U.S Patent mark on the cylinder of an earlier...

Copy - paste didn't work - at first. Apparently the problem was with the file sizes. I had taken the pictures with my cell phone at 12M, then edited out irrelevant portions. This left the full-pistol files at about 15Mb., which wouldn't upload. Tonight I used an imaging program to scale the...

I ran across the pistol in the photos below in a local auction. I know it is a reproduction. Can anyone identify it and tell me the max I should bid? Thanks.

Tonight I wanted to ask the forum to identify a BP pistol. However, when I tried to upload the JPG files I received the message, "The uploaded fille was not an image as expected". What is the problem? Thanks,

Thanks for the advise. I have some of the same brushes. Won't the steel and/or brass bristles score the aluminum bullet cavity and round the edges so there is a more pronounced mold line? I have a spout type ladle, rather than spoon. How do I get well up inside the ladle? I think I can use...

There are areas that have turned white.

Many years ago (about 30) I was firing a 58 and casting my own balls. That rifle was lost and the casting equipment was placed in a drawer in my pole barn (i.e.: NOT climate controlled). I recently purchased another 58 and want to cast balls again. What is the best way to clean up the old...

Thanks. That's just what I need.

What is an economical source for those pin gages? What is an economical source for those pin gages?

Let me say that I am sure that this has been addressed before but I couldn't find a previous thread by searching for "meauring barrel" (or I should say I found too many). I have 'slugged' the barrel of my Navy Arms .58 buffalo hunter using Rotometals' Roto158-190. Now, how do I properly measure...

Ah. Must be more than one Northeast Trade Co.. Thanks.

Thanks, Dave. I Googled Northeast Traders and called 508-695-4852. The man there said there had never been a John working there.

I have a BH I acquired in a recent local auction. How do I tell the year of manufacture and where can I find a ram rod? Thanks.