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Had it done, both eyes, fall of 2015. I wore glasses from 1960 'til then... I need readers for up close now. I had never shot without corrective lenses before. Now, long gun and handgun targeting is a breeze. I was amazed at how much brighter everything is when there are no lenses sucking...

Welcome from Wayne County, ENC range Goldsboro

I was told back in the '60s that the spiral stripe on a ramrod was from cooking "stick bread" on the ramrod. A dough snake wrapped around the ramrod and cooked over the fire... not sure about the truth, but did make a lot of stick bread back then at Boy Scout camp

Stopped at Dixie Gunworks this (Friday) morning and bought a new Pedersoli 1861 Springfield... will get home next week and get to the range. Have wanted one for years...

Welcome from Wayne County

Welcome from Eastern NC. Used to live in Jacksonville, AR, as well as NW AR in the Ozarks. Will be visiting there soon

Howdy from Goldsboro, shoot at ENC Range - usually 2-3 times per week...

Howdy from Wayne County

I bought a Palmetto. 41 Lafayette flintlock pistol at DGW this past summer. Cute, needs a main spring

I enjoy shooting my Veteran Arms Long Land... Fires very reliably. I clean the frizzen with rubbing alcohol and micro fiber rag. I prick the vent every shot and brush/wipe the pan when I clean the frizzen. My load is 80gr 2f BP, .692 round ball patched with a cotton 1 1/2 in round cleaning...

There is one on display at Dixie Gunworks an the tv show Pawn Stars has an episode with one... I would really like one...

Welcome from Goldsboro

A broken stop and trigger spring will cause same problem but will be constant, not erratic . There may also be a worn "spring arm" (for want of a better term) on the bolt itself. Only a complete teardown will illiminate these as a cause of the problem.

Sorry you don't have the Dragoon any longer. My 3rd model occasionally will have same malfunction after several cylinders fired. Spent caps will fall between the hammer and recoil shield jamming the locking bolt. The fix is tear it down, clean the innards, reassemble, continue session. I...

I have been shooting BP since mid '70's. Front stuffers, revolvers, cap & ball, and flint... I really enjoy flint. I generally use 2f as main charge in large caliber muskets, 1795 Springfield or Long Land Bess, 3f in KY Rifle and try to prime with 3f in the pan as 4f is not easily found here...

Is there a sear set screw? Too tight/hair trigger?

I like the K2R method too- it lifts castor oil from balsa and hard woods really well

When everyone wants a "career wage" as starting pay for a high schooler, you have to raise prices to support it... Raising minimum wage does nothing to increase my current retirement and Social Security takes a year to increase to half of the inflation rate... when the price of most goods has...

It is not possible to find true black powder in my area. I reserve what I have for my flinters and use Pyrodex in my cap guns... Either type gets a thorough cleaning with hot soapy water, dried and oiled at the end of the day. Muzzle loaders take about 30 minutes and revolvers about an hour...

I like my pocket pistols too. I built a "Remington" kit gun from CVA back in the 80's. It is fun to shoot but is rather unsafe to load- it has a half cock that releases the cylinder for rotation, but no safety lock... the hammer will fall if the trigger is pressed. It is brass framed as well...