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Very nicely done. Calum

'morning, I used to have one. The looks I got at the range... :grin: Anyway, mine was a .50. I went with that because of the availability of ball. It has gone to a new home, but the seller had included some images and information on originals in the instructions. If I'm remembering correctly...

'afternoon, I don't have any experience with a tipi, but a member of a former unit did have a Baker. I don't know the maker, but it was difficult to set up (needing 4 people for optimum ease, I think). And leaked, badly. He finally gave it away. I think part of his issue was that he was...

'afternoon, While I don't have a Ped Enfield, advice that we routinely give to individuals is to take the musket with them to the sutler (whether at a reenactment or a brick n mortar store) and try bayonets to find one with a good fit. Same goes for the bayonet to scabbard fit, especially with...

'afternoon, You can get (or make) the sleeves for the sectional poles. I'm having trouble pasting in a screen snip, but if you go to Panther's catalog http://www.pantherprimitives.com/, pg 11 they sell "just" the sleeves. If you have some tin working skills, you could make a set, probably...

I agree about Panther's quality. Can't go wrong with them. I've had the traders tent, sold it when I switched primary time periods and currently have a wall and two different bell-back wedges. Although I've also gotten drunk with the owner of Panther. Not that it really matters to the topic...

'evening, I just pulled my wife's .36 out and it is as Hawkeye said - the ram looks to be designed for conicals rather than ball. My other ones, the ram has the nice radius for ball. I told her of Smoothshooter's fix. We may go that route. Thanks, Calum

'evening, Had my wife's .36 Colt (forget the make) out this past weekend and experienced the same thing. I can't remember if this pistol has ever been live fired since we got it. None of my other pistols have done this. I think it was just one chamber, but I didn't have anything to mark it...

My pleasure, although all I did was relay. :) On a side note, towards the end of the book in the link, there's an illustration and instructions on use of a stadia. I haven't enlarged it yet, but apparently one side is graduated for use on infantry, and the other side is graduated for use on...

And another reference. This one actually sounds more like what Gus was referring to. Unfortunately not a link, but enough to likely find the manual. Gibbons' Artillerists Manual, 1860 also has some guidance on estimating distances. "On a clear day, and with ordinary sight, at from 190 to 200...

'morning, This link was posted in response to my passing along Gus' question https://books.google.com/books?id=74bJMeAUp84C&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false. It is downloadable as a pdf. I've just skimmed through parts of it, and I'm not sure that this is the manual in question. However, it still...

Thanks folks. Half a century. heh :surrender: Calum

I've posted the information to the most active USSS forum that I know of. If anyone responds, I'll share the info. Calum

'morning, I have the version sold by Dixie. I'm not good at judging distance, but I've been told by those who can that it's pretty accurate. Never actually confirmed it with a laser or anything however. Given that my primary impression is USSS, I put it out on my display table at LH's. Get...

Hmm. Looks very similar to one that I got with a shooting bag that I bought used. On mine, the brass is glued into the antler and the brass is not threaded (to accept attachments). Calum

Thanks Claude, didn't realize that. Calum

'morning, The Ted Cash one that TotW sells (http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/1207/1/CAPPER-P) works with my Remingtons. For use with my .36 Colts, I had to grind down the brass top a bit. The cappers with two spring jaws work well. The ones with a fixed brass back and...

”˜afternoon, This was a school demo a number of years ago, where we didn’t even have a fire”¦ I set up my bell back wedge (brand new, first event) for atmosphere and was off drilling with the Infantry. Someone came running up and said that my tent was on fire. I laughed it off ”“ no fire, not...

Very cool! Thank you for posting! I've always thought about making live cartridges for pistols, but never sure where to start. Blanks are easy, using cigarette papers. It's a bit off topic, but I make live paper cartridges for my Sharps and they work well. Calum

'morning, I've been dealing with Dixie longer than I have any other ML supplier, mostly because I knew they existed while others (like TotW, I've recently discovered). I think Dixie's cast Sharps bullets have better defined rings than TotW, but I haven't shot those I got from TotW yet to...