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I've got a spreadsheet with this info and keep it current like garypl does. My following two generations show a little interest, but not much. Best guess is that at some point I'll start selling them at gun shows. That way I'll have the entertainment value of being the curmudgeon who has some...

I agree with this - and know a person who takes it a step further. This guy has no clue of the power of any kind of firearm. Myself and a couple of others plus 'this guy' were shooting a .45 Colt revolver at a paper target on a piece of 1/4" plywood stuck in a packed hard, frozen snowbank left...

I was working at a Sportsman's Warehouse in Coon Rapids Minnesota back when Stu Utgaard still owned the chain. A customer admitted to me that for almost an hour he had "lost" his full-camo upland bird gun after leaning it against a tree to answer nature's call. I said: "Sir? I have two...

Back in March I stopped at Dixie's on the way back to Minnesota from visiting my son in Florida. Never been there and was looking forward to it. A lot of stuff on the walls - you just can't get close enough to look at it. Poor lighting and it was behind the glass counter so you were ten feet...

Welcome from Minnesota.

OP: Glad you have a rifle/pistol combo you enjoy, with a 'look' that you prefer. Quite awhile ago I bought one of the Traditions Trapper percussion .50 pistols. Nothing fancy but is reliable and shoots one hole at 25 yards. Oh, and yes - I fired a lot more than just the one shot..............

Cool!! That's what I do too!! The patchbox comes in handy for a power source..........

Was spectating at the Alvin York shoot back in March. Some of those long-barrelled chunk guns had the shooters standing on short stools to load. My guess is they did it that way due to having many fellow shooters in the loading area so loading the rifle at an angle wasn't an option.

Have bought firearms via Gunbroker and Guns International with good results. Have sold via Armslist doing nothing but face-to-face transactions. I will always gravitate to a face-to-face but most of the stuff I like is unique enough it's rarely if ever close enough to my location. The way I try...

Need more coffee - have you tried shooting it yet?

Have you tired shooting it yet?

Lots of good responses here - some of these I have to investigate. I do get some magazines. World War II, Aviation, Rifle, Handloader, The Fouling Shot, Fur Fish & Game, Black Powder Cartridge News. I get the American Hunter too, like others here I skim the thing in a half hour or less. One...

Thank you for the help.

The list that Chorizo provided resulted in my following up one of the hits - and driving to Iowa yesterday. I had to take my wife to the airport anyway, so I had already driven over an hour in the right direction. That makes it all a "have to", right? Right? Anyway, my new .50 cal barrel is...

Dexterity and strength of my hands has been waning for decades, time to adapt. My Remington '58s just aren't fun to shoot when battling to cock with both hands. My Colt 1860's are easier, but if the hands are having a bad day they bother too. These came in the mail today, from what I understand...

Thanks Chorizo That'll teach me - I could'a sworn I looked on Ebay..............

What have folks seen as to a .50 New Englander barrel ONLY for sale? Any input on value? I'm posting this here instead of the classifieds as a 'want to buy' because I ain't quite sure if I'm ready to buy. I've owned a 12 ga. New Englander for a long time and like it. Every once in a while I...

One of my Dad's hunting and fishing buddies (they have both left this world) was a rural mailman in northern Minnesota for decades. He would arrange at least part of his trap line so he could check it on his mail route. He saw plenty of damaged packages, some of his co-workers were fond of the...

I have a pair of Pedersoli Frontiers in .32 caliber (one flint - one percussion), built in 2001 and 2002 respectively. They purposely come with high front sights to sight in the elevation with your chosen load.