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    CLOSED Colt Gen 2 Dragoon 3rd Model

    Were those made by Uberti or using Uberti parts?
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    From South Carolina

    Welcome from SC
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    whitneyville cylinder face wear

    If one were to just cock the revolver and practice holding and aiming with the revolver unloaded, gently let the hammer down on the nipple, and then repeat the process with the next chamber, if something were not correct would those drag marks along the cylinder stops still appear? Or does it...
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    Anyone else's gun like a very tight load ?

    I have a .40 flintlock made by a very good friend who was a member of our club and passed away years ago. It has a Rayl barrel and shoots best with a .400 ball and .018 pillow ticking.
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    Isn't this interesting...a cap gun...I had no clue!

    You can still come across some of the original primer tapes at CW shows. I have two, one unopened and still in the original wrapper and the other opened. I have even seen some in the original cylinder container. I have an original M1855 Pistol Carbine and the mechanism still works.
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    Oval Bolt Stops

    B P ARN, the bolt stops on your Walker are an elongated oval, looks kinda rectangular with rounded ends. If you look at DGW website under antique handguns in the Colt section, they have a Baby Dragoon with oval bolt stops. They are almost perfectly round, unless they have been deformed over...
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    Mountain Man Gear

    I still have the bag and horn. About 35 years ago I lost the stopper out of that first horn. When I had a chance to get home, I went over to where my grandparents had lived in the early 60's and where I used to spend so much time in the woods, found an old stick lying on the ground in the...
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    Oval Bolt Stops

    I have Ubertis Whitneyville Dragoon and 1st Model Dragoon. The bolt stops are an elongated oval. I had read Uberti did that. On the original Colts of those models the bolt stops are a true oval from the pictures I have seen I don't know if that is easier for Uberti or what their reason is.
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I am a Civil War collector and just placed an order on a M1842 Musket with the lock and barrel both dated 1845, and M1860 Spencer carbine. From the pictures both look very good. The Spencer was stored in a safe the last 40 years and the lever won't drop. I asked about the possibility of a...
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    Mountain Man Gear

    Very nice handiwork. Causes me to think back to 1981 when I bought my Sile Hawken, my 2d black powder gun and 1st black powder rifle. I didn't make anything but bought an inexpensive possibles bag from Uncle Mike's and a cheap horn at I believe the same sporting goods store I bought the rifle...
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    Which is historically correct, precut patches or cut at muzzle?

    A good question and something to think about. On one hand one would think just cut at the muzzle while loading. On the other hand if a hunter were out and the local inhabitants who had been there for centuries didn't appreciate him encroaching in their back yard and decided to do something...
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    Rogers & Spencer review

    The Rogers and Spencer is a very handsome firearm, and I am sure is extremely reliable. Someone mentioned its similarity to the Remington. If I remember correctly, without looking it up, someone from Remington went to work for Rogers and Spencer, which is probably the cause of the similarity...
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    Can you guys school me on grades of Hawkens? Quality, value, etc.

    My Hawken is a Sile I bought in 1981. It had the 28 inch barrel chrome lined 1:48 twist. It shot well and the lock and set triggers functioned well. It was .45. Probably over 20 years ago I ordered a Green Mountain .50 drop in barrel 32 inches because I wanted a longer barrel and round ball...
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    Patch Box?

    I don't mean this to sound funny or rude, but basically you can put in your patch box whatever you desire. Practically anything you put in your patch box you can carry in your bag. I personally love the sliding wooden patch box. I think it looks great. In mine on my Narragansett Armes Early...
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    Trying to understand this “short arbor” on Uberti revolvers

    Until some time ago when I started reading all these conversations on short arbors I never knew there was such a problem with Colt replicas. I had always shot a Remington nma. Now I understand the problems with the Ubertis and the short arbors. All of my Colts were originals and I never shot...
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    Pedersoli Brown Bess ?’s

    I believe if Mr. Kibler offered a Brown Bess it would be well accepted, especially with the 250th anniversary coming up. July last year I purchased from Dixie a Pedersoli M1777 French Musket to experiment on loads and use in smoothbore matches. I went with the Charleville over the Brown Bess...
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    Are The Italian Black Powder Manufacturers Going to Go out Of Business?

    I frequently go to DGW's site and look at the replica flint long arms and cap and ball revolvers. After doing that for several years I have found that each time I have checked there are firearms in both those categories I have never seen as out of stock, including the Pedersoli Brown Bess and...
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    How old is this powder?

    The powder is still good. That's why Civil War artillery shells are still a danger when unearthed today. Shoot the powder and keep the can. I have several cans like the one on the right I bought in the 80's over my kitchen cabinets. If you have other old cans that can will make a great display.
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    A Priming Horn by Spark Mumma

    Gorgeous little horn. I have two priming horns almost identical made by a good friend. One has a plunger on it for depositing the prime and I wear it around my neck for matches. The other has no spout or plunger and I carry it in my possibles bag on woods outings. I love those muzzleloading...
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    Kibler's .32 caliber SMR.

    Great job. That's a very beautiful rifle.
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