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Ratchet Wrench
You know what? Just the other day on another forum I recommended that someone buy one of these to remove a stuck nipple. Well, Saturday I had a stuck nipple on my oldest 1860 Army, so I got mine out, gave it a twist, and broke one side of the ratchet! I ended up soaking the nipple in PB... -
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Any Piettas to avoid
I have a Pietta 1860 that is date stamped BH. The major issue with it is that the cylinder arbor is slightly short, making it possible to wedge the barrel back against the cylinder. I'm thinking about using it as a test mule to try to defarb it, and I may just try building up the end of the... -
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44 Comparison
Just last night I was reading my copy of Elmer Keith's "Sixguns". In a chapter of this book, he related the experience of two Civil War veterans, one Union and one Confederate, that he personally knew. Both confirmed the same thing - that the round ball was a better manstopper than was the... -
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Shootin' Josey Wales Style
Mike, On your video I noticed that several times you paused and re-indexed, it looked like, the cylinder by hand. If so, is that in fact what you were doing? What was the issue? Did the bolt not properly lock the cylinder in battery? Could that be related to the oval locking notch of the...