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    Gun from Civil War found in trash can at Gettysburg Walmart

    Everyone's taking cracks at the author but it's entirely possible this was written by, or at least drafted by a computer program. A lot of rags are letting these so-called "Artificial Intelligence" programs to write and publish with no oversight. Heck, a few dumb attorneys have even let these...
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    Lack of cylinder safety pins

    Looking at my 2nd Gen Colt manual maybe I'm getting my terminology wrong. The manual describes the "safety notch" as the postion I called half-****. The manual calls half **** the loading position. According to the manual the safety notch will keep the hammer from falling unless forces 35lbs are...
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    Want to buy Civil War reproduction rifle

    For reenactment, you have to talk to your unit first. Some will allow basically anything that looks "close enough" (including smooth-bore Indian guns with pipe for a barrel, in units that fielded antebellum muskets) but most will have a specific list of approved weapons for authenticity purposes.
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    what is the difference

    As others have said, the main difference in the '61 Navy is a round barrel and geared "creeping" loading lever. The earliest examples also had a fluted cylinder like the 1860 army but without the rebated belt of metal at the rear. After the first ~100 production models this was replaced with a...
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    Disappointing Afternoon with a Old Friend.

    I'm still what most on this forum would consider a tenderfoot, late 20s, so I won't pretend to know the challenges our more experienced shooters have with eyesight. But I will share my father's experience. He stopped pistol shooting shortly after he left the Army. Didn't start again till he was...
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    Do you aim or point and shoot instinctively?

    The sights on most .44 pistols were regulated at ~75 yards. Take second to line up the sights, squeeze the trigger, and anyone who has conquered pistol fundamentals will be able to consistently hit the torso of human silhouette targets offhand. From a rest like a bench or a fence post most...
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    Favorite cap, Uberti 1851, 158s, 1860s?

    I switched to shooting RWS caps and Swiss powder because of the COVID shortages in 2020. My groups noticeably improved and I stuck with them even after cheaper alternatives became available. I used to prefer Remington caps but the ones I've tried in the last year have been hit or miss. I think...
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    Cva Kentucky Pistol Misfire

    What kind of pistol? I had a problem like this on an old Walker reproduction. Turned out that the barrel wedge was slightly undersized so the hammer pushed the cylinder and barrel forward ~1/64 of an inch and in the process lost enough energy to crush the cap into the nipple without popping it. I
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    Lack of cylinder safety pins

    Life is full of balancing risk-benefit. What you would do at a range is different than what you might do in Indian country. I'm happy to avail myself of modern safeties but I wouldn't give up a sixth shot carried on half **** in a revolver if I reasonably expected a fight just because of the...
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    Advertised case hardening on BP revolvers

    Most "Color Case Hardening" on modern guns is simply a bath in cyanide salts to give the metal pretty colors on the surface. All or nearly all modern firearms are made from heat treated steel. There is no mechanical benefit to infusing additional carbon into the surface of the firearm through...
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    Grease or Oil on the Arbor

    The Mill-Com grease was designed for things like rotary canons on the A-10 Warthog. It holds up to fouling an order of magnitude greater than anything a Colt arbor receives. It's just hard to justify the price when plenty of cheaper grease products are good enough for BP needs. I got a sample...
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    Grease or Oil on the Arbor

    As many have said grease is the way to go. I personally use MIL-PRF-81322G spec grease on all my revolvers, BP and modern alike. Commonly sold as Mobilgrease 28 or AeroShell 22. It's an aviation grease meant for things like landing gear and helicopter rotors. Have shot revolvers all day in...
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    Grease or Oil on the Arbor

    Mill-Com TW-25B. Amazing stuff buts its expensive. Rated for -90° F to +450° F.
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    Making live paper cartridges with "TheTubeFactory" paper tube blanks?

    I went ahead and ordered some .58 and .44 caliber tubes. The .58s were perfect for live fire and fit neatly within reproduction cartridge box tins after loading. Fired 25 consecutive shots combat-style, standing and aiming at a steel silhouettes at 100-300 yards. No cleaning between shots...
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    FOR SALE Pietta Starr Double Action .44 Cal Percussion Revolver

    Yes, it sold for $800. Not through this forum, a gentleman at my gun club made me an offer after seeing me shoot it.
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    Antiquing percussion revolvers

    I have successfully browned several Percussion revolvers as well as several 1873 SAA clones. I don't care if it's "authentic" I just think a plum brown finish looks cool. I will update this post with pics later when I get home. My process is: 1) Soak all "blued" gun parts in white vinegar...
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    Making live paper cartridges with "TheTubeFactory" paper tube blanks?

    I recently came across the Etsy Store "TheTubeFactory" which sells pre-formed paper tubes for various caliber musket and rifle needs at reasonable prices. I've always put off paper tube loading because of the time it would take to hand roll the volume I shoot every month, but don't have the time...
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    FOR SALE India Made Reproduction 1842 "Palmetto" Springfield Smoothbore

    A lot of the Indian guns I've seen are great for props/wall displays/blank-fire demonstrations and certainly look the part from a reasonable distance. It's just a quirk of the fact that these guns are usually hand-made by Indian craftsman one at a time rather than mass-produced according to a...
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    FOR SALE India Made Reproduction 1842 "Palmetto" Springfield Smoothbore

    Very unlikely an original lock will fit. These indian guns are all hand fit. Parts can rarely be swapped from a different gun from the same importer, let alone from an original.
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    1861 Springfield two bands

    That is clearly an Enfield rifle. Don't know the deal with the Federal Eagle replacing the Royal Armory crown mark.
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