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Not to add confusion to those already confused, but I've mentioned a time or two in this forum that a few of the true 'old timers' that actually used C&B revolvers were still around for me to talk to. My father goes even farther back to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma at the tail end of 'The Old...

Loosing fine motor skills in high stress situations happens. You'd be surprised or perhaps not, how quickly your 1 MOA on the range goes away in combat. Been there, done that in Viet-Nam. Same as being a cop in a gun fight. Been there too. One of the reasons you're always? hearing on the...

Have been shooting C&B revolvers for ages, or so it seems, over 40 years and never had a chain fire. (Old timers called the ring fires.) Perhaps I'm just fortunate. When I loaded with loose powder, would wipe the cylinder face then apply lube to the chambers over the bullets. Seemed to work. The...

Carried a C&B for years as a 'daily driver' and never felt at a disadvantage. My very first was a .36 cal. original Confederate Colt that I picked up in a pawn shop. Eventually had to replace it because it needed repaired and 'modern' parts would work. Then a .44 Remington. Various .44 Colt...

Many years ago, an instructor at the police academy told us that most (hand)gun fights took place at 25 yds. or less, with 15 to 20 feet being the average. If I can put a 3-round group in the X ring on a man-size target at 25 yards, I figure that it will stop all but the most determined...

I too, grew up in the 50's watching Disney's. Davey Crockett. Looking back, it seems as if he never measured his powder. I suppose it's possible. Had a true 'old timer' that grew up during the muzzle loading days, tell me that it didn't matter how much powder you put down a barrel, only so much...

Once went to a rifle range with a friend to try a new rifle (not BP but cartridge) I had bought. Saw a man there firing a flintlock. He swabbed his bore between shots, and I couldn't understand why. This friend of mine had at the time been hunting and shooting competition with muzzleloaders for...

I like corn, corn bread and corn tortillas. Mush is something I'll pass on. Never eaten chitlins. but I know that I wouldn't eat pig intestines. Some things you know instinctively you won't like, so why torture you taste buds and stomach by trying to eat them? But yes. the taste, the texture are...

I know that grits are a proud Southern tradition? I have even encountered them in Wisconsin and Minnesota many years ago, but honestly, I think they are disgusting. Much like boiled okra that I have too encountered at various times and places. So, by all means ENJOY! My dad, who grew up during...

Had an 'original' brass frame Confederate .36 caliber that I picked up in a pawn shop, for almost nothing, when interest in shooting BP started up again in the early 60s.& C&B, black powder was in its infancy. Fun shooter, though I kept the loads of BP to 20-25 grains of because of its extreme...

Saw M1-M2 carbines. In fact, I carried and M2. Full size Garands, NOPE! Was all over that country, trucking supplies and such, for a while working a TMP. In fact, in one Montagnard village, saw a match lock rifle. As for C&B at the OK Corral, C&B would have probably still been around, but in...

You'd probably be devastated then watching the History Channel when they show reenactments of historical events. Once saw a cap lock rifle in an event that happened before the era of cap locks. Saw a match lock being used in a modern-day event. One saw an episode about the OK Corral shoot out...

Look at the old movies. Calvery men have pouches on their belts. According to the best information, spare cylinders were carried in these along with, perhaps, spare paper cartridges and not in your 'britches. Besides, the chance of an accident discharge, even a chain fire was almost nil...

Am 76. first got interested in BP in the late 60s, early 70s. Was right out of the army. Can't say modern muzzle loading was in its infancy, but where I lived in Oklahoma there wasn't much going on. My first encounter with BP was Brazilian made under hammer of very questionable quality...

Never had to show ID for any shipments from USPS of Fed Ex but am always charged HazMat fees on percussion caps but not on (black powder) paper cartridges. Never understood the distinction. Generally, most packages that won't fit in my mailbox are place in front of my apartment door. Always wary...

Had a friend that liked to hunt moose. He carried a .458 Win. Mag. He told the story of how he had come upon a grizzly while hunting. A small ravine, about 10 yards across separated him from the bear, he said that down one side of the ravine and up the other was about 1/4 mile. Said he leveled...

Looking through your nipple to 'see daylight' doesn't mean that there is no residue from cleaning solvent or oil left in your chambers that degrade your powder and cause a misfire or even incomplete ignition. To be sure, I dry patch the chambers several times before loading loose powder after I...

Going through a normal firing sequence can also (possibly) leave bits of fulminate to block the flash holes, but in of 40+years of using cap & ball revolvers, I have never run into this issue, and I have fired hundreds of rounds from C&B revolvers. But then, I suppose anything can happen. As...

Don't know if this helps, some, most of you probably do this, but when I load with loose powder instead of paper cartridges, I cap the empty chambers and fire them. This burns out any contaminates left over from cleaning and such. (Just another trick I learned for the 'old timers' that were...

The only time that a C&B revolver failed to fire was some years ago. Purchased a box of Remington caps (Are these still made?) Anyway, 4 out of 6 misfired. CCIs are the only thing that are available where I live. These give me consistent ignition. As for fired caps falling into the action, have...