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Can't remember whether or not I joined this group. Oh, well. Got my first Marlin 39A, manufactured 1948, about 1951 or '52. Back when we were all Evil and Stupid and a 12 year old kid could wander the hills with his rifle, in peace. Gave that one to my younger son a few days ago. Well, seven...

Does anyone know - for sure - exactly what these marks on my Traditions Kentucky kit barrel mean? Yeah, they look like they should be proof marks. But are they for real, has this barrel actually been proofed? Or might they be something added to help market these rifles. I googled Spanish proofs...

I'd use whatever wood the Swiss claim to use. Regardless of wood choice, one must char it at the correct, and rather low, temperature. 900F runs in my mind but that could easily be an error. For making "moist burning" blackpowder one needs to retain some creosote (a.k.a, the hydrocarbons...

You might want to consider not talking to "everyone"

It is not nice to drop a loaded & capped cylinder. Though, I imagine it is nicer than being worked over by that Comanche. We have very little trouble with the native Americans on our local range, so loaded & capped cylinders are frowned upon. I have an early 2nd model Colt dragoon #89xx...

Ruger Mark II accurate. Browning 1911 A1 .22 cute little pocket pistol, reliable. Still, the Ruger is a Real gun.

Disassembly I understand to loosen the screw, put the hammer at half-cock (so says the Manual) & rap appropriately. That procedure used to work just fine for me, some decades ago. But now something is stuck. The frame only opens up a small amount. So, I guess my question would be, how...

Disassembly? This is a very embarrassing question. I cannot get my Marlin 39a apart to clean it. Do have old manual downloaded. Never had problems before, but, uh, until recently I don't believe I have shot or taken it down since the early 1960's. Recall it took down just fine then. Put...

I use Galco's leather pocket holster for my hammerless S&W snubbies, one Scandium 342 which is a bit painful to shoot, and a stainless 640 more pleasant to shoot but drags my trousers down a bit. For a while I used Uncle Mike's nylon/whatever pocket holsters, not nearly so good as my leather one...

I'd say, based on limited experience, choice of snubby depends upon how you intend to carry it, and your tolerance for pain. I am, personally, set on pocket carry, but do not claim it superior than inside or outside the belt, shoulder holster, &c. About 9 yrs ago bought a S&W 342, titanium...

Ah, Gentlemen, removing metal to flute the cylinder actually makes it stronger. Yes, having less metal here makes the cylinder stronger. It does so because it permits the chamber to expand more uniformly. The metal where the flutes were serves only to increase the stresses at that thin...

Flutes make the cylinder stronger. That metal where the flutes were, did nothing but concentrate stress to that point of the chamber on the outside diameter of the cylinder. Remove some useless metal there, i.e. flute the cylinder, and the chamber will expand more uniformly when fired, less...

Matt Alemeda--yes, the flutes increase the strength of the chamber. Don't recall whether I learned this in a Mechanical Engineering or a Metallurgy class, but at the time I believe Ike still shot a decent round of golf. My metallurgy professor, back in those civilized days, came in to class...

Clean any oil or whatever lube out of the chamber. Lubrication in chambers means higher pressures. Not good. as already been said, make sure the barrel has no gobs of grease in the bore.

As has oft been said, the best pistol is the one you LIKE to shoot, and will indeed practice with. I recently encountered a problem with that damn date on my driver's license, hence am somewhat in flux regarding pocket pistols. When I was 50ish I enjoyed silhouette shoots with my .44 mag. Times...

New Toy! Monday night met a fella & bought his slightly used Caywood Southern Mountain Rifle. .45 cal, 39" tapered & swamped barrel, weight something under 6 pounds. Flintlock, of course. I have a bad shoulder so need something I can lift. Tuesday--It shoots! I can actually fire some decent...

Before you harden the frizzen, which may well be necessary, you might want to look over the lock for places where excess friction/poor fit is reducing the power of the mainspring. First, even on well-regarded American made locks it can happen that the end (hook) of the mainspring is dragging on...

Couple of things. What make barrel? Ball dia? Patch thickness, lube? Last year shot a Pedersoli .45 cal Frontier with a great deal of ignorance, did not have a good ball size/patch/lube combo at all. Gun shot very differently with a slightly fouled barrel. Think it was the fault of my loading...

I rethought my initial enthusiasm for Cabelas sale, which was based on 1. low price 2. enthusiastic reviews on C's web side, though a couple were otherwise. So I looked closer at two from Dixie, their Remington Army "Shooters" Revolver RH0135 $675, and Dixie Remington NM Army Rev. SS1173 $600...

Cabelas has decided to make up their own laws, or have inadequate information on laws, for Michigan residents. I am not inclined to shop where I am discriminated against because of my state of residence. I may send them what I sent you, Mykeal, but have little expectation of influencing...