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Colt. In terms of a military caliber revolver that will run longest over the course of day's shooting, Colt patterns do far better than Remingtons. The Colt arbor holds more lube, then channels fouling into those nifty annular rings. The larger diameter of the Colt arbor vs. that 1/4" Remington...

I've browned dozens of barrels. I wouldn't ever attempt to fire-blue one, and that process is generally reserved for small parts in any case. I want this pistol to stand out from the rest of my collection. I may have failed to mention that this one's a 54. Thinking about it, I may run two...

I just added a Terava Jaakaripuuko 110 to the toolkit. I don't bushcraft much, and woe betide the fool who tries to baton through the local mesquite, but it's a very capable knife. It takes a little finesse to throw decent sparks with it as ground, so I may square the spine up. I don't know if...

Terava Jaakaripuuko 110. What a beast! I'm not a hard-core bushcrafter, but this thing can do anything you ask of it. It'll go elk hunting with me this fall.

I have one of these kits waiting my attention as we speak. It was a gift, and it turned out the barrel was in the "recall" range. It took a while to get the new tube from Lyman, and other projects passed it in importance. I intend to fire-blue the hardware, but I'm torn between browning the...

This what happens when you put the blueprints wrong-side-up on the light table.

It was common for photographers to keep various weapons on hand for when their customers wanted to look dangerous but left their guns at home. C.S. Fly was big on this, and several of his images of Apaches warriors feature the same Stevens Tip-Up rifle. Stagecoach Mary was said to carry a...

'76 that likely belonged to the photographer and employed as a prop.

Sure it does. It looks right on everything. 1911s, CZ-75s, Winchester lever guns, the cat, the canary, ALL OF IT.

So, is it a percussion gun? Inline, or drum and nipple? Flint? Target or hunting piece? I think starting at 20 or 25 grains of standard 3F black or Pyrodex P should suffice for a starting point.

Aaaaannnnnnnnnd I struck out. What I recall about the piece is that it was discovered in a safe by the family of the original owner, along with a holster marked by a San Francisco maker. All original and in excellent condition, apart from the latch repair.

I am reminded that the last Walker to go up for auction had a period repair made with......wait for it..... a Dragoon loading lever latch. I'm looking for the auction details now. It may not have been the "last" Walker auctioned off, just the last one I'm aware of. Still searching.

That's kind of what I figured, and I appreciate the responses. Guess I'll have to get a more legit Brown Bess repro and cut it down myself.

https://www.militaryheritage.com/index.html This site popped up in another thread, and they have products which are relevant to my interests. My concern is that these are the Indian gas-pipe KABLOOEY guns of years past. Does anyone here own and safely use any of these arms?

I don't recall where I read it, but what I read was that in an effort to squeeze some lemonade from this lemon, users would employ the dropped lever as a sort of ad-hoc vertical fore grip. This is not advisable, especially in light of the tendency of original Walkers to violently disassemble...