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Dear Phantom Captain It was them Yankee boys that didn't know how to shoot! Southerners grew up shooting rifles and consequently had a very good idea of trajectories, wind, etc. Please recall that it was General Burnside, who had witnessed first hand the effects of Southern Marksmanship...

Bet you didn't know that! Back in the late 1960's by then wife was a seamstress that started making repro Confederate and Yankee uniforms. The Late Colonel Lindsey P. Henderson of Savannah was the owner of the Factor's Walk Military Museum in Savannah. The museum simply displayed part of his...

Overtravel Dear junkman 01 Rifle Muskets are funny critters. On just about every "upgrade" you try you find some that work and some that don't work. When "Acting Master Armorer" James Burton of Harpers Ferry was conducting an exhausting series of experiments in the early 1850's that led...

Another hint! For any Colt or Remmie revolver, sooner or later the "Trigger & Stop" Spring is going to break. This is because it is a "Flat" spring that is on the thin side. Check with Wolff Springs and see if you can get a "Trigger & Stop" Spring made out of MUSIC WIRE. Wolff has them for...

Dear Swampmouse: I have been building and working on rifle-muskets for 40+ years. I have had members of my shooting team bring me their replica rifle-muskets with "Mushroomed" or "Battered" nipples with the complaint that their caps were "Fragging." In every case I can recall, replacing the old...

Remmie Mystery: This Might Be a Possibility I have been to Brescia, Italy and it is completely different from anything here in the United States. First and foremost-because there is a Government "Proof House" in Brescia much of the entire Italian firearms industry is centered around Brescia and...

CCI Caps First of all, I have been a Re-enactor, from time to time, beginning in the late 1960's right on thru the 1990's. I was in the Gettysburg '76 (Bi-Centennial) Re-enactment. I have also done "Living History" at Old Fort Jackson near Savannah, Fort McAllister near Richmond Hill, GA and...

I used to work for an Italian company that made reproduction 1858 Remington Revolvers and I have never heard of a "Nova" replica Remington revolver. Regardless, the gun (if it is Italian made) should have Italian proof marks on both the barrel and cylinder. IF it is Italian made it should also...

Because of complaints from the Civil War Re-enactment community, CCI has discontinued manufacturing their "Hot" Musket Caps and is now producing a "Re-enactment" musket cap that has about the same power as some of those roll caps you had when you got your first set of Roy Rogers Cap Pistols in...

Fraud Apparently, even back then, there were dishonest contractors that would defraud the government! LIke the old saying goes-the more things change the more they stay the same. I recall reading several first hand accounts from "The War of Northern Aggression" about Yankee soldiers on the...

P-58 Naval Rifle in .577 The most "accurate shooting" of all the Enfields was the P-58 Enfield Naval Rifle.(And the P-60 "Army" Version of the same) Both rifles had .577 caliber barrels with 5 lands and grooves along with "Progressive Depth" rifling which worked wonderfully with Minie Balls...

Save yourself a lot of trouble-simply trade your Rolling Block for replica muzzleloader. I am sure that there is a gun shop or two in Holland. What is the "Best" replica muzzleloader. IN my book it is the P-58 Enfield Naval Rifle in .577 caliber. They have been manufactured by Parker-Hale...

Don't Forget: After Casting; Wash Your Hands! (1) Only cast in a WELL VENTILATED AREA, remember that some strange fumes can come off of molten lead. You don't want to breathe in those fumes! (2) Whenever you handle lead, either when loading your gun or casting bullets be sure to wash your...

The Webley-Fosberry "Automatic Revolver" The "worst gun" I ever shot was a Webley-Fosberry Automatic Revolver that belonged to a collector friend of mine. While it looks like a funky Webley revolver, the top half of the gun that includes the cylinder, the top of the frame and the barrel...

Its the Hits that Count! Back in the 1970's I was invited to an informal Sunday afternoon shoot at the local police range in a small town in Tidewater Virginia. At the time I only had a WWII Luger with me. Several of us shot the course. I used the Luger and a good friend of mine used his .44...