Recent content by CharlesK80

BTW, Bower, that looks like a glow plug crush washer for a Veco 19. Did a little of that my self in the ‘70s. ROAR.

I tried the glue method but it would not stand up to firing and cleanings. I this last week silver soldered brass washer or hex nuts to arbors in three colts: dragg, army & navy. On the arbor end using mapp gas and silver solder. Filed to fit. Have not shot any yet. Too cold. Immediate...

Busyhands, please tell us details about shooting BP guns under water.

Jaymo, thanks. Makos is the best.

Makos, do you have some written documentation or evidence that Ruger’s european liability concern was the reason Ruger quit ROA production? I find that hard to believe. American liability might well be greater and I do not think it would be sufficient cause to stop production. My guess is...

Much more interested in your 1993 Allante. What color? Miles? Condition? Pics? Any gang banger can leave caps in the sun. But a man of good taste will be found in an Allante.

FOKKER, do you have a Dr1? Or just a fan, like me?

In my state they are protected and the permit is mucho hard to get. So much depends on the whim of the local or State Fire Marshal. Have only taken one. Definitely a long shot. Strange as it may seem, when removed from the nest when very young they can be domesticated and make great pets...

I have put over 120 shots though my ROA w/o removing the cylinder or cleaning. Only loading on the gun. 25 gr. of 3f behind a .457 ball, but using a lube pill behind the ball and / or petroleum grease over the ball. My hands and gun get dirty but no stoppages. In fact I have done that a...

Articap, that chart is nothing more than a great example of made-up stopping power numbers. I would not be willing to bet my life on any of them. Nor the life of anyone else. Stopping power can never be more than a guess until the perp is shot. Then you know. The variables preclude any...

This will be some weak side help for embattled Roddoc. I wrote in another post that I used washer spacers to lengthen the arbors on my A.Uberti Navy and Army. The proof house mark for the Navy is AF (1980) and for the Army AE (1979). If that matters. The Navy arbor dia. measures .0422 in...

Junkman 01, I have such a drill bit. It is common and not at all unique. It is cone shaped with a point where it first contacts and enters the work, at one end, and a wide base at the other. When the bit is removed from the work the entrance is now wider than the end of the hole. Actually I...

Makos, thank you for your excellent reply. My researches are quite limited and the prospect of my finding answers to your questions would be like a pig searching for pearls. Please, since you know the answers, favor us with the information. The only significant report on this issue is that...

Makos, I have never made BP nor purchased any lot greater than 25 pounds at a time. I am jealous of your knowledge of the sport, its tools and powders. However, I was astonished at your implication that Union black powder was inferior to that produced in the Georgia mill based upon the sole...

This is a great thread. Am waiting for Makos input who was going to put something together. As a side note, I too used, yesterday, washers in my A.Uberti ’51 Navy (Western Arms) to get the arbor length correct. Gap, with cylinder pushed full back and hammer cocked is .008” to .009”...