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Rodwha I left an 1851 Navy loaded for almost a year with Triple Seven. All the chambers went bang and I could not detect any difference. Crossfire

Idlfi7 If you get a Dragoon, you will end up wishing you had got the Walker. And you will probably end up getting a Walker anyway. Long Live The Walker. Crossfire

I ran across a web site that might be of interest to some shooters. Go to your browser and type in “Internet Movie Firearms Data Base.” You can type in your gun and find all the movies it is used in. Or type in the movie and find all the guns used in it. For instance, in John Wayne's “Alamo,”...

"When was black powder replaced by Smokeless?" Smokeless has never replaced black powder. Black Powder is stiill being manufactured and sold and I still buy it and shoot it. Crossfire

Wax bullets The first bullets I shot out of my 1860 Army were wax. The Remington caps would not push them out of the bore so I used 5 grs of Triple 7. Pour melted paraffin into a container about 5/8 inch deep and let it firm up but not harden. Drill out the primer pocket of a .45acp brass...

Best gun The only black powder revolvers to own and shoot are the Colt reproductions (steel frame). Everything else is ugly. Crossfire

Mdauben That Clint Eastwood movie was "Pale Rider," if I remember right.

Good morning, guys. Thanks for your responses to my inquiry. Not being able to figure out a way to overcome the heavy sear spring compression problem, I went ahead and ground it down with a dremmel tool and needle files right on the lock. I don't have a trigger pull scale and to begin with it...

Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. I hope your fall weather is as nice as mine has been. After dreaming about it for fifty-five years, I finally bought a flintlock rifle. A Pedersoli Pennsylvania Dixie .45 caliber from Dixie Gun Works. I really like the rifle even though I have yet to shoot...

Elmer Keith, in his book "Sixguns," used ffg in his 1851 Navy. He loaded to within a felt wads thickness of the top of the cylinder, and then seated the ball on top of the wad, compressing the load. He said the gun would cut clover leafs all day at twenty yards. I would try it, but black powder...

Several years ago I was in a local gun shop and the owner had left a pair of brass frame navy colts on the counter. I picked them up and they were so loose they rattled. I asked if they had been shot a lot. The owner said he had loaned them to a local theatrical company to use as stage props and...

Intercooler If you want a 44 magnum, go for it. Don't let these guys put you off. Personally, I wouldn't waste my money on a .38/.357

I am a traditional archer and build my own laminated long bows. I have never shot a compound bow, and will not given the opportunity. One thing I have noticed, when shooting with compound archers at 3D matches, is how slow the compound bows really are. A traditional archer will step up to the...

Busyhands94 I saw a Utube segment yesterday of a guy who used a plastic swimming pool filled with water to catch a slug from a .50 S&W. It looked like he could only get one round per pool though.

AFDavis11 I have a nickle plated S&W 29 4 inch barrel. I fired it a few times and then sent it off and had it Magna-Ported. It's amazing how much the magna-port helps control muzzle jump. The gun fired at night makes for some pretty spectacular photographs. And is very accurate. It carries...