Recent content by Mike_In_BC

I have an old battered new englander, it is a 12g with no engraving on the lock. Kinda looks a piece but shoots well with patched balls. Never yet hit a clay pigeon with it though.

One of the old timers I shoot blackpowder with told me that back in the 70's here in BC they used to sometimes have an event at one of the rendevouz where you had two minutes (or some time period) to shoot at a paper target. The person with the most ball holes in the target at the end of the...

For what it is worth I have three euroarms remington revolvers (all .44 cal) and they work fine.

Nitro proofed just means it was tested with smokeless gunpowder. Instead of black powder I guess, old Lee-Enfield rifles got marked BNP for Birmingham nitro proof.

I have seen some 44-40 new services up here in canada, they seem to fetch a premium price here in canada because they supposedly slip through some loophole in the registration rules because of the caliber. They go for about 2000bucks instead of the 500-1000 one in a different caliber sells for...

I know other people are going to disagree with this but if you have a case trimmer, I would just trim down .38 specials. I know that every range around here there are piles of .38 specials kicking around. I have a couple of hundred .38 s&w cases but have used lots of cut down .38 specials. I...

These revolvers must be more common up here in canada. I have a couple of enfield's and an older .455 webley. I shoot all of them a bit, they were built to last forever and they probably will. I think the way to check the timing is with the trigger pulled (make sure it is empty) and the hammer...

I have a norinco and a russian tok I bought both for 150 bucks canadian each a couple of years ago. I love my norinco, it came with a 7.62 barrel, three 7.62 mags, a 9mm barrel and three 9mm mags that have a kind of spacer to put the case farther forward. It works fine in 9mm with the 7.62 mags...

I have a commander sized norinco 1911. Mine certainly looks no great shakes, but it is accurate, and 100% reliable. It even feeds swc, and jhp no problem. Mine has blued finish that is starting to get pretty worn out looking, but if you want a good durable pistol, and don't care that it says...

I have only just gotten a cz-52, I thought that because it looked twice as high-tech as a tt-33 it would be twice as good. After having played around with it for a while I'm sad to say that the tok is a superior piece for me. I can shoot a tok all day even with the small grip frame no sweat, but...

I'm glad it worked. The decocker seems to work on my cz-52, but I never use it because so many people have had them go off. Plus why the heck would I need a decocker on a single action pistol? I can see the reason for a da/sa like a walther p-38 but it puzzles me on a single action. I think I...

I think I know how to fix that. I just recently got one of those and was having the same problem. I took the grips off and noticed that there is a little spring that looks like the spring in a clothespin spring on the left side right at the spot where the mag follower pushes the deal that holds...

Is it a top break, or do you load on at a time from the right side? Either way, I'm no expert but they were what people call "Saturday night specials" or "suicide specials". They are pretty much worthless, I think the most valuable best preserved example I'v ever seen sell around here in western...

Thanks, I think I will get one with the .45 acp cylinder even though I plan to shoot mostly .45 colt with it.

Hi, just a couple of questions here. I've been thinking of getting a blackhawk in .45 Colt. But when I was looking on their website I was reminded that they make a convertable blackhawk with a .45 Colt, and a .45 ACP cylinder. Then I remember reading something somewhere about accuracy problems...