Recent content by Sakima

Book If you can, get a copy of the NRA's Guide to the Basics of Personal Protection in the Home. I received a copy when I took a local NRA Personal Protection in the Home Course. It covers: Part I - Safety Part II - Mental Preperation Part III - Developing Defensive Shooting Skills...

Success I shot the pistol today...absolutely no problems. There must have been some filings or rust down in the chamber area that the initial shooting and hot soapy water cleaning got rid of. Thanks for all your ideas...

Update... I dropped by the local muzzleloaders supply today and had the pistol examined by them. They could find absolutely nothing out of order. They suspect that there were some metal filings/shavings in the cleanout area that had become lodged partially blocking the path of the flame...

Yes, it is a standard percussion ignition. The flash hole in the nipple is small, but no smaller than the ones in my rifles. The threads are course and my rifle ones are fine so I could not do a swap-out to rule out the nipple. I am unable to attach pic of the area in question to this...

I built a singleshot caplock .45 pistol from a kit over 20 years ago. Until today, that pistol resided on the endtable collecting dust. I decided that I wanted to shoot it since I recently started shooting blackpowder when I aquired a .54 cal rifle. I loaded it with 20 grains of FFF (per...

Great Shooting I have a pistol that looks very similiar that I built 20+ years ago. I don't recall the maker. Anyway, I have never shot the pistol, but recently discovered the fun of plackpowder with a .54 and .58 Investarms Rifles. I plan to take the .45 Pistol out the next time since I...