Recent content by TomK

I have been reading with interest the "black powder for defense" entries here in both the Black Powder and the Cowboy Action forums and would like to add to the discussion. As someone said (paraphrasing) "You defend yourself with what you HAVE, not with what you WISH you had!" If, for whatever...

It's the LAW Mykeal---You're right---with firearms of any type, Murphy's Law is STRICTLY ENFORCED at ALL TIMES! (Anything that CAN go wrong WILL go wrong---at the worst possible moment!) TomK

What A Wonderful Hobby First, you spend a fortune on one of those.....guns? Then you take it home and mount it on a special custom-built wall-rack. Then you install special lighting to accent the....gun? Then you arrange your most comfortable chair where you can sit and admire your new....gun...

I just had one of those early-morning Wild-Idea attacks. Does somebody know somebody who might know somebody who knows where (and if) the True Black is available for sale in the state of South Carolina? Oh STOP! It may BE a silly question, but it wasn't THAT funny! TomK

Many Thanks I appreciate the gentle guidance y'all gave. Both the kids and I get a bigger "blast" shooting the snub-Colt, we go to the range pure and simple for F-U-N, no other reason, so as advised, I'm going to work on the Colt's spring and wedge a bit, and then order a cylinder for the...

I am the proud and quite satisfied owner of a (Cabela's) Pietta 1860 Colt "snubbie," and a (Cabela's) Pietta "1858 Remington," both of the .44 caliber persuasion. I am considering thinking about maybe getting a conversion cylinder for one or the other. I am kinda confined to this powered...

Ooopsie? Thank you JamieC. I THOUGHT I saw the good Col. "bump" the muzzle of his colt to seat it, but I told me---Naah, not even in a movie. For REAL guffaws find a copy of "Distant Drums" with Gary Cooper, when he defeats the Seminole Indians using '73 Winchester lever-action carbines and a...

Okay---so I ain't too swift! I just watched "Gettysburg" for the umpty-umpth time and THIS time I actually paid attention to Col. Chamberlain, during the battle of Little Round Top, when he field strips his 1860 Colt to change cylinders. I thought it was a "good movie," and my thinking just...

My 16 year-old grand-boy got his first deer last year and has been bitten by the hunting-bug BIG-TIME! Don't tell him, but if his "deportment" (remember when we used that word?) stays as excellent as it has been this summer, and, if his grades justify a reward, Santa is going to bring him a 12...

I've looked HIGH, and I've looked low, and no-where have I found the ballistics for Hogdon 777 fffg powder in "my" pistols. I have a "Colt 1860 3" snubbie," and a "Regulation '58 Remington"." As close as I've been able to calculate (I failed arithmetic in college) a 25.5g load of triple 7...

I've read that petroleum products and black powder are NOT friends. I've read that so much I've begun to believe it. Having been raised at Parris Island by Marine Drill Instructors I have fear and loathing for rust or crud on a firearm. My question is; for prevention of rust and lubrication of...