Recent content by tpelle

I have not yet had a chance to examine a Uberti with the retractable firing pin, but my experience years ago with a Uberti Cattleman with the tilting hammer block has soured me on the entire concept. I will not purchase any revolver, no matter who makes it, with any such similar system. I...

The original issue here is not a problem with what the OP was doing to get the brush stuck. The problem is the totally useless brushes being foisted on the shooting public by what used to be trustworthy merchants. I have a revolver that I had been shooting cast lead bullets in, and the bore...

One other thing - I have changed the nipples on my 1860 replicas to the TRESO nipples. I just checked with one of the popular on-line vendors and found the cost of 6 TRESO nipples to be $32.00. I also checked with a vendor of percussion revolvers and found his cost of 6 replacement Pietta...

I still maintain that the majority of chain fires in percussion revolvers originate at the nipple end of the cylinder. Read Sam'l Colt's description of his efforts to eliminate multiple discharges posted above. He references that fact that his early prototypes were so constructed that the...

midlandman, I guess that I really don't engage in "extended shoots". Usually after three or so cylinders-full, when the action starts to drag, I just break the revolver down and do a quick clean with a shop rag to remove the worst of the fouling.on the cylinder and arbor, then re-apply lube to...

I'm glad to see this topic come up, and I believe that Mizar is 100% correct - most chain fires come from ill-fitting and pinched caps. When I first started fooling around with percussion revolvers I believed what I read on the Internet - that chain fires were caused by the flash from the...

I recall in "Lonesome Dove" one of the main characters carried a Walker, and he was seen reloading it the ol' fashioned way. The other main character was depicted in an earlier scene cleaning his rifle in the Rio Grande.

That's the best application for a Hi Point I've seen yet!

Yes, I knew that, but I was trying to be brief in my reply. Actually, from what I understand, when FN refused the sale, a shady eastern european arms dealer stepped in and convinced Saddam that he had connections with FN, so when Saddam gave him the order he went to FEG (still behind the Iron...

Yes, I did put a trigger pull gauge on it, but the gauge I have is one of those "fish scale" jobbies, not one of the hi tech digital ones. My reading may be wrong. I does pass the safety test, though.

Well, you're correct. There are no markings on it. I was only going on the representations made by the seller. What it does have is a hole in the bottom of the grip frame where a lanyard swivel was removed, and this indicates to me that is has some sort of uniformed service in its past...

I find that, with a good iwb holster and a thick reinforced belt, the Hi Power carries quite comfortably. But most importantly, I can shoot the Hi Power so much better than a more compact handgun. I am a pretty big guy, though, which helps with concealment. I'm about 6'-2" and 265 pounds with...

The P35 Hi Power is one of my all time favorite pistol designs - If a Hi Power is set up right, I actually prefer it over the 1911! Anyway I have an early MKIII, still with a forged frame, that was actually the first "serious" pistol that I ever purchased, back about 30 or so years ago. But...

I believe that Colt's referred to the "big end" of the barrel, where the wedge passed through and the loading lever mounts, as the barrel lug. (But I could be wrong.)

I was shooting my WWII Springfield (the gov't arsenal founded during the George Washington administration, not the modern commercial manufacturer) M1 Garand once, and an elderly gentleman came up and inquired about it. He said he hadn't seen one of those since he was mustered out at the end of...