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I'm wanting to get a conversion revolver to play with BP cartridges (and also finally have a revolver to shoot smokeless loads indoors). But I've only got ~$500 to play with. I love the style of the old open top colts. I already have a walker and an 1860. I cant touch the 1860, but I can...

Merry Christmas guys! I am considering hitting the outdoor range tomorrow and shooting my colts that I haven't had out in probably a year or so. I have probably half a box of hornady .454 lead balls that I pulled out of my black powder box and they're coated in a fined even coat of lead...

Hey guys I need help zeroing the diopter iron sights on my PTR91 for ranges in yards. I understand the process of zeroing sights in general. The problem I am having here is that most of the ballistics data I can find for .308 (specifically HSM 168gr BTHPM) is all in yards. The 0-100, 200, 300 &...

Never been hunting before, however I did do the req'd safety course last year. Just have to buy a license whenever we have a date/time set. So far the plan seems to be that a group of us are going out to a piece of property one of them owns and basically stalking around to find some pigs...

My gf bought me a Sig SP2022 for Chirstmas (but I'm not allowed to play with it yet). I have gotten a nice De Santis OWB holster fot it, but I'd like a shoulder rig that is capable of holding it with a TLR1 attached to the front for night time outings. So far anything I've found only just...

Ok, so on the same RIA 1911 from my other post. I had noticed a few months back after shooting a 3 gun competition that the set screw on the rear sight (Novak style) was just about to fall out. I tightened it down, but about a week ago during some practice shooting I noticed thqt it was hitting...

Howdy. I've got an RIA 1911 Tactical. Has about 1,700 rounds through it. The last 2-3 times I've taken it out to shoot competitions both of my back up pro mag magazines have failed to feed the first round out of the mag. It usually stops with the first round about halfway out of the mag and I...

I have an RIA 1911 Tactical that has a 2 tone finish. The slide and moving bits are parkerized, but the frame is "nickel". I cant really tell if it is or not, it just has a matt steel looking finish. The reason I ask is I bought a novak picatinny rail to mount on the dust cover that I...

Just came across this video lastnight. (I like this guy's channel!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ogJlaLi3k Just got me thinking a bit. I know it's meant for smooth bore, but if you can patch a round ball and shoot it out of a muzzleloader. Why couldn't you wrap a slightly larger patch...

Might do some hog hunting later this fall and want to take my Walker as a BUG. I trust its reliability enough to use it for such and I'll be hunting along side some buddies who'd back me up as well as would like a chance to shoot it on their property. I do, however, somewhat question it's...

I've had a Steyr S9-A1 for a little over a year now with a Viridian light/laser on it for my carry rig. I've put about 500-700 rounds through it, but only the usual stand shoot at paper. Finally I got enough gear to take to to an IDPA match. I found a few issues that could be fixed with...

Next weekend I'm planning on rolling down to the Texas hill country for an annual weekend long camping trip essentially. Only I'm doing it on a motorcycle. Inevitably firearms come along. Bring wacha wanna show off and admire others ,etc. kind of thing. I'm contemplating bringing my...

Took the gf to the range for her first time shooting BP and to do a little bit of research for her novel. This was the first time shooting the 1860 and the first six rounds went flawlessly. She loaded the next 6 and 4 of them misfired. I thought I was watching her close enough that I dont...

Doodoodootdootdootdoot doo-doo My main carry gun is a Steyr S9-A1 with a viridian C5L. Fits my hand like a glove, I like the sights. Have owned it for almost a year with north of 500rds with only one FTF that was ammo related (old reloaded ammo purchased from gunshow that the bullet was...

Hey guys. I took my gf to the local range to have her shoot my AR (any AR for that matter) for the first time. She is left eye dominant so she shoots rifles & shotguns left handed and this brought up an issue. After a few rounds into a mag the smoke and residue starts to build up in and around...

I originally purchased T7 to shoot with because I was under the impression that it was less corrosive, or at least more forgiving about how long you waited to clean and how thorough you were than the holy black. Is it really that bad? I'm not anal about how historically accurate I am with...

Took my new walker out to the range the other day and had a blast shooting BP for the first time. Anyways, after about 4 cylinders worth it was dragging real bad. I could barely get the cylinder to tur, even by hand. I had to use a rubber/plastic to rap on the barrel until it was loose enough...

Been slowly setting up to make my own paper cartridges and got a hold of an old phone book for paper. Yesterday I mixed up a glass of hot water and spectracide stump remover. Though I didn't think ahead to measure out the ratio of water to chemical. I did cut up some paper and pour it in top...

I've been reading around. I'm trying to get an idea of when cartridge revolvers became the standard. I know around the late 1860s to early 1870s is when real production of standardized designed for cartridges revolvers started. But when did people really start moving away from C&B revolvers? I...