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Any thoughts on why the performance was a little underwhelming here? At about half the distance, these were much better on water jugs. As it happened, the 12 gauge got outshone by two rifles, and one of those was a blackpowder muzzleloader. Came close to using some 2-3/4" rifled slugs, but...

Thought I would share. The frontstuffer was the surprise champ this time out, performing much better than expected. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpqcUUdbHMc The .50 is a caplock, and as mentioned in the video, paired with a cloth patched .480" swaged lead roundball, and tamped down on...

Folks, I would like to invite opinions, suggestions, and speculation on some testing I intend to do. Short version: Pietta 1860 Army .440" swaged lead roundballs ~35 gr of FFFg blackpowder Well fitting caps I picked up a box of undersized balls to do some testing regarding...

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/299221-house-gop-lawmaker-we-are-not-backing-away-on-gun-bill If this isn't a lesson on why the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is NOT a strictly partisan issue, it should be. "House Republicans are not ruling out passing gun legislation this year, according...

Missouri pro-gun bill passes House The following bill, dubbed "The Second Amendment Preservation Act", passed in the MO House by a vote of 115-42, above the 109 that would be needed in case of a veto. The current text of the bill can be found here...

With all the endless yammering about how the Remington NMA is so fantastic, what with its amazing ability to swap cylinders... Here is a demo of swapping cylinders on an open-top "Colt". No claims to being *fast*, but it certainly isn't a week-long process. :neener...

I've made several batches of paper cartridges for a .44 revolver. But shopping for brands is like playing the lottery. Or maybe like stealing porridge... Too wide, too narrow, or juuuust right. For lack of any knowledge of rolling papers, I got lucky buying the white pack of Zig-zags. I also...

...A topic that pops up so often elsewhere... And that I think could maybe be best answered in the Blackpowder Realm. :neener: Now, of course revolvers are pretty ubiquitous around here, and should need little introduction. But Autoloaders... that may take some imagination. Well, if we are...

Just as the title implies, I wanted to seek some recommendations on loading lead round balls (either .451" or .454" Hornady, swaged) in .45 ACP, using Bullseye powder. A while back, I loaded up 10 as an experimental run. I don't have my notes in front of me, but what I made were: .451"...

... How much were primers? If you'd be so kind, give an approximate price per thousand, and about what year you started. When I started, they were on the shelf for just over $30. Not so long ago...

So I actually held one of the beasties. They are about as rare as unicorns and hen's teeth as far as I have seen. Anyway, I found one for sale at pawn shop in a nearby town. It was beat, and in poor looking shape. I picked it up, examined, removed the cylinder, etc. It had the legendary...

So I had an idea, no doubt a derivative of the mercury dime used as a '51 front sight, as seen in this thread. http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=615872 It came down to meeting some criteria. A coin. Something period: Approximately mid-19th century. Something bright, like brass...

So it's on the "light" side of gunsmithing... You folks that have made your own grips, any suggestions on how to do it? What woods, what techniques, what finishes, etc. With a minimum of tools and supplies, I made a set of grips to fit a "vest pocket" .25 ACP. (Astra 200). Nothing fancy...

You folks that have tried swapping grips on your Colt pattern revolvers, have you found any combinations that you prefer over the originals? Such as, the trigger guard, grip frame and grip from a '51 Navy put on a '60 Army, etc. I remember seeing a cut down snubbie made that had the...

Ok, I was WRONG! I picked up a Pietta 1860 Army repro. While browsing powders, I settled on Hodgdon Triple Se7en. The Good: It shoots. It lights (#10 CCI caps). It makes decent paper cartridges. And the fouling isn't bad. The Bad: Hodgdon has loading data for the 1860 Steel frame. They give...

I ran across something new (to me) at a gun show yesterday. I'm not up on the surplus swiss rifles, but I believe this was one of the 1911 rifles (by looking at pictures of the '11 and '31). The barrel was stamped .308 Win. I am assuming it was re-chambered from the original 7.5x55 by...