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For smaller work I really do like the 7X series lathes produced by Seig. I have turned countless small, precision parts on lathes like this over the years such as screws, firing pins, tumblers, reamers, bullet mold cherries, etc. I teach, among other things, introductory machining classes and my...

Actually underhammers go back to the 18th century and there were a few rare flintlock examples in this period. The first percussion underhammers were probably invented by the Ruggles in the mid 1820s. The Ruggle brothers were one of the most prolific builders of these guns, but tragically both...

Lot's of different loads. I remember using 110 grains and 1 1/2 ounce loads in my Pedersoli 10 when hunting goose in North Dakota and took a lot of snow, mallards, and a few honkers with that gun/combo. I also had a Navy Arms 12 gauge that I used a lot on ducks, shot a few geese with it but...

No pictures, but they aren't copies. I am going forward with the transfer, figure at the very least I won't lose anything on the deal and even if I did I have lost more money on dumber things in the past. I will call them early Christmas presents to myself.

I was at an out of state gunshop while heading home on Christmas break and came across 4 3rd model colt derringers in 41 rimfire. Condition of the set ranged from a couple with most of the original finish 70-80% and two with less than 20%. All were clean, not messed with, tight and with good...

I think the advice you received on the first is sound, but something about the second does not feel quite right. It might not be anything, or it might be. I would take it to a reputable gun shop and have it looked over. I would not sell it untill you get a couple different opinions and do a lot...

TVM are ok, but you shouldn't limit yourself. Check out Track of the Wolf. They have a good selection of custom muzzleloaders including Hawkens for sale. Sixteen hundred will get you in the ball park.

Thank you for all the information, this is going to help a lot.

Hello, I am moving to Lancaster, PA in a few weeks and am looking for information on ranges in that area, and hopefully any close IDPA matches. Any information would be appreciated, I do not know the area very well at this point.

For me the expense is negligible when you consider the volume of what you shoot. I was at the range awhile back and watched a shooter at the next line go through a couple hundred rounds of 40 S&W in about the same timd it took me to run 5 cylinders through my 58 remington. Perhaps I am just a...

I used to make quite a few of them, but not with cigarette papers. I would get a jar of potassium nitrate from our local drugstore and make a saturated solution that I soaked the paper in. I don't recall what paper I was using but I was buing it from a stationary store and it was very thin...

Shiftyer1, Or, just keep your loaded cylinder in your pistol and cap it the way folks normally do when they shoot them. There is a lot more protection of the capped cylinder when it is installed on the gun than there is when not. I have been shooting cap and ball revolvers for 30 years and never...

The tests would be mostly pointless and could not be generalized for other terrains. There is always a chance a dropped cylinder could go off if it were capped, how big a chance is open for debate. Perhaps you may be willing to take the chance, but is it OK to put the other person nearby at risk...

Though you probably know this, don't shoot that nice old double with steel shot under any circumstances.

Looks like something that deserves to be in a nice glass display case, interesting to be sure.

Everything is there, shot it the other day and it works perfectly.

Thank you for the info. Ironically I found out this revolver was once my fathers which he sold to my friends dad back in the 70's. jnteresting how things work out.

Here are some pictures of it, it does have the 6.5" barrel and is in very nice condition. Should be fun to play with.

Thank you for the response, for some reason I had it in my head that 38-44's were so marked. He offered it to me today for $500 which I jumped at and will be picking it up later tonight. I suspect the barrel on it probably is a 6 1/2", but I didn't measure it the other night and just assumed it...

A friend brought over a couple of S&W's yesterday that had belonged to his father, one in particular seemed a bit unusual. At first glance I figured it was a 38-44 as it is on an N frame, but the barrel is clearly marked as a 38 special. The serial number seems to indicate 1952 production. Its a...