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Emery paper If you do this, use emery paper instead of sandpaper. Personally, I'd rather have a small scratch than a large off-color spot. Of course, without pictures, it's hard to know how bad the problem really is. When I put the first scratch in my then new pickup, I noticed it more than...

Lens distortion Since both sides are leaning toward the center, I suspect lens distortion on a camera, in some manner like a modern fisheye lens.

Most holsters for the 1860 Army that I have seen have closed bottoms. I would think an open bottom would be better, lessening the danger of dirt of foreign matter collecting there and plugging the muzzle. Is there a reason for a closed bottom?

I have a couple of sealed Remington #11 caps in the old white tins [not paper labels]. I opened one tin and fired a couple of them that were OK. I'm wondering if they would likely all be reliable. I'm not sure how old they are. When did Remington change to the green tins?

Silverado My favorite western is Silverado. Pure fiction. No date stated to compare weapons with history. Just good entertainment with pretty fair actors. I watch it about every six months or oftener. Of course, I watch Quigley several times a year, too.

I just watched The Sacketts last night. It was interesting to try to identify the weapons used. What was Tyrell's revolver in the final shootout? It looked bigger than the one he used in the earlier scenes. Walker or Dragoon? And Tell did a really quick reload in the barn at the end while...

Our nearest gunsmith shop is 75 miles away. Little town. No tourist attraction. It will still be a couple of months' wait for any major work. He apparently has all the work he can handle. There may be others doing gunsmithing work, but his is the only fulltime shop I know of. We have a...

I finally got a good nipple wrench and removed the nipples from my as yet unfired Uberti 1860 Army. Two questions. How much pressure to tighten them? I put TC Anti-seize lube on them and put them back in just finger tight. Do they need some wrench tightening? Also, do you remove them every...

How many 25-grain loads will I get with one pound of Pyrodex P? Assuming it has not been fired since cleaning, does it harm a revolver to leave it loaded [uncapped] for any amount of time? For a week?

TOTW suggested running a 12-28 tap through the cylinder threads. I don't want to make them too loose for the standard nipples, though. Can't find my thread gauge so I'll have to get another one to check out the cylinder threads before I run a tap through them.

I just bought the Uberti .44 Army from Midway two weeks ago. It is serial no. D10713. I assume it is the latest version. BYW, polishing the threads didn't help. I'll call TOTW in the morning.

I may try polishing the threads on the SS nipples with a wire brush in my Dremel to see if that will help them screw in easily. I hate to mess with the threads in the cylinder, since the original nipples go in easily.

My SS nipples from TOTW came today. Really fast service from them. However, they start to screw in about 1/2 turn and then stop. I don't want to force them. They are labeled 12-28 thread, for Uberti Cold Army. Is it possible Uberti made some non-standard cylinders? Do I put a bit more...

The replacement stainless steel nipples for my Uberti 1860 Army recommend CCI #11 caps. All I have found are CCI #10 caps. Are they likely to fit at all? I have the original Uberti nipples. Will the CCI caps fit them? Why are percussion caps in such short supply?

Thanks. It looks simple in slow motion.

Wild Bill and Josey Wales carried their revolvers butt forward. I've watched those films over to see how it's done, but the action is too fast. Has anyone seen a video [You Tube] showing how it's done? I'm not into fast draw, although I was 60 years ago. In college, we used to pull the...

Are you saying that the protruding screws don't hold anything inside the frame and can be removed and replaced with a flush screw? I thought it was the hammer screw, but looking at the parts diagram, I don't see it there. Is that why you called it the fourth screw? Thanks for the information.

Watching a YouTube comparison of an original and a Uberti 1860 Army, I noticed that the hammer screws on both models were flush with the frame. On my Uberti, the hammer screws protrude about 1/4" from the frame. In fact, my trigger finger rubs against one that is rather sharp. I have...

Just got my first black powder replica, the 1860 Army .44 by Uberti. The manual does not say which cap size to use. I assume #10, but would like to be sure. Also, the nipple wrench in Cabela's starter kit won't engage the nipples. Will the Ted Cash ratchet nipple wrench for #10 nipples work...