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I have an Investarms .50 too. The closest currently imported equivalent I could find to it is Lyman's current "trade rifle". I too would love an affordable .54 smoothbore drop-in barrel for for a squirrel/bunny buster. Could you please at least PM me a link? It would be greatly appreciated.

You can't really overload a percussion revolver with the appropriate powder. It looks like a brass frame in your picture. Something to keep in mind with brass frames is that though you'll never blow one up with any charge with an appropriate powder, heavy loads will drive the cylinder into the...

It's a steel frame, bought new this year. The cylinder gap when the cylinder is pressed forward is none, the cylinder and barrel are against one another. When the cylinder is pulled to the rear, it's still quite thin. Just enough to fit a razor. I checked the arbor(I believe this is the way it's...

I've recently acquired a Pietta '51 in 44. Initially, it required 2 strikes for a cap to detonate with the stock nipples. I chalked this up to poor quality nipples. They were sized for #10 and even then, fit was inconsistent. I since replaced these with stainless #11 nipples from Track of the...

There seems to be questions and discussion on these powders interspersed throughout the forum. I thought I'd give my own two cents. As always, your experience, guns, equipment etc. may vary. I have quite a bit of experience with triple 7 and Pyrodex powders. Both "rifle" and "pistol" versions...

From VeteranArms website: Looks like there may be an easy way to resolve your issue.

I've found that wedges from the same manufacturer can vary enough to require fitting. Fortunately, they're very easy to fit.

I've found triple 7 works fine in warm weather and is more energetic than conventional black or pyrodex. In below freezing weather it becomes unreliable.

Longest I've kept a cylinder loaded was 8 months. Fired as expected. I don't do wads or greases in the cylinder. A properly loaded blackpowder gun can be ready to fire centuries later. I'm shocked by how many people believe that grease or wads can seal against gases. Nothing you would...

I've come to the conclusion that in order to save on my ammo stores, I've switched to blackpowder as well. Sadly, we're not the only ones as blackpowder supplies have also been hit. Fortunately, not to the same extremes as modern offerings but it's still a hunt.

I have a Lee Quick Trim Deluxe that does not deburr the case mouth as it's alleged to do. I do most of my trimming with .223 brass. It in fact leaves quite the burr. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

I know the nipples can be easily replaced. I was just wondering what threading for investarms. Am I not mistaken in thinking they're the same manufacturer for Lyman? The filing trick is smart. Don't know why that didn't occur to me.

From my previous thread, I said I wanted to get back into blackpowder with a new revolver but I wound up with this instead as the price was right. It seems to have only one chamber and I think the cylinder is locked up but it shoots well. It's a .50 investarms with a clean chrome-lined bore...

There's a difference between the feel of the DA triggers but not enough to make a significant difference in shootability. The Ruger is easier to tune. I'm not telling you this to discourage you from buying a 686 but for you not to have too high of an expectation on what a stock 686 will provide...

This isn't about a disposable zip gun. I'm sure these fools are aware of zip guns and how easy they are to manufacture from supplies readily available at any hardware store. This is to set a precedent to monitor and regulate what private citizens can engineer, share, and manufacture in their...

Thanks for the replies. Quite informative and interesting. That's precisely what happened with mine. There was no stretch, just the cylinder imprint which gave it a massive endshake. I may eventually have that done if I can find someone around that can do it. It would be nice to keep it as a...

I live in Northern New England. Though I have an AR15 and have owned contemporary pistols, I enjoy revolvers, lever actions and military bolt actions, slide action shotguns the most and I'm increasing developing an affinity for blackpowder. I'm also a handloader but not a caster(yet).

Years ago I bought a Traditions brass framed .36 "Sheriff" model "1860"(I know 1860s were really .44 and had steel frames and typicall 8" barrels). I ended up enjoying blackpowder much more than I expected to(enjoy it more than smokeless, in fact) and the predictable happened and I wore out the...