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Looks good to me! They are nice little pistols! Awesome, I will have to check it out. I have taken a shine to this little pistol. So took it to the range again yesterday. First time I shot it I put a box of S&B through, no issues, hickups, or problems. Yesterday though, I had the hammer fall...

Figured I should post a picture of mine. It is not a pretty as others, but it doesn’t look too bad for 1936!

Awesome looking pistol! I like the fit and finish on yours Erich! It has a good look to it. Mine is pretty rough, but I suppose that is to be expected! Nice little holster too! What one is that?

Awesome, thank you all for the info. It is a real fun little pistol and I just like to wrap my head around how it was used. The safety is so unique, and I have not run across another firearm with one like it, so I really wanted to see what people used to do! Makes me want to pick up a 70S, seems...

Found a nice (to me) 1934 made in 36. Its a really nice little 380! Yet looking at this thing, I found it interesting it has such a long service life. The swing over safety is very strange to me, makes me wonder how the Italians carried it for so long? I would not think it safe to carry cocked...

Okay that is good to know. I was kinda sad to see that none of them passed. When I get my rifle I will be sure to slug it. from what I have read, soft lead plug, lube it up, and then lightly hammer it down the bore with a wooden dowel. That sound about right? I will have to check out Bear...

Makes sense. I will have to keep an eye out for both! and it will be fun to check out the moulds for both. Might be fun to have a 405 and 500. I got room on the shelf and they don’t eat much haha. have another question for everyone! I got the trapdoor book by Wolf. It has been interesting...

Another side note. I do plan on casting once I get the moulds. However I see talk of the 500g vs 405g bullet. Which one would be more historically correct?

Thank you for the heads up. I am excited to try BP once I get the chance. I am going on a bit of a trip to Cody but when I get back ill get things started to see what I can make up. So Accurate 5744 is good for the trapdoor? I read up on it and it seems like a nice bet. I have head that there...

I am interested in trying BP loads. I enjoy casting and reloading for smokeless, so I think it will be in my wheel house. I ordered the book by Pat Wolf, and I am hoping that will have plenty of good info. I think i will try both types. The thing I am curious about, as smokeless round for the...

Good looking rifle, I am digging into plenty to research. I plan on keeping all my digits if I can help it! and while it may not be a MOA rifle, that is still plenty good for me, it would put dinner on the table! Well, I love my lever gun, and I feel I will like the Trapdoor. I enjoy the...

Well that makes things a little easier. I will just keep an eye out for obvious issues. how bad is stock cracking on these? good to know! I will be sure to bring a pin then just to make sure, but if they are easy enough to replace I might not have to worry too much... so long as the rest of...

Good to know. Got the book on order! So that will help once I find one. Even if it takes me a while, books never complain much haha. Have you ever had to make repairs? I see firing pins seem to have a bit of issue. Any place we can good reproduction, or NOS?

Never heard of that, sounds interesting! He might have, just a bit of a joke

Thank you! Sounds advice and I appreciate it! Ill be sure to check out the ones I am looking at. I want to try and get something I can have fun with and take care of. I dont need Custer's special rifle. Just something I can enjoy. How can I tell if the firing pen is broken, the end snapped...

Thats good to hear. Anyone I have spoke to about these rifles say that they are plenty fun to shoot! I am excited at the idea of making some BP rounds for them, I got to do a bit of blackpowder stuff when I was real young with a flint lock my friends dad owned, and it was sure neat. Making a BP...

Hey there folks! I want to get a 1884 Trapdoor, I have a Krag and love it and felt it would be alot of fun to get a old trapdoor. I see there are reproductions, but from what I have heard at my LGS.. a decent original is better than the Italian reproductions. I am not sure if that is true or...

Hello there folks! Just thinking about this, as I have been working on a Star BM and watched some disassembly videos on the Star B, and I noticed how similar the parts look to the frame side of the Ballester-Molina .45s. I was curious, for anyone one who has had hands on both pistols, to see if...

So I was using Perma blue, I switched to hot water and heating the parts a bit and it came out great. Taking the time to do one part at a time and clean it up kept the 'fuzz' at bay. Thank you for all your help everyone!

Do you not need to use water to stop the reaction?