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    Is black powder shooting more "pure"?

    I like to think of it like this... (warning.. story imminent).. I shoot CAS. I shoot both C&B and Frontier Cartridge. I usually load up with Goex, or now, Scheutzen (well.. grafs home brand... which is German-Alder Charcoal). My revolvers are Remmie NMA copies (Pietta), are hand browned and get...
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    Build a Front sight for my Blued 1858

    I live out in the country, and all I had to do was ask my local vet if they had any of those syringes empty. They told me that they usually throw them away after use, but, they will keep a few for me. So... just check your vet!! Nice job on the dovetail and sight.. Real nice job... What did...
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    Mystery Llama

    Hi, Got a new 1911 copy. States on the "LLAMA" then GABILONDO Y CIA VITORIA(ESPANA) over CAL.9m/m (38) on the other side of the slide is CAL 38super automatic and LLAMA'ESPECIAL' I have been looking through my gun books and i cant seem to find this. The one thing that has been hitting me is...
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    Antique or Browned barrels!

    Tess... thinking of something life this??
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    Loading Basics

    I prefer to load.... Front of Chamber Ball/Bullet Lube Pill Card Wad/Cork wad Powder Rear/nipple I make my lube pills with 1lb each Beeswax and crisco and add 8oz peanut oil. This is set into a 1/4" sheet (on a cookie sheet). Stamp out the 'pills' with a 45 colt shell (or 38 special for the 36...
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    Book review

    I think that I have now read MEC's book at least a half dozen times. Each time, I am picking up more information from it. This book is fantastic, and I recommend it to all.
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    Blackpowder magazine subscriptions

    I second that comment of Backwoodsman. Its a fantastic magazine. Dont be put off by the 'amaturish' look of it, there are articles in there that you just wont find anywhere else.
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    Service at Ruger

    If I WAS to post a picture of the cylinder pin, you wouldnt really be able to notice where the problem is. The bend is perfectly on the notch that is secured by the frame screw to lock the cylinder pin in place. And... no truck.. just a stupid guy who forgot to lock the pin before ramming a...
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    4-bore, 8-bore ?

    oooooh thats GOTTA HURT!!!
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    Hey Chain Fire ???

    Afy, right click on my name, and then search for all threads started by me. Easiest way to get to the insanity that is a Ferret! I have recently (like within the last day) found that one of my associates DOES have a high speed digital camera!!! yee ha... grin.
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    Hey Chain Fire ???

    Not really much... seeing how much powder i can stuff down the barrel and chamber of the remmie with a couple of balls seated at the end of the barrel... Seeing how long my 1860 replica could survive without being cleaned (my remmies havent been cleaned since the last CAS match in Oct.... and...
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    Hey Chain Fire ???

    Note... WAX bullets were used in the chambers that I expected to go off. I can seat these with finger pressure and dont have to use the rammer. This greatly limited the pressure that would build up in these chambers and the wax doesn't have as tight a seal. The wax bullets that were in these...
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    Whats the deal on Roger and Spencer..

    I dont think there is anything magically special about these that raises the prices. I believe that its more due to the fact that the Italians dont make as many of these as they do with the Remmie's and Colt clones.
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    Blackpowder magazine subscriptions

    Shoot magazine (www.shootmagazine.com) is great if you are into the Cowboy Shooting. They have run a few articles on Black Powder shooting, but most have been silhouette shooting. Since there has been a BIG increase in popularity of Black Powder shooting in CAS, there has been some promise of...
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    Service at Ruger

    I got a pair of Old Armies last week. One of them is perfect, and shoots like a dream. The other one... well.. dont know how it shoots yet. When I was loading conicals into number 2 gun, I somehow managed to bend the cylinder pin!! How are Ruger for returns? Should I just give them a call...
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    Hey Chain Fire ???

    Today I went out and 'invited' a chain fire. Pulled out my ROA and loaded chambers 1 thru 5 with powder. I then loaded 1, 3, and 5 with ball, and 2, 4 with a wax bullet. Slathered crisco over the chambers on all. Went out and capped 1, 3 and 5 and left 2 and 4 uncapped. There should be no...
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    .45acp Kirst

    45 ACP cylinders at River Junction.
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    .45acp Kirst

    I would recommend BLACK POWDER ONLY in the conversion cylinders, be them R&D or Kirst. The original gun was marked 'black powder only' and I have no reason to believe that a conversion cylinder changes this. It even states on Kirst's website, "The cylinders are rated "For Black Powder or...
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    Hey Chain Fire ???

    Yup... had a couple of chainfires, I am 99.9% damn sure that the problem didnt occur from the front of the cylinder. load was 25gr FFFg, cork wad, felt lubricated wad, .457 ball (yes it shaved off a nice ring). Problem was... first chamber didnt go off, it just split the cap. Re-cocked and the...
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    1858 Remington Conversions ???

    I have a pair of Pietta clones that I have outfitted with Kirst Konverters. These are SASS approved cylinders with 5 chambers and one safety chamber. They have a back plate that unlike the R&D, doesnt turn with the cylinder, and they look real nice, very much like the period conversions. The...
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