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I have one of the "Dick Dastardly" cylinder loaders and always load and then cap my C&B revolvers' cylinders at the bench then assemble or insert the cylinders at the firing table. I use a soft wood dowel to seat the caps with the cylinders on a rag facing down on the loading bench. This works...

Howdy All, I got my little Franklin Arsenal digital caliper from Midway and some soft lead balls and did some measuring. I have two Remmies and two Colt clones, all from Pietta. I "slugged" the bores and measured the resulting deformed balls. All four guns were very close in measurement; bore...

Howdy Y'all, Got me one of those cheap Franklin Arsenal digital calipers a little while ago and been on a measuring kick ever since. Last night I took some .457 lead balls, a length of wood dowel and a little dead-blow hammer and proceeded to "slug" the bores of a Uberti 1873 SAA "Cattleman"...

Howdy All, Got a Pietta "Old Silver" .44 1851 Navy from Impact Guns a couple of weeks ago. After smoothing off the rough edges went shootin' with 'er. .454 ball, 30 Gr. fff Goex, wonder wads, Remmie #11 caps and R&D conversion cylinder, .452 200 Grain RNFP, 30 Gr. Pyrodex. Groups were good...

Howdy All, I seen posts about Pietta "Old Silver" 1858 Remingtons with photo engraving, two-tone frames and so forth, for-sure a purdy six-shooter ! :D I was lookin' at another, different "Old Silver"... I know the caliber is not technically "correct" but Pietta makes the 1851 style in...

Howdy All, Last friday was a beautiful day so I went out to Friendship. Check my attachment to see my shootin' irons. Both Piettas, Nickle plated brass trigger guards, stainless cylinders w/TRM nipples. Remmie wears Gripmaker faux stag, Colt sports Buffalo Bros "Mexican eagle" faux...

Howdy All, Got me a blue steel Pietta 1860 Army with a 5 1/2 inch barrel. It's a good shooter and with TRM nipples and #11 Remington caps perfectly reliable. Had a dovetail cut on the barrel and now can drift in various height Marble's/Williams front sights to shoot to point of aim with...

Howdy All, Just wondering here... Here's one fer all you cap and ball gunsmith types. Colt revolvers have been around for about 150 years now and we're all still fiddling around with that dumb little wedge to hold the gun together. Once ya get it filled and fitted to easily slip into...

Howdy Folks, I got a blue Pietta "Sherrif's model" 1858 Remmie with the shorter 5 1/2 inch barrel. I was thinking of replacing the cylinder pin with a stainless part just to speed clean-up. Already got a stainless spare cylinder which is easier to clean and more crud resistant than it's...

Howdy Y'all, I been shootin' .45 Colt sixguns for quite a while now and have accumulated a boatload of brass. I've ben enjoying black powder and Triple-Seven in my cap and ball revolvers a lot lately and, since I've got conversion cylinders for all of 'em, thought it might be time to try...

Howdy Y'all, My buddy wanted a "sock-drawer" gun for home protection. He ain't a real "gun guy" so I talked him out of some fancy-pants high-cap shell shucker auto loader. I found him a nickle plated S&W model 13 with a 4" barrel at the neighborhood gun shop. It was nice and clean and had a...

Howdy Y'all, Got a stainless Pietta 1858 Remmie on order which will recieve an action job at BigIrons. I already have a blue steel Pietta 1858 Remmie and like it a lot.:) I was on Cabela's website a while ago and noticed this... Replacement Pistol Parts Kit Item:IG-214052 @ $42.99...

Hey Ya'll Remmie shooters have it good. Both Pietta and Uberti make stainless steel versions of the 1858 Remmington. Uberti even has a handy 5 1/2 inch barrel version. Us Colt shooters need a 1860 clone in easy-to-clean stainless steel !I know Pietta offers a gaudy un-historical "sherrif's...