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Major brain fart. Now it will be bright white and I like the looks of it better. It looks chrome. Just going to stick with hot water, dish soap and gun oil to clean it.

So I didn't like the red color or the thick poly coating on the grips. So I stripped it down to bare wood. I realize now why they hid the wood. It's garbage looking. I applied three coats of stain and maybe a fourth tomorrow. I will be using boiled linseed oil as the final finish. Oh well. This...

I have neither, but the barrel is so polished it can pass for chrome now. I'm satisfied.

Major Update! Bought the polishing compound and cotton t shirts and went to work...I LOVE IT! The barrel is now a mirror finish. The cylinder is now bright and I'm working on the small parts. Reminds me of a pimp gun. I love it. The grips that came from Uberti are way too red. I would like to...

I mistakenly thought a combination of dish soap, murphy's oil soap, and windex vineager I saw on the internet. It was supposed to be just plain windex. Major brain fart. I wanted a change up than just moose milk......

I've calmed down now. LOL. I'm doing what Scrat has done to his 1851. I have just finished removing the rest of the bluing on my 1851 and it will be polished tomorrow. Even my wife said it looks good grey and its only a $300.00 dollar gun and not a $1,000 dollar one. I have to also figure out...

thx for your replies. I guess I will have to go with the battle worn look. Now the damn timing is off. The cylinder wont lock up on full cock. What happened?

Oh man! I am so heart broken....Got my brand new Uberti 1851 Navy from the thread money burning a hole in my pocket and took it out to shoot today. It shot fantastic. The beauty of it was so gorgeous. I took it home to clean it. I used boiling water, dish soap, a splash of murphys oil soap and...

It's over...... Thanks for all your replies. Some are very interesting. My money has gone to a Uberti 1851 Navy .36 steel frame from Dixie Gun Works for $306.00 shipped. Since I already have a full size 1860 Army in .44 and an 1862 Pocket Police in .36 as my pocket gun, I needed to fill in...

Been bitten by the blackpowder bug AGAIN. Since I have neglected BP for years, this year they will be the only type of guns I will shoot. I have an old CVA 1862 Pocket Police .36. Yes, its shoots great... I have an Armi Sport 1860 Army, brass frame .44..... I have a 1853 Armi Sport 3 band...

Went to the range to try to fire off the loaded flintlock. After the second attempt, she fired. I found the patch and it had globs of unburned wet powder on it. I suggest everyone keep their hunting blackpowder guns in cold weather areas in a secured COLD place the entire season and never...

I got burned because of ignorance and the luckiest doe alive lived for another day. lol

Last day of muzzle loader season in NY. In tree stand 4:10 pm. I have my Lyman Great Plains Rifle, flintlock, .50 caliber, .490 cast, patched round ball, 60 grains Geox FFFg loaded on first day of season. There she was....35 yards away, eating grass. She moves closer. I get my rifle ready on a...

I started another thread about the Brown Bess but now the 1766 Charleville has caught my eye. The 1766 Charleville has it all in the looks department and I have read it is a lighter more sturdier design. Pros and Cons? If you had the cash right now, what would you choose? It would come from...

I'm a nostalgic type a guy and looking into a Brown Bess musket, .75 caliber. Any info would be appreciated. My only flintlock I have now is the Lyman Great Plains Rifle in .50 RB.

I will put it to you this way: I HAVE ONLY SHOT MY FLINTLOCK ALL THIS YEAR! I have over 30 guns to shoot! The only gripe I have is cleaning which only takes 20 minutes anyway. I also have learned to make my own patches and lube as well. For fun, I will always pick a flinter over a caplock. :D

I guess as long as I am able to drive it home and accuracy remains good, I am not worried about the composition.

A plumber is retiring and he is selling a skid full of lead ingots, roofing materials, and the like. I tested the lead ingots with my fingernail. It is not dead soft lead. However, I could scratch my fingernail into it, not as deep a pure soft lead. He said it might have some tin or aluminum in...

Why are Brown Bess's so expensive? Why do they cost twice as much as my Lyman Great Plains Flintlock?

I use Thompson Center's #13 Black Powder Solvent followed up by bore butter inside the bore. I use Breakfree CLP to prevent corrosion outside of the bore. I learned my lesson with petroleum products inside the bore. It makes a real mess. I can shoot all day long just using bore butter patches...