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Wow - thanks for sharing the list. I agree that $300 is WAY too steep for a letter. I'd call them and pretend that you don't know this list exists and see what they say about the price of getting the letter. I looked through my notes and I paid $50 way back when. Even with inflation, $300 is...

Getting the letter from Colt is easy... Contact the historian at Colt via phone, email or US Mail and inquire as to the price of getting the letter. Provide them with the info about your gun: model, serial number, etc and they will go through their records to find the date of manufacture...

a note about Civil War the cannon ball exploding... ...yes, it did explode as it was being disarmed, killing one person and sending fragments quite a distance BUT it is believed by many experts that this sort of thing is not the actual powder going off but, rather, an explosion of the highly...

I too have a Signature Series '61. Love it. For me, it's got perfect balance and it and shoots great. Looks good as well.

I've got an original non-dug, non-battlefield pick-up Enfield bayonet with my CW reenacting kit somewhere. I paid the princely sum of $100 for it about 15 years go. The thing was, and I suppose still is, beautiful with a dull grey patina and few pits. The thing was so stong that you could...

I believe that less than 1% of wounds during the American Civil War were from edged weapons (bayonet, sabre, sword, knife). More often than not the attackers were either decimated by rifle musket fire (and accompanying artillery) or gave up before they could close OR the defenders broke and...

Never had an issue using .375's in my Signature Series '61 Navy. But... You never know what you're going to get until you measure the chambers. My brother in law and I took his Pietta 1860 Army out yesterday. Before buying any roundballs for it we had a gunsmith check the cylinder out...

That's kinda what I was thinking regarding the "scienctific measuring" vs. feel. I was using the same load by volume with the BP and Triple 7. The rounds went through both the wood and the taped up phone book (not at the same time - didn't try that). My brother in laws Pietta 1860 Army...

Took my '61 Navy Colt Signature Series out today for the first time since last July. Put about 60 rounds through it using both Goex fffg and Triple 7 (never combined). With a +/- 20 grain charge, wonder wads and a .375 ball I was putting rounds through a two inch phonebook or a 3/4 inch thick...

My wife surprised me with my '61 Signature Series for Christmas, 1995. I still have the Gander Mountin receipt - $450. I later got the Signature Series accessory kit and display case/box. I have owned many BP revolvers - none shot like this one - great balance and accurate. I don't get to...

Hunter - it was your review that got me interested in the AO GI M1911 after seeing one at a local shop a couple months ago. Loved the detail and info in the review/article. Great work. Thanks for all the input everyone - keep it coming. And yes, if I go the RIA route I will get some...

I've decided on a GI .45 for plinking at the range/camping/canoeing/jeeping and have narrowed it down to RIA or Auto Ord. I've read a lot of good stuff about the RIAs here and other places. I've read good reviews about Auto Ord on their site (no surprise there) but have not heard/read much...

Any of the Civil War sutlers will have what you're looking for. They tend to stock mostly Armi Sport or Euroarms brands in the $500-ish range as they cater to reenactors and living historians. I've had a "self-defarbed" Euroarms Enfield for about 14 years - it's been a good and dependable...

igpoobah - your #2 question would qualify, though I will admit that I hadn't thought of drawing a concealed weapon and have it not be seen. I know it's possible, I just hadn't considered it for the question. 19-3Ben - no real reason as to why I didn't put it in the general section other than...

I'm wondering...of those of us civilians who legally carry a concealed firearm... How many have had to actually draw their weapon during a "situation" outside of home defense? I'm not asking if you actually fired, but simply were forced to draw your weapon. I'm not concerned with "I almost...

While metal detecting about 12 years ago near Murfreesboro, TN I found a fully loaded and capped 1861 Colt Navy revolver (serial number 3097). It has a brass trigger guard and backstrap. The grips had rotted away after 130+ years in the ground and the mainspring had broken, but was still held...

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Gun shop down the street has a Thompson M1911. Handles OK, what little I've handled it. I know Thompson has been around for a while, but I believe they are now owned by Khar, right? Anyone had any experience with Thompson M1911s...dependable, overall quality? It's a nice looking OD green...

I have a book somewhere called Custer Battle Guns which came out in the late '70s or early '80s. It's a good reference with lot's of photos that details the probelms with the trapdoor shell ejection/extraction, pre LBH field reports and test reports about the carbines and revolvers. The book...

As you said, considering the year of manufacture, it would be pretty hard for your relative to have picked up the weapon on the battlefield ;) I'd be very surprised if the North South Trader people can't put you in contact with some experts. They're good folks and I'm sure would send a...