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Vice grip I have never used anything but vice grips. I use them to take the spring out and leave the spring in the pliers until I put it back in.

Traditional sights for old eyes. A marble or lyman peep sight mounted on the tang works well for older eyes and doesn't destroy the authenticity of the gun. I agree that the Lyman plains rifle would be a good choice. The Thompson Center Hawken is an accurate high quality choice too but it...

Can anyone tell me why some percussion guns often need two or more hammer strikes on a cap to fire and others fire on the first strike. I am having this problem on two muzzle loading pistols. Any organization or individual that advocates for it's nation's military to lose a war is guilty of...

Ramrod Go to a black powder shooting supplier and buy an aftermarket ramrod. The one that came with an .50 otherwise identical rifle broke on the first loading. Use the one that came with it for show or on the range when you are using a longer range rod.

Reprint I have a reprint of the manual for the Krag Jorgensen and it gives a recipe for a cleaning solution. I suspect that if there are such manuals for the KG there are probably some around for the trapdoor.

ASM I don't own any ASM guns but a shooting buddy is a retired Coast Guard Gunner's Mate Master Chief and the gun smith where I buy my stuff, once said that the ASM products were good. I am a retired navy EOD tech so I am particular who I take advice from. I'll take his any day.

Thanks I will do that, as soon as I burn up all this Pyrodex that I still have. I'll probably load it into cartridges.

I bought one of these little .32 cal. rifles several months ago and I want to share what a fun gun it is to shoot. I load it with 30 grains of Pyrodex pistol powder, a round ball and a pre-lubed linen patch from "Track of the Wolf". It shoots about a 4" group at 100 yards on a good day. It's...

Walker I bought one, shot three cylinders and got disgusted. Now it's a nice expensive wall hanger. There is a good reason Sam C. only made 1100 of them. The loading lever falls every shot. The oval bolt holes sometimes doesn't catch the bolt so it doesn't lock up right, and it's too damn...