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Has anyone tried making black powder from chimney dust? I swept my chimney and have some dried creosote flakes and dust and am curious if it would make good BP.

A couple years ago I bought 20 old paper 12 gauge shells at an antique store. There was a 410 in there as well. I got them out of the safe today. After a bit of online searching I found that some of these are pretty old. This is the oldest I think. Winchester Repeater. If what I'm reading...

I had a hunch that I could use these older inconsistent T7 pellets for light 20 gauge loads somehow, but of course they are too thin to just drop in the shell. I found that 1/2" cpvc fits nicely in a plastic shell, and the T7 pellet would slide into that. I cut a small piece of cpvc to match...

Anyone know why these were discounted for Pietta 1860s?

I was planning to shoot my '51 navy and found it with the tell-tale signs of a broken bolt spring. Looked through my parts drawer and I'm all out of trigger bolt springs. I think it was Hawg that said, in a pinch, you can make one out of a safety pin, so I gave it a try. After few cuts...

Several years ago I bought 10 boxes of these slugs to use in my 12 ga H&R Ultra Slug shotgun. I don't hunt deer with a shotgun anymore. Only reason I did was I used to hunt in a shotgun only county. Thought I'd sell these slugs so researched their value. They are not in stock anywhere, and...

In case you're looking to add to your collection, or find a reason to get started in this nightmare...:D https://www.midwayusa.com/s?promotionid=1654309

I've heard there are accuracy issues with some of these Rossi 243s, so trying to peak accuracy with hand loads. I dropped a 95 gr bullet into it (1.112 inch bullet length) so it would contact the rifling, then dropped a brass case (trimmed to 2.035 inch) and closed the action to see how far it...

I ordered several parts including a trigger spring and hammer spring for an old Classic Arms Snake Eyes pistol, and the hammer spring broke on the first hammer pull. I noticed a bit of rust in the hard bend of the spring, and that's exactly where it broke. Called them up and they sent out...

I've seen a picture of a hammer with an action shield but can't find it now. Can someone post a pic?

Several folks have mentioned packing grease in the frame to protect the internals, but how do you do it? Remove the trigger guard and press in from there?

I picked up a set of used dies at a nearby gunshop yesterday, in an RCBS green case. They were from the estate of a man who had been reloading for 50 or so years. Only RCBS die was a neck sizer for 243 Winchester. But there were 2 more dies that weren't RCBS. One is a bullet seater and the...

My CVA Optima V2 pistol was just too hard to hold still without a rest, so, I did this. Great tree stand and woods gun now. FarrowTech makes the buffer tube adapter.

..at Buffalo Arms. Scheutzen 1F through 4F.

A lot of c&b enthusiasts, including some who enhance and modify c&b guns for profit or fun, continue to repeat an internet myth regarding the modification of a frame with a loading port, specifically that it qualifies the modified frame, and subsequent use in any configuration of cartridge or...

Not as good as Cabela's used to do, but better than usual.

I just received my rcbs die set from Brownells marked "F L Die Set 7.62mmx54R Russian" with p/n 29001, but the dies inside are engraved "7.62mm RUSS FL-20". There is a note inside saying that the "7.62x39mm" sizing/depriming die comes with a .311 expander installed , but a .308 expander is...

Help me remember the best fix for when a cylinder locks up, and won't cycle, when caps are on the nipples. The cylinder cycles fine without caps on it, so the caps are impeding a full reset and bolt drop unless I let the hammer pop the caps. I used a dowel to hard seat the caps, but didn't...

...and a pewter nose cap? Was there such a thing? I know there was a big bore mountain rifle that meets that description, but the guy selling this rifle got all pissed at me for calling his a CVA Mountain Rifle. LOL. Hell I could be wrong... Good price though!!

If anyone is interested, you can download a CVA catalog from 40 years ago, here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/r5ca2pqbvq5xxxl/CVA_1980_Catalog.pdf/file