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Well, I'm going to build a TOTW Lehman Trade rifle in left handed flint and figure it will be fun to document the build. For those looking to try...
U.S. Metallic Cartridges Testing (Regulation and Experimental) (1873) Author: Major T.J. Treadwell (Commanding Frankford Aresenal) Government...
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Good Morning. Getting ready to purchase a Swiss Vetterli 69 or 69/71 shortly. Need recommendations for a good shop or individual to perform the...
Title says it all. Found this today for $100. I THINK it was originally a French musket of some sort. This is not my area of expertise, just found it...
So I was in my local gun shop today, and came across one of these beautiful rifles, in the oddball, 12.7x44 cartridge. It's a very nice rifle, clean...
Just got 100 swaged bullets for my Parker Hale .58. The maker said that I should try them in .576 instead of .577. Winter is coming fast so I...
Good Afternoon, Front sight blade is loose. Other than mastics what fixes do you recommend. Have brass tools and the weapon is not pristine. ...
Hey all I posted this on another forum but I guess I can vet this rifle past the experts on here too. Anyway I bought this Mle 1874 Gras rifle with...
Just back from my local Berlin (ex-US-Army) range and had a great day out with the M69 11.35mm Werder cavalry carbine. Tried it out with Hensel´s new...
I was in a gun shop today and I saw an advertisment for Reminton Red tipped deer rifle slugs. What caught my eye was that they said they are .58...
yesterday relax at the shooting range... Springfield "Trapdoor" Model 1873
Hoping that one of you Gras owners can help me out. I've got an 1874 Gras with a missing bolt stop screw. No luck in the past few years trying to...
I recently purchased this pistol. It is supposedly English and supposedly a duelling pistol. There are no makers marks but it does have Birmingham...
today's shooting of my martini-henry carbine...
I like to watch Pawn Stars and I know a lot of the show if not most or all of it is somewhat staged. Every gun they get, they have to shoot it. ...
I recently aquired this rifle without knowing to much about it, apart from being a bit dirty it appeared to be in quite good condition. It was said...
I form my cases out of 50/90 sharps cases from bell and starlight , I do not anneal the bell 's but have to the starlight's ,I use a beaumond...
I come across this musket and i am planning to buy it but i would like to know what is it and how much its worth. I have done some reaserch and i...
New video of shooting my Repetiergewehr Vetterli Modell 69/71. good luck guys. Click on the picture to start the video
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New video of shooting my Commission Carbine 88. good luck guys. Click on the picture to start the video
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