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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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Having just acquired a like-new Narragansett Arms reproduction of the Ferguson rifle, I'm preparing to shoot it - but some significant information...
Good Afternoon. Have a Chassepot that I would like to bring back to the white. No pits, no rust, just 146 years of use. What is the best way to...
I went to my first ever gun auction today at Amoskeag, NH. I've never been to any auction before, and was a little nervous. My item was #681 of 711...
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...
I've got this old Remington rolling block that I bought a real long time ago from, as I recall, Sarco, to use as a wall hanger. It's worked well in...
Good morning. Recently bought a Peabody Carbine in 56-50 caliber. Has a few issues. Muzzle crown needs to be redone cannot even get a ball in there...
Just out of curiosity I put the M1821/41/51(found musket at thrift store) on Gun Broker (a site I have been watching for a 1911A1) to see if there...
This morning I picked up a Cabellas Hawkings .50. Overall it is very good shape with a few stock bangs and such, but there was one little problem....
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...
Back about fourteen or fifteen years ago I found some new smokeless 38 S&W cylinders from a gunsmith. These were part of the old Legal Defender kits...
(Have just received my new BDMP mag) ... for your BP second place. Wish I could get the Werder to shoot accurately.
Folks, Greetings from Michigan!:D I stopped at a gunshow this weekend, and parked by a table full of stuff. In a plastic bag, were some parts....
A couple of long term projects- The Springfield ought not be a big drama, but the little Cadet musket is a bit of a mystery. It's also incomplete,...
Just acquired my first muzzleloader, but it was a moral imperative, as I had every US cartridge service rifle example back through the Trapdoor. ...
Good Morning, Mixed day at the range yesterday. Following two outings with my '86 that saw me breaking two bolt handles (pinned/brazed) on my...
Well, I really had not intended to buy a Snider - they do not seem to have a good reputation as shooters, are difficult to load for, and what I had...
They put these on sale for $100 off and free shipping for the 4th of July and I took the bait and ordered one. I don't normally do this sort of...
Figured since the original one was getting large with no photos, I'll start off a new one. Got this I think Monday two weeks ago. On sale for...
Just missed buying this on German e-Gun. I´ve always been weak kneed whenever I see a really short old carbine. Even though I didn´t get it, I´m now...
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