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Can I get away with using this wrench or will it strip on me easily? I know Dixie and Track sell a $22 one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nipple-Wrench-WALKER-Revolver-Black-Powder-Muzzleloading-HARDENED-STEEL-/391309187948?hash=item5b1bd85b6c:g:bJ4AAOSw5VFWNlhC

Does anyone use this punch for punching wads for .44 black powder revolvers? The diameter is .455 http://www.buffaloarms.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=157366&TERM=wad%20punch

Hi all, does anyone use a 1858 remington carbine for deer hunting? Seems like a short range gun but with conical bullets it might drop some within 40-50 yds or so. What do you think?

What's a good deer hunting rifle that you can get used around $300? Thanks

Can I put a pietta 1851 navy barrel on a armi san marcos 1851 frame and it would fit? Thanks!

I have a friend who owns a .44 Remington 1858 Bison revolver with brass frame. What would be a good load for me to recomend him? My brass framed revolver experience hasn't been to good:). He uses pyrodex mostly, I need to convince him to get some goex. He shoots cast conical's by the way. I've...

I have a brass frame for a 1851 navy and the arbor is really loose. Does anyone have a cure for a loose arbor? The pin that goes over the arbor in the back of the frame under the hammer has been replaced with a very small screw. I can unscrew the arbor and take it right out of the frame. JB...

I just stumbled on this. a cylinder loader that loads all six chambers at once! I've seen homemade stands that load all 6 at once. Does anyone have this? It's $30 and it looks good http://www.rydoncorp.com/inc/sdetail/rydon_6_round_reloading_stand/204

I was wondering if anyone has made the Uberti Walker Kit, It's $325 at Dixie Gun Works. Hovey Smith has a series of videos on it. What do you think?

Well I have a brand new cabelas 1860 army and the wedge just will not budge. I have a colt navy and it came out fine, but this one feels like its cemented to the frame. How do I get this out? I know most every colt owner has this problem

Well I stumbled on a good deal online for a used walker. $225 and free shipping! But look at his description: This is a no name replica NOT a uberti I have shot this baby about 1000 times & it never has been a good gun, Shoots like it has a hinge in the middle...LOL! not accurate at all It does...

Well I ran out of soft lead recently for casting round balls. Do any of you have a good source for soft lead at a reasonable price? Will stick on wheel weights work? I have some of those. I did make a batch one time with a mix of clip on's and stick on's, and, well I have a thread on that but it...

Well I had my first chainfire today out of my remington 1858. I was using my homemade powder and remington #10 caps, no wad or grease.

Do any of you make combustible paper cartridges for you cap and ball revolvers? I'm going to start making them based on this guys video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8CF3h1PkMk This will make loading at the range really fast

I was wondering if anyone here shoots A36 steel targets with cap and ball revolvers. Would A36 5/16" wide steel targets be suitable? I know that A36 3/8" wide steel works fine for handguns. It's only a 1/16" difference...

I got a new colt 1851 pietta repro. the nipples are on the cylinder extremely tight, and I want to take the gun apart, but the screws wont budge. Any Ideas on how to loosen them?

Hi I was casting round balls with pure lead today and I was getting tons of crud coming to the surface, I would skim it out, cast a ball, put the excess lead that hung onto the mold back into the furnace, and more crud would come up, and it continued to do that as the lead level dropped. I was...

I have been shooting .451 balls cast from wheel weights out of my remington 1858. They have been giving me nothing but headaches, first the screw that holds the rammer assembly on my gun snapped, next the powder inc loader couldn't ram the balls in unless I smacked them really hard. Pure lead...

Is this loading stand any good? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Loading-Stand-44-Cal-Revolvers-1858-Remington-1860-1851-Colt-Pietta-Uberti-/191648647780?hash=item2c9f264a64 I dont want to get the traditions loader, it probally would break with my wheel weight cast balls

Hi all, I was going to make black powder for my black powder guns with black willow charcoal because it burns fast, but it is unavailable online right now. Is there another kind of charcoal that will work for making black powder? Thanks, BlackPowderBen