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Went to the gun show in VA Beach yesterday and came home with some steel case .45 ACP. After it was too late to change up, I recalled a caution from someone who seemed to know what he was talking about. The caution was that steel case ammunition is hard on extractors. I have an RIA 1911 GI...

Gun show in Virginia Beach was worth the eight bucks. I went to the show with one of my Trapdoors in hopes of reducing my number to two. Had a guy interested at 800.00 but he gave it up. Finally traded it off for two handguns. Ballester Molina 1911 in .45 ACP from somewhere around 1943...

Main mission was to build a shooting stand. I actually built the thing in my driveway and designed it to be broken down with fourteen bolts. Threw the whole thing in the back of my pickup and put it back together at the range. The tarp comes home with me. The target stand and chair stay...

I want to cast my bullets and don't want to have to worry about heeled bullets. I want to shoot black powder. What are the accommodations I have to make to shoot something like my .38 special/.357 Magnum bullets in these rounds? They are the Lee 125 grain RNFP which weigh in at 130 to 131...

LGS has a revolver on consignment. This is a Belgian Cowboy Ranger in .38S&W and .38LC. The revolver is in excellent condition. Typical of revolvers of the period, there is no half cock position and the cylinder rotates freely when the hammer is down. Lock up is solid and indexing is right...

LGS has a revolver on consignment. This is a Belgian Cowboy Ranger in the calibers listed in the title. The revolver is in excellent condition. Typical of revolvers of the period, there is no half cock position and the cylinder rotates freely when the hammers down. Lock up is solid and...

Guys, I just visited the best little gun shop in Atlanta. Called Deercreek Gunshop Inc. 280 Fairground ST S.E. Marietta, GA 30060. 770-425-5060. Gunsmith on the premises. Has a great selection of firearms that fit the C&R and even older definition. Lot of battle rifles. All kinds of parts...

Traveling in Atlanta and stopped at Barnes and Noble close to Morrow, Ga about twenty minute south of center city (Or two hours if you consider Atlanta traffic). They are having a sale on about twenty titles of books having to do with the history and some more general topics associated with...

Picked this thing up on the Gunbroker for 25.00 plus shipping (ten bucks) The revolver is marked "British Constabulary" The revolver is complete and appears to function pretty close to normal. But if you look close at the photo, you can see the crack in the frame just forward of the hammer...

I don't know if there is a question here but just wondering about your thoughts. To start off with, I own 40 plus western style and Civil War era revolvers. I have about a thousand rounds of handloaded BPCR ammunition at any given time. Also six rifles from 1880 to 1900. Why in the name of...

Guys, I came up with a project revolver today It is T.E.Ryan Retriever .38 revolver As you can see it needs a lot of parts. My goal is to get it functional but do not intend to shoot it. Any lead on parts would be must appreciated. I do know that this revolver will likely never be...

...Because I saw a new handgun I might could use for CAS. 389.00 OTD

Long time poster over on the BP and CAS forums but not much participation here. I have been loading and shooting BP cartridges, casting my own bullets and such. I have my consistency up pretty good and think I can load smokeless safely. I am starting out with a Rock Island 1911 clone. Can...

But I am now going to start with semi autos with a .45 ACP I load BP cartridges and have my consistency worked out pretty well. I think I can reload smokeless powder safely. So for .45 ACP (which I shot a lot during my time in the Navy) what is a good choice of powder and what is a good load...

It was my Curios and relics license. 30 bucks for the license and only about two weeks to process it. 1-54-550-03-6J-13293.

Took along six tools: .44 Magnum Uberti Cattleman with 7.5 inch barrel .45 Long Colt Vaquero 5 inch barrel .357 Magnum Uberti Cattleman with 7.5 inch barrel Recently acquired .45 LC Henry Big Boy .45-70 Govt Sharps carbine and .45-70 Govt Trapdoor carbine I also took along a new round for the...

Had a .357 Magnum and .38 Special Big Boy from Henry which I did not like. A friend wanted a .357 but the dealers can't say when they will be delivered. He had one on order for about three months and still no word on when it would arrive. I told him to buy one in .45 Long Colt and I would...

Not sure why I bought this except it went for under fifty bucks. This is an Iver Johnson First Model Safety Automatic in .32. Bicycle Revolver. (Not sure if it called that because it is small ad flexible enough to be carried and fired while also riding a bike, or because it was made by the Iver...

My better half sprained her ankle a while back and the saw bones gave her some crutches to hobble around on. I saw some components in this pair of crutches which really needed to be pu to better use than Eleanor's mobility. So I cannibalized the pads and made a rifle vise. 1/4 x 20 all...

Guys, I have not slugged the bore yet, but I am assuming it will be fairly standard when I do. Standard sizing die for this revolver is .429. Is there anyone out there who had to go to a larger sizing die for BPCR to keep the leading under control?