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If I take about .070 or .080 off of the length. That shouldn't really make the cup too short to control cap fragments, should it?

Well, it took 6 weeks, but I definitely believe in buying back-ordered, before it gets cherry-picked by anybody. And, it's got a [CI] stamp. The last one they sent barely had any color at all, this one makes me very happy. (Cabelas 1860 .44) Here's the pics. New, unturned, still in the gooey...

I have been reading about sidelocks and gathering what I can about the many types out there, mostly about the production percussion models. It seems that the Great Plains Rifle is the solid choice as the top recommended. The CVA line looks like the way to get into it without committing a load of...

Today, while waiting for it to get warm enough outside to pour concrete, I turned my attention to the brass on the old 1860. This is what it looked like before: And after some brasso: It cleaned up pretty well. But the point wasn't to show that brass shines up when polished. The improvement...

I'm guessing this one just didn't stamp or something. It looks like I can make out the corner of the box, but no way there is letters in it. Did anybody ever find out how to look up serial numbers and dates, or if that is even possible? (this is 4 pictures from different angles and light), just...

I bought these nifty 400 grain "Bone Crusher" bullets, really just to see what sort of things they would shoot through, and they are .458, but in the sabot they are .509 and I can't even drive them down the barrel with a short wooden dowel and a hammer. I got some Crushed Rib sabots for them and...

It's raining today, and the mail just arrived. Perfect! I am going to enlighten myself some more. (That one-click-purchase button at Amazon can be trouble. It's too tempting) This one looked really interesting. And these two are really impressive. Definite coffee table books that anybody...

It all started with the Uberti Walker (1991) http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt214/shutupandjump/Current%20guns/Walker.jpg It's got about 400 or so through it, and I've never taken it apart. I shudder to think what's in that case. It still works like it was NIB though. 'Hard to believe that...

In my 1860 Army (and also my 1851 Navy), the cylinder bolt comes up too late in the cycle and engages the cylinder locking slot right before it should be dropping into the slot. This is peening a small amount of metal off into the slot and narrowing it. The bolt should come up sooner and engage...

What would cause the cylinder not to line up with the hammer? Notice the nice crisp edges on the cylinder stops, so the bolt is hitting the slot perfectly, but it is just off to one side on the hammer. My Walker does the same thing, but doesn't hit the side of the hammer slot, it's just really...

My 1851 Sheriff's bolt is peening the cylinder slot really hard, right where it transitions from the ramp into the slot, and is pushing a little bit of metal out into the slot. How do I stop this before it ruins the slot? It seems like the bolt is slamming into the cylinder right about a half...