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If any of you folks who live in the area of the Big East or Southeastern Conference who like football would enjoy combining a waterfowl hunting trip with a college football Saturday, you may be interested in this: East Carolina University Athletic Director Terry Holland, is hoping the recent...

I own an East German Makarov pistol that I purchased about 20-25 years ago when they were first imported into the USA. My adult son (6 year Navy veteran; gainfully employed, married with two small children; clean criminal record) works at night and wants it for home protection. (His neighbors...

I noticed something today about the way the hammer face strikes the nipple caps on my Pietta replica 44 cal. Remington 1858 NMA versus the way the hammer face does that on my Pietta replica of a .36 cal. 1851 Colt Navy pattern revolver. As I've said before, I believe the Remington is overall...

I get it that brass is a more strechable gunmetal than steel, and that heavy loads will strech a .44 frame, but what I don't get is why SUGGESTED and therefore supposedly safe BP loads for brass framed .44's are in the 22-25 grain range but suggested BP loads are only in the 15-18 grain range...

Cleaning out my garage yesterday and battening down for Hurricane Irene, I saw an old trunk that I'd put there years ago after moving to this house. I thought it just had some old tools in that I don't use anymore. I decided if I had to move it, I might as well see if I couldn't get rid of...

It's been stated as fact on at least two threads on this forum that no loose revolver cylinders have ever been found in civil war relic digs - or words to that effect. I took it as gospel. They said it, so it must be true, right? Today I started looking to see if I could find any evidence of...

I want to use Triple 7 FFg powder in my new (replica) 1851 Colt Navy revolver because that's what I use in 12 gauge blackpowder shotshells, and I have plenty of it on hand. I loaded a couple of cylinders with FFFg I got from a friend the first time I shot this revolver. (Actually, I shmoozed it...

Has anybody built a case like this for yourself? Got the plans? If its not too difficult and can be done by someone without a lot of power tools, I'd like to build one of my own, not for presentation, but just to keep the gun and all its special paraphenalia in. I like the standard style cases...

Recently saw a deal too good to pass up on a Sam Colt designed, Pietta manufactured 7 1/2 inch barrel length "Confederate" brass frame 1851 Navy Model .36 cal. (.375 bullet dia.) black powder revolver. So cool! Always wanted one. Came with an extra cylinder (early speed loader). All for $160...

Sure wish somebody like Pietta would make a reasonably priced replica of the Beaumont-Adams 12 bore (.442 cal.) revolver. They were very popular guns in their day. Used by the British Army, and the military of several other countries as well. Used by the Canadian Mounties. Used by a lot of...

Model 1917 Army 45 revolvers and their 1937 Brazilian contract counterparts all have a lot of excess cylinder length beyond what is needed to accomodate a 45 ACP round or a 45 Auto Rim Round. There must be somewhere between a quarter of an inch and half an inch of empty space left over unused...

I was just reading posts in the Harley Nolden Institute for Firearms Research on TFL about a .455 Colt cartridge. I'd never heard of this caliber; just .455 Webley. Apparently this was a cartridge that was intended for use in an old Canadian Royal Mounted Police revolver.When I was a kid in...

I have a Brazilian contract S&W 45 cal revolver. I keep it loaded for HD with Black Hills Auto Rim 255 grain LSWCs. This load is rated at about 755 fps, but I believe it is actually goes just over 800 fps from my 5 1/2 inch barreled revolver. It's a thumper, but the stuff is expensive so I've...

I was reading a post on one of TFL's forums and the OP was mentioning that his "38" wouldn't penetrate a car door, but his "32" revolver would. I suspected that the 38 he was using was one of the weak sister 38 calibers; not a 38 Special, and that the 32 was a 32-20. Then another member and I...

Is anyone else seeing brassy residue on their semi-auto's feeding ramp? If so, do you associate this residue with any particular brand of ammunition or is this something common to all? I'm mostly a revolver man, and don't do a lot of semi shooting, but I do have several semis that I occasionally...

380 ammo has been in short supply in these parts recently, and I was down to a couple of boxes of aluminum jacketed stuff that has really not performed well in my P3AT at all. Today I found some 90 grain brass-cased ball by a South Korean company. The ammo name is PMC. I'd never tried it...

Is Remington 380 ball ammo, Remington product # R380AP (at $33.50 per box of 50) worth the $15.50 more it costs than Remington-UMC 380 ball ammo, product #L380AP (which costs $18.00 per box of 50?) If so, why? Are there head spacing questions with the UMC stuff? Feeding problems in autos? The...

The Browning A-5 shotgun and the Remington Model 11 shotgun were both based on the same John Moses Browning autoloading shotgun patent, but the guns were not identical. In addition to having a magazine stop and a twin clawed ejector that the Model 11 didn't have, I've been told that most parts...

I was just watching for about the 10th time on TV, the movie "The Sting" and noticed something I'd never noticed before. There's a scene in that movie where a gunman whose face isn't shown opens a cigar box and takes out what looked to be either an unbarreled Police Positive revolver or an...

What's the latest on this subject? I know this was on the front burner for a while, then I heard that the US put a hold on it for some ridiculous reason or another, but isn't it now on again? Or, is there still a hold-up on allowing the carbines in the country due to some silly objection to...