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New found use for soft ear plugs generally used at the range/club. I usually keep a handful of soft plugs for guest use inside ear muffs. Turns out the wife has started to use them overnight to hold down the snoring of our 8 year old English Bulldog. The snoring was driving the wife crazy...

Two weeks ago I purchased a new to me High Standard Victor with a ML serial number. ML75xxx. The pistol has not been shot until me three times in the last couple weeks --- very tight slide, sweet trigger and blue that rivals a Colt Python. The gun really likes high velocity 22lr rather than...

I picked up a clean Colt Colteer single shot in 22 mag a couple weeks ago. While I have learned a little about the rifle's history on the web, I'm curious if anyone has had shooting experience with the rifle. My club is closed with me chomping a little to get out and see how accurate the...

I have a chance to pick up a Colt 1903 mag (type 4 I believe). Two tone Colt 32 auto on the base. GunBroker rate seems $200ish for nice ones. The one offered has a guys name, home town and state engraved into its' back side. How much should I offer for the mag ? Thanks. David. :)

Yesterday I noticed that one of the legs on my Collet barrel bushing was broken off approx. at the half length mark. Since I didn't have another on hand I filed that edge smooth and reinstalled the Collet. I'm going to order a replacement bushing. Recommendations please: should I go with...

I have a grip question for the Colt experts. How do you determine the authenticity of elephant ear grips? Versus high quality reproductions ? Are the backs to the originals marked in a unique way ? I note most "originals" are a dark walnut -- were any originals produced in a light walnut...

This past week I picked up a couple 50 round boxes of 9 mm Perfecta ammo @ Walmart. I had not seen the brand before. $13.97 per box. Not bad but still a little more than Federal 9 mm in a 100 round box. The ammo was brass cased rather than the steel case I'm use to with Tulammo...

Are many of our flintlock shooters using flash guards on their pans? A guy at a bench next to me mentioned (no big deal) that he had encountered a little spill out from my flintlock on a couple shots. He was wearing shorts. This surprised me as I am a safety nut. I note the TOW has nice brass...

I ran into an older guy (older than me at least) last week who has loaded his muzzleloader with real black powder as a primer under Triple 7. He uses real black in the pan. I believe he was shooting a .50 caliber muzzleloader. I said to him that I'd heard of this but never tried it myself --...

Today at the club I shot my Lancaster .45 flintlock. I set up a paper target and two water filled jugs against the berm at 25 meters. My first two shots at the paper targets were within an inch of dead center. I was pleased. If I'd been hunting, well, the family would have been eating...

Well, I have just about depleted my pound of Goex 3f. My LGS (BP specialty store) had no Goex in 3f -- their last shipment was KiK BP. I had not heard of the brand. Apparently it is made in Slovenia. Well, I picked up a pound. Looking over various internet posts, BP shooters are pretty...

I ran across a couple YouTube videos of BP containers blowing up on a shooting bench when guys pulled the trigger. I guess sparks from the pan, off the cap or from the muzzle ignited a pound of BP. A pound of Goex or substitute that goes bang is real scary-- blew the shooters backwards off the...

I'm currently shooting my .45 Lancaster flintlock with 3f under the ball and 3f in the pan. I keep reading how I'm suppose to be using 4f in the pan. The rifle goes boooom with 3f in the pan so what's with "you need 4f in the pan?" I find it hard to believe that many years ago, and many wars...

Yesterday a new to me custom flintlock was delivered. The rifle has a fine walnut stock, brass furniture, Chambers lock, Davis trigger and Greene Mountain barrel in .45. Into the butt stock is cut a nice wooden patch box. Simple elegance IMO. I understand it is "custom" built. Into the top...

I am flirting with purchasing (Cabela's Visa Points) the Cabela's Blue Ridge flintlock in .50 in a few weeks. Questions-- Is this model made solely for sale thru Cabela's or obtainable elsewhere? For those of you owning one, what do you think of its' performance plus fit and finish (wood)? Is...

I don't reload unless a .50 muzzleloader qualifies-- you know, one at a time! I've recently purchased a 30.06 (not my first) and collect my brass. One of my club's reloaders suggested that he'd provide me with 20 rounds of reloaded 30.06 for 100 of my spent brass casings. This sounded like a...

So I've recently picked up a nice Browning Safari (1965) in 30 06. It has its' rear iron sight plus hooded front sight. It is factory drilled and tapped. This is bolt action not BAR. I have a Ziess Conquest 3x9 -40 that I intend to transfer from a Browning ABolt 22 to the new 30 06. The Ziess...

Guys- Yesterday I posted up my new Uberti Colt Walker for warrantee purposes on the Uberti web site. It is a user friendly site asking for the usual purchase date, serial number, purchased from, addresses, your address etc. No biggie. I hit the enter button and up comes the announcement that...

I am faculty at a State University in Florida. I have had a Florida Concealed Carry Permit for several years. There seems to be some confusion (I'm confused) over whether (or not) I can have a firearm locked in my vehicle while on campus. I'm not under any pressure from the powers that be--...