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My pocket navy (Uberti) has given me fits ever since I got it. There were few cylinders fired without at least one cap jam, even after I made the modifications recommended in mec's book...

I was visiting a civil war museum in Carthage, Missouri yesterday and saw a photograph of a fellow named Maddox, I believe, who was a member of Quantrill's band of raiders. He was posed with two 1858 Remington revolvers, one of which was positioned to allow the viewer to see into the front of...

Today, U.P.S. delivered my order from Dixie Gun Works, an 1849 Colt pocket .31 replica, made by Palmetto. I found the bore had a flaw, a high spot across one land and one groove, about 1 inch from the muzzle. When slugging the bore, it took considerably harder tapping to get the slug past that...

I am thinking about buying some surplus 30-06 ammo in the 8 round en bloc clips for my Garand. It is advertised as being corrosive. I know all the ammo used to be primed with corrosive priming and was wondering if there was some kind of bore cleaner that is effective on corrosive ammo. I know I...

Looking through Dixie's catalog I noticed the chamber diameter given in the revolver specs is often smaller than the groove diameter. Uberti's .44 Walker, for instance, shows .440 land, .466 groove and .449 chamber measurements. Pietta has an 1858 Remington replica which gives .440 land and .446...

I am interested in a ML rifle, the only two producers of the model I want being Euroarms and Parker-Hale.The quality of Parker-Hale isn't an issue but the Parker-Hale model costs about $400.00 more than the Euroarms model. Is the quality of Parker-Hale that much better than Euroarms or do the...

Does any company offer brass cases in 20 gauge which take a regular shotgun primer? I've come across an old one here and there but all I've seen so far needed a primer larger than anything offered these days.

I'm intending to buy, probably from Dixie Gun Works, either a Whitworth replica or the Volunteer Target Rifle. Both are .451 caliber with a twist of 1 in 20 inches. the Whitworth has the hexagonal whitworth rifling, of course, and the Volunteer Target rifle has Alexander Henry rifling. I have...

I'm intending to buy either a Whitworth replica or a Volunteer Target Rifle. Both are listed in DGW, both are .451 caliber, both are rifled with one turn in 20 inches. The Whitworth has, obviously, the well publicised hexagonal rifling. The Volunteer Target rifle has the Alexander Henry rifling...