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well i recently bought a pietta 1860 army .44 caliber and ive been collecting accessories and possibles for its maided outing. well that day was today! from a 15-20 yard freehand i was grouping about 3.5-4.0 inch groups with 30 grains of pyrodexP. hornady .454 round balls, and remmie no 10...

i planned on using wonderlube 1000 or bore butter on my new 1860 pietta but reading another thread here made me think.... hummm some kind of lubricate thats not petroleum based.. olive oil i read? crisco? im a cheapskate lol whats laying around the house that would be as good as bore butter...

well ive been wanting a 1860 army and got a nice one! beautiful pietta pistol deep blue finish. the walnut grips are a "lil" dark but very nice. the fit n finish is very good, only complaint would be the wood grips aligning with the backstrap.. the wood is about .008 higher than the backstrap...

just got my can of pyro p and im wondering is it going to be good? i hear lots of good things about triple 7... this p was close to home and priced right. should be good in my .44?

how did they load the cap and ball revolvers back in the old west? each cyl by hand or did people use wooden loading stands? i see these loading stations that you take out the cyl... which are nice but i might want to load my army without disasembly. i was just wondering how did they do it on...

i just ordered a fr18602 44cal army pistol and am wondering what caps and balls should this thing want? no 11 caps "squished" possibly and .454 balls? im going to shot hornadys. anyone have any good expiriences with this pistol? thanks! gus

i see a lot of brass trigger guards on colts... but some appear to be steel. my buddy just bought a 1861 navy (traditions) and i think its all steel. what was the skinny on the original guns? most brass trigger guards? i know the brass frames were a confederate piece...

ive been on a hietus from the black powder for a while now and im kinda out of the loop. i remember mec used to have the best pics of his guns and targets.. im having trouble finding them. lets see some purty cap n ball pistol pictures!!!

ive got a euroarms 1851 brass frame 36 navy. i can take it apart and play with it but when i did tonite i noticed somthing. the barrel to cylinder clearance is weird. tight on the left and ok on the right(viewed from the top). i did have a lower locating pin problem but the barrel to frame...

ive got a 36 navy and im anxious to shoot soon. i dont have balls yet but i think i want hornady 375's. i know the 380s are tighter but im not crazy about the cast balls + i dont know what the gun is going to like. the 375s are cheap enough to start with i guess? im going to use wonderwads...

i cant decide where to store pyrodex when i get some. garage? its a plastic container... shouldnt get moisture in there. i just dont like the idea of keeping in the house with a gas furnace and all gas appliances (ign sources). there is no electrical sources except for flourencent lights in...

i went to the gunshow today looking for a 1851/1860 44cal pistol to go with my 36 cal armi san paolo/euroarms and missed out on 3 guns! one guy had an exact copy of my gun. proof marks,caliber and all i thought ill go down these 2 isles and come back and buy it! .............AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH...

i was looking at dixiegunworks.com and saw the lil derringer pistols.. man the pedersoli is nice!! i like the abliene too. anyone have a percussion derringer? i wouldnt mind having one in my bedroom nightstand.

1851 navy pistol.. what should the headspacing or cylinder to barrel clearance be at rest (hammer down) and cocked ready to fire (hammer back)? if i play with the center shaft that the cyl rides on it changes the tightness or looseness of the main gun parts. i think i have it correct... you...

just picked this one up today.. the bug has officially bitten me. i wasnt real crazy about the brass frame and 36 caliber but its brand new unfired (20 yrs old!) imported by hawes CA. research i have done shows it was probably made by j.p. sauer (of sig sauer fame). this paritcular gun does...

lets say i buy a uberti 1851... would parts from a pietta work? barrels,cyls,triggers etc...?? what about fie's or colts? are all the replicas "copies" of the orginal?

i havent purchased a new 1851 steel .44 pietta yet.... that is the gun i want. would a used BP revolver be ok as long as its in good order? i cant seem to find a used pistol at this time although there is a huge gun show next weekend. ive been to the shows on and off for years but never...

i read on another thread someone used brake cleaner to clean their BP pistol.........."I took the grips off and sprayed about a half a can of brake cleaner into every crack and crevise then dryed it with towels let it dry for a few hours". i work on cars for a living and i love brake cleaner...

hello gentlemen.. ive had this bug lately to purchase a 1851 navy. somthing about it has always sparked my interest and im ready to buy. i like to do as much research as i can before i buy so i dont do somthing stupid. --- ive got 2 friends of mine that are gunsmiths/life long gunnuts and both...