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I have an old 1903 Colt Hammer Pocket pistol (Not the 1903 hammerless, this is larger). Of course it's chambered in .38 ACP , which is an obsolete case. I see that Buffalo is loading for the 1903 but they are using Starline 38 Super brass. I absolutely hate the idea of loading in mis-stamped...

When I started to look this up I thought it would be easy to find, but the powder and ballistics information of the original JMB .380 are not as comon as I had assumed. Do any of you know what they used for powder, is it available today? Were the bullets FMJ or were they cast? And I had assumed...

I waited too long to fulfill an intch I had for a Uberti stainless target model 1858 Remington. After ordering it from Taylors I got an email stating it was back ordered and no time frame offered as to when it may be in. I figured covid was to blame as Italy has been hard hit by it, and sure...

I saw a youtube video where the guy did this, I'd never heard of it. He said he gets better deeper black color that way. Of course he was using manganese parkerizing solution. I did a Springfield 38 Super 1911 a while ago, turned out as a beautiful green color, can someone also tell me what...

Got an old clackity clack given to me, and having spent much time and money so far I have it to where it fires 2 out of 10 rounds without help. I finally looked at the feed ramp on the barrel and saw gouges in it. So I punched the pins out to remove the barrel, and polished that ramp. But...

Recently I bought a beautiful Carl Gustaf built in 1909. I hope reload it to shoot it entirely for target shooting pleasure. First I purchased once fired cases, then primers and powder. But I'm stumped on bullets, the 6.5 equals .2559" but I'm not sure that's the true size, as, for instance...

I was given this delightful old rifle recently, it's missing the inner spring that returns the bolt to battery. It still shoots as a single shot until the new parts arrive. It was made in the 40's and up to the 80's under various names including Stevens. It's an unusual design in that the...

The ammo is 8 X 57 MM and I found more than one warning about it. The bore measured, with a dial caliper (I'll slug the barrel when I get it home) .317", but the Turkish steel jacketed slugs measure .323". I've always been a pistol guy, and am not familiar with rifles, does the .006"...

I have two auto pistols in my collection that I can't get apart. Both look like Ruby pistols but one is a Union made in France.The normal procedure is to put the safety forward and up, rack the slide so the safety holds the barrel in the right place to turn the barrel, turn the barrel 90 degrees...

Hi, I wanted to ask anyone else who has one of these old pistols if they know what the blind hole above the firing pin hole in the breech face is for? It looks to be about .100" diameter and does not communicate with any cross holes. The location would be perfect for a loaded chamber...

I bought a Vortex Crossfire II 4-12x50 AO Riflescope Dead-Hold BDC Reticle CF2-31023 - scope for my AR-15 but since the rifle has a 14" long picatinny tube the large objective hits the top of the rail. I also got the Vortex Optics 1 Inch Riflescope High Rings, Picatinny/Weaver Mount thinking...

My brother finished a kit revolver, nominally a Remington 1858 clone made in the 70's. He spent a lot of time working on it and browning it back in the day. We are both a great deal older now (It might be strange if he got younger while I got older I guess) and somewhere in the interim someone...

I bought a .22 LR revolver recently and the gap seems excessive to my eye. I haven't tried a feeler gage yet but it looks like .010". Isn't that a lot of wasted energy blowing by?

Not a common pistol in America, not real common even in Europe, so it's possible alterations may cost more later by degrading the supply for collectors. These were made in five calibers, B76 in 9X19 Parabellum, B80 in 7.65 Parabellum and third in a less common caliber, 9 x 18 Ultra , and a...

Hi, My pastor generously gave me a box of old 38 Auto ammo. The box is yellow ith "Western" in red on a blue band at the top, below that in the yellow area it says "Super-X" and below that in blue "38 Automatic (oilproof)", at the bottom is "Lubaloy" in red text,. The best I've been able to...

I want a model 62 in stainless, but can't find any for under $800. The model 72, chambered in .22 mag, is more common and affordable. I understand the land diameter of the .22 mag rifling is smaller but the groove diameter larger, and that therefore accuracy may suffer. (?) Does anyone know if...

Contrary to many PPK and PPK/s owners I really enjoy and prize my S&W made PPK/s, I have a NIB Interarms PPK and from my machinist's viewpoint I see little to choose quality wise between them except the use of MIM parts in the S&W (The ejector broke recently, and it cost me $58 to replace it...

Rifle serial number is 18170**, we are looking for the date of manufacture and I can't find a website with the information. My friend bought this autoloading rifle for a pittance in a package deal, nice shape but far from minty. I know these were first manufactured in 1939.

I didn't take photos! The pistol is supposedly previous to even the red eagle model 1's the grip panels had no logo of any kind, and seemed an odd shape to me, target rear sights and brass blade front, which the owner said came with it "So you can file it". The barrel is 3 3/4" long which he...

I was with a young person a week or so ago as he bought black powder. $24.95!!!!!!! Nothing in BP is exotic, granted there are government induced costs but hey, that's way too much! A while ago there were a few threads about making BP, some folks said it was too dangerous (That depends on...