I have a set of 1860 Colt “clones (Pietta) that I shoot in Cowboy Action Competition. These revolvers have been converted to cartridge using Kirst Converter Cylinders. Cowboy Action Shooting uses your firearms hard! These revolvers have been used most every weekend for the past two years. I recently did a barrel alignment on them.
I’ve started a journey to the world of “Paper Patched” cast bullet shooting. Back in the days of the Buffalo Hunters and the Civil War, most folks used “Paper Patched Bullets” in their rifles. Paper Patched bullets have no lube grooves like a conventional lead bullet. A PP bullet simply has straight sides and the
This past year I really got involved in Cowboy Action Shooting and this lead me to any type of rifle or pistol from the period 1850 to 1897. Mostly Black Powder firearms. Everything I’ve acquired thus far have been reproductions as the “real thing” was too expensive or un-shootable. This changed yesterday……On the Kittery Trading
Gotta love these old rifles! A few weeks ago a couple friends and I went on a “Road Trip” visiting various gun shops in the area. I’d been on the lookout for a nice vintage Winchester 1892 in my favorite cartridge, the 38 WCF (38-40 Winchester). I have an 1866 (Uberti) and and 1892 Take
A few weeks ago I received a call from my local gun shop. They know I’m a nut about any firearms that were manufactured before 1899. They called to tell me they had a S&W Schofield and if I was interested. It took me all of 15 minutes to jump in the truck and go
I just love these old rifles! Â A few weeks ago a fellow on one of the Cowboy Action forums offered up a real “project” Winchester 1873 rifle for a ridiculous low price. The last thing I needed was another project, but I simply couldn’t resist. My 12 step firearms purchasing program is not working to
Last week I was on business in Minneapolis. When anywhere near a Cabelas I simply must visit the gun library! I’ve been to every Cabelas in the USA…..Some a number of times. While there I saw this 1894 Winchester take-down, 32Win Special, Octagon to round, pistol grip, Marbles tang sight…….I fell in love! But it
an·neal əˈnēl/ verb  heat (metal or glass) and allow it to cool slowly, in order to remove internal stresses. Go Straight To The Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G651TiaThJo or here: http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/gunsmithing-reloading/annealing-machine/annealing-img-0852.html Brass is an interesting alloy. It is perfect for use in firearms cartridges because it expands easily upon firing to seal the breach of the firearm
I’ve been reloading Metallic Cartridges for over 40 years. The best thing that ever happened to this hobby was the internet. I can remember when a bunch of folks from all over the country used to get on our Radio Shack “WebTV” devices every night and share stories and information. Now there are thousands of
I built a simple barrel sanding device that mounts on my lathe and using power feed, it simply sands a barrel to whatever grit I have loaded in the sander. Sander was bought at Harbor Freight for under $50. A bracket was fabricated from angle iron to position it as shown. Vacumn cleaner attaches
