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Posted by DC
- May 16, 2016, 17:41:53 PMQuote from: Troll on May 12, 2016, 19:52:41 PMWell, when you find it, check out this place for all kinds of extra Garand parts. At one point, they stocked Garand DIY kits, but they are out of stock now. http://www.e-sarcoinc.com/search.aspx?find=M1+Garand This place is known as the go-to place around here for all sorts of old military arms. They have loads of foreign military stuff too.Thanks. for all ...I have new hobby...buying guns that people screw up and fixing them...now to find a beat up Garand!
Posted by Troll
- May 12, 2016, 19:52:41 PMThanks. for all ...I have new hobby...buying guns that people screw up and fixing them...now to find a beat up Garand!
Posted by gdrudd13
- May 12, 2016, 08:16:50 AMShooting black powder is so much fun. Hardest part though is finding a place where you can shoot them. Around here several of the ranges don't allow them. But if you do find a place, so much fun.
Posted by Trall
- May 11, 2016, 19:30:51 PMNICE video and you got a great deal on your 1860. That and you had tore it down to hundred pieces and put it all back together. Hats off to your skills 
Posted by Troll
- May 11, 2016, 18:56:13 PMI gotta quit looking at Gunbroker....found a real nice example of an 1860 Army .44. According to the date code on the frame, it was built in 1995...It cost me $150. Current production ones on sale are $250....Well, it arrived from Texas today. I took it all apart, and it looks as though it was fired some, but not during this century. It must have been dry fired a lot. 3 of the nipples were pretty hammered over. I was able to save one of them with my die grinder, so I left the other 2 out and went to the range. I took the 1851 Navy with me, too. Shot 40 lead balls today. 15 through the Navy, which did just what I expected it to do, and the rest using 4 chambers on the Army...https://goo.gl/photos/MrEovgoLF3b8etAaA As usual, pictures: Big surprise, it came in a pistol box...just big enough for both of them. My regular case is getting a bit crowded....
Posted by DC
- May 10, 2016, 20:32:28 PMHoly cow! Talk about a tight pattern! 
Posted by Troll
- May 10, 2016, 13:41:47 PMhttps://goo.gl/photos/U2Fy6VkDdhzfJ1z18 New $9 mag from the gun show on Sat.
4 out of 7 in the black@50'...230 gr hollow points. Bought a spare cylinder for my 1858 for $20 ($100 retail)..tried that out, too. also @50' My last 4 caps...had to go home, no more ammo!
Posted by Troll
- April 29, 2016, 19:56:15 PMQuote from: DC on April 28, 2016, 20:06:51 PMWouldn't have it any other way..even my .45 auto and M-1 carbine are "single action"!They're strictly single action I guess.
Posted by chief
- April 29, 2016, 14:35:16 PMI have a .44 Remington. After you fire one of these a bit you understand why people missed so often back when these were state-of-the-art. The smoke really obscures the target!
Posted by DC
- April 28, 2016, 20:06:51 PMThey're strictly single action I guess.
Posted by greenbarn
- April 27, 2016, 20:43:59 PMThat one worked...
Posted by Troll
- April 26, 2016, 21:52:21 PMTry new link: https://picasaweb.google.com/109550952480484427597/1851NavyReplica third one..
Posted by greenbarn
- April 26, 2016, 20:49:58 PMI really like the cap n ball stuff. Fun to shoot.
your selfie link gives me a 404 error..... most likely the picture of you broke the camera.. 
Posted by Troll
- April 26, 2016, 18:38:12 PMWell, I'm at it again...I really missed being able to shoot just because I basically grew up with it. Between the carpal tunnel issues and the cataracts, I had pretty much given up on the whole idea. The surgeries I had to "fix" the carpal tunnel made it worse...8 years of recovery and rehab, then I tore a right rotator cuff, that healed, but it took 2 years, then the left one...that only took year....So, now with a steady source of non committed income, and both arms working at about 75-80%, and the cataract problem fixed, I'm back in the shooting "game"...About 50 years ago, I had some black powder guns, including a real Colt .36 Navy revolver...Black powder was a PITA to clean up, and when you were done, you looked like a chimney sweep at the end of the day....Pyrodex is WONDERFUL! Cleans up with HOT WATER...rinses right out, bronze bore brush, couple dry patches, and an oil mop and you're done. Cabelas is the only reasonably priced source of BP firearms near me, and they have a good selection...every once in a while, they throw a killer deal at you...Could NOT pass this one up...this piece sells for as much as $350, in various places, and they had it on sale for 1 day at $199. I did an internet order to lock in the price and they shipped to the store. I picked it up at 09:30 this morning...got it home, cleaned and ready, and out to the range by 13:30....Pietta 1858 .44 Remington Army. Took it and my 1851 Navy out to the range and played for an hour or so....https://picasaweb.google.com/109550952480484427597/1851NavyReplica Link to my "selfie". I used an NRA target on big paper for the Remington, since I had no idea where it would print, and 9" paper plates for the Navy since I know where it will hit, within about 2" or so...The Remington hits about 6" low at 25 yards, I was told to expect this...The red dot at 12 o'clock on the target was point of aim, gave me the results in the black...
Posted by Troll
- April 24, 2016, 19:49:17 PMSupposed to be raining all day, but it wasn't. Took advantage of the 60° temp to ride up to the range (about 20 miles) and play with the 1851 Navy...I call it
"Cap'n Ball"....A little adjustment to the rear sight (it's a notch in the front lip of the hammer) with a die grinder, and a bump in powder charge to 24 gr. of Pyrodex...and these are the results (Bye the way, the load I'm firing is ballistically equivalent to a +P .38 special) and here are the results. I know, no pics, didn't happen...well it did! I'm shooting offhand at 100'.....The high shot on the silhouette target was the first one, the last 2 are in the same hole, in the red circle!