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  1. J

    Did Remington steal Colt tech???

    Maybe the 1873 Colt was a better/stronger design than the open top previous Colts.
  2. J

    What Makes a "Better" Component?

    "Better" is not easy to define. I remember a teacher in electronic engineering saying " there is no such things as advantages or disadvantages - just characteristics". He was talking about circuits, but that can apply to a lot of things.
  3. J

    Underhammer question

    I don't think there are any new parts available. Numrich Arms is still around, but they don't show those parts as being in stock. A spring could be made, but the hammer and trigger would be more of a challenge.
  4. J

    Underhammer question

    Does the trigger move freely? It should be spring loaded to snap forward by itself.
  5. J

    Underhammer question

    That certainly isn't the way it should work - it sounds like the trigger spring is broken or missing, or the trigger pivot is stuck or bent. There are two notches in the hammer, the first one is the half cock and you shouldn't be able to pull the trigger to release it (don't do that).
  6. J

    Deane-Adams replica?

    It's nice, but I'd rather have the Remington 36.
  7. J

    Did I ruin grips

    There's a big milky white spot on my dining room table from setting something wet and hot there. It never goes away either.
  8. J

    Flintolock pistol rises, never hit the target :-(

    RmFnLA - It definitely is physics, but you don't have it right. Recoil starts the instant the ball and the gas column start to move and continues as long as they are accelerating and are inside the gun. The speed of the ball plus the expelled gas times their mass will equal the speed of the...
  9. J

    Flintolock pistol rises, never hit the target :-(

    Nothing to worry about, the pirates on the Spanish Main were probably even worse shots.
  10. J

    Replica Remington Police model?

    With the correct dimensions, including the frame and cylinder? I sure would. No safety markings would be great too.
  11. J

    .225-32 tap

    For cleaning the rust out of old parts, without removing original metal, having a tap that's a little smaller in diameter would be safer.
  12. J

    .225-32 tap

    Are you sure it isn't #12 - 32? That's real close to .225 (.218 I think) and the same number of threads per inch. 12 - 32 taps are fairly common, but not as common as 8s and 10s.
  13. J

    Help identifying how to call my Turner Kirkland Muzzleloader

    Mine says "Dixie Gun Works Union City Tennessee Made in Belgium 319". 45 cal. also. I bought it new and I thought that was in the 1960's but maybe I'm remembering that wrong. The ones that say "Turner Kirkland" would be older, I would think.
  14. J

    time machine

    I think 1967 was the last good year - after that things started going to heck. I was 20 years old, the cars were fast, the girls were pretty, and there were no computers.
  15. J

    A question for the 36 caliber shooters

    Track of the Wolf has .340 cast round balls - they work good in my Numrich underhammer with a .350 bore
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