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    Interchangeable parts

    At what time in history did the US start using interchangeable parts in their military guns? I learned as a kid that Eli Whitney came up with the idea, but don't remember when it became standardized. I suppose it was a trickle-down process, so I'm not looking for the first interchangeable gun...
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    Vinegar's role in 18th-19th cooking

    I've read old military rations lists, and vinegar was an apparently common part of a soldier's rations in both the AWI and the ACW, and I wonder why. Was it a condiment to make the soldiers' bland rations taste better, or did it have some medicinal use? Now, we hardly ever use it for modern...
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    Photograph of a Revolution War soldier

    or former soldier. You can see more about it here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Heyer
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    Saw a restorable caplock rifle today

    My good friend at my LGS which is about a mile away had a customer come in with a cap rifle. Since my friend doesn't know about BP, and since he'd done me a favor, I went down there to help him out. It had about a 1" barrel with I think a .32 caliber, could be a .36....half stock with some...
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    Interesting NGeo program

    Primal Survivor, which I guess is a series. Anyway, today's program "China's Last Gunmen" is about the Biasha people of China, farmers who make and shoot muzzle loaders. Apparently a big deal in China. And they make their own gunpowder. The guns are like long, very long pistols, no butt...
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    SOLD H&A .36 Offhand

    This rifle is in excellent shape, the bore is brilliant. The forend split, I glued it back together which seems to be strong and isn't evident, but in the process, I glued down the spring to hold the ramrod. Needs something to hold the ramrod. It only had one thimble, which is enclosed, but...
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    Squirrel hunters

    When you score, where do you carry the squirrels. I generally get four or five, and avoid leather bags because they get foul with blood. I break away from tradition which I do quite often and haul them around in a WW 2 gas mask case. Plenty of room and it's light-weight and washable, being...
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    Browning Mountain Rifle

    Guy I know acquired a very good shape BMR, in .50. It according to him was made in the 70s during the mountain rifle craze. It's 4xx out of 1000. I can't find any information on this rifle. I would appreciate any info so I can pass it along.
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    Two Navies, two different cylinders

    I've got two Uberti Navies, which I think I've posted before. The older one wants a .380 ball, the newer one wants a .375 ball. I have both, but wonder how much pressure it would take to force the .380 ball in the smaller cylinder. The older one would allow the .375 ball to move forward and...
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    An unexpected problem with my 1861 Uberti

    And an embarrassing one, too. Yesterday, shot my revolver four times. The last shot was a squib, and the gun hung up. I couldn't figure what was hanging it up, after taking it down a couple of times. It wouldn't rotate. After cursing, I took it home, took the cones off, and unloaded the two...
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    Cast v swaged balls

    I feel sure this has been addressed, but nothing showed up in Search. I was advised by someone who ought to know that cast balls, sprue up, was the way to go. But I use swaged because I don't have the wherewithall to cast bullets. So what are your reckonings on this subject?
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    golden age rifle

    I've posted this before, but it's an original rifle in about .36 caliber. Sorry about the poor quality of the picture, but it's the best I can do. Needs cleaning up and restoring. The mainspring doesn't work
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    Smooth Rifle?

    It was raised above. What is a "smooth rifle." Isn't that an oxymoron? I've seen it mentioned before on this forum, but fail to understand it. Does a smooth rifle have a rear sight?
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    Anyone here using a bag mould

    I've got one and while it's neat and lightweight and probably of the type used by my ancestors, I wonder if anyone here is using one now. And if so, any special instructions...other than wearing gloves?
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    An Uberti contratemps

    Two, actually. First was the dovetail wedge that holds the loading lever in place on my 1861 Navy fell off and was lost in the grass. Talked to Uberti, and they said they'd send me one. It's an old gun but has been shot only 12 times or so. The technician was read the serial number and was...
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    Six shooter C&B

    I know it's recommended to carry five rounds in a C&B revolver, but I tested this concept today with a capped, unloaded chamber. First, I rested the hammer on the pins between the cones. I pounded the hammer with a wooden hammer in a decidedly un-period holster, one with a strap and a snap...
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    Check your bolt screw

    On Uberti Navy revolvers. One of mine worked out, which I've written about already. Today I checked the second one with was very loose...took about six turns to tighten it up. I should have Lock Tited it but didn't...oh, well. I think cocking the hammer turns the screw a bit. Something to...
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    Buying rolling papers

    Today, I bought cigarette rolling papers for making cartridges. I'm 73 YOA, and got a strange look when buying them. A buck for 250 Zig-Zag. I was slightly paranoid buying them because I figure the clerk thought I was an aged doper. But my first experience in rolling powder containers was...
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    New Uberti Navy

    Got it today, and I have to say I think the quality has gone down since my other, older Navy. For the most immemdiate thing is one screw on each side is proud of the frame. Not that way on my older pistol. It's pretty stiff, but then it's new. I'll shoot both tomorrow just to see how it...
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    Nearly lost my bolt screw

    In fact, I did lose it for a while. I thought I'd lost it for good on the carpet, but found it after my Rhomba picked it up. I wondered why the gun locked up until I saw the missing screw hole in the blank pistol. It's a Uberti Navy 61. I threaded it back through with the help of a slave pin...
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