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    Best kit for unskilled builder

    I think Jukar might still make the pistols for Traditions although I'm not sure on that as I don't own a traditions. Years ago they might have also made the sidelock pistols for CVA too. Glad to hear you have some refinishing projects to start with. I love projects like that too since...
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    Best kit for unskilled builder

    First, you should consider what I say, but not take it as the word of God. I'm speaking only from my limited experiences. Second, I would recommend none of the above for your first kit. I'd look around for a poorly finished firearm that needs to be rebuilt or refinished. That way you take...
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    Load for .42 smoothbore boxlock

    I cannot but agree with the 10 grain recommendations here. I have one of those cheap brass derringers from Dixie that I shoot at 9 grains to great effect. In fact I'm surprised at how much so little powder can do to propel that roundball...
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    Building derringers with a mill/drill/lathe?

    I'll keep the alloys in mind for steel. My intention though was mostly to make brass firearms. I've always been fascinated by brass guns, for reasons unknown even to myself. :) If I recall properly, Jim didn't you post some good advice on which brass and bronze stocks to look for for BP...
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    Building derringers with a mill/drill/lathe?

    Wow - more responses here already than I anticipated. Thanks for your responses everybody! As for the dorm issue, I'm not too worried about that. Let me worry about it. :grin: I've done some pretty heavy repair projects, not the least of which was an engine overhaul in my dorm. I'm lucky...
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    Building derringers with a mill/drill/lathe?

    OK, so I've been lurking around numerous machining forums and trying to glean information from all kinds of odd sources. Basically it comes down to that I want to spend my tax refund check (which hasn't arrived yet), and economic stimulus package thing on a 3 in 1 mill/drill/lathe unit. I was...
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    Flintlock pistol on a budget.

    '70s tower pistol. That's how I got started. I now own 4 pistols! You have been warned. :)
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    What I have been up to

    Well, over the summer I bought three firearms from the trading area of this forum and ended up never rebuilding them. Two of them are now complete for all intensive purposes, and the third is now in good firing order. Here are the pictures: This is the flintlock that I consider to be...
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    Question restoring an old CVA - drum doesn't fit

    Sounds like a good plan. The next challenge is indeed to get the hammer to strike the nipple squarely. This pistol needs a lot of work yet, and I'm just playing with it on the odd weekends I have free from college. I thought this pistol will be my first total rebuild job. My first pistol, a...
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    Question restoring an old CVA - drum doesn't fit

    OK, so I have an old CVA Kentucky pistol in .45 caliber. I ordered a drum for it, because the original drum was missing. The drum that arrived appears to be too long. In other words, the drum threads in about 3/4 of the way, then refuses to thread in further. I'm not sure why this is...
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    caplock to flintlock

    I understand what you're driving at now, Paul, and it seems to make sense. Air not as the necesary oxygen, but the means through which more heat (activation energy) can be transfered to each granule of powder... Thanks for clearing that up! :)
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    caplock to flintlock

    Perhaps you are correct - I can't claim to know for sure. However, if the chemical equations are balanced correctly, atmospheric oxygen is theoretically irrelevant to the ignition of black powder. I'd like to honestly find out if the burn rate of black powder is actually faster in an oxygen...
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    caplock to flintlock

    Air doesn't get drawn into a flash pan, as gunpowder is its own oxidant. Recall that gunpowder is an explosive that does not rely on atmospheric oxygen to sustain the reaction that takes place. http://www.royalarmouries.org/extsite/view.jsp?sectionId=2920...
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    A few cap and ball questions (Possible Shop)

    Thanks again for all of the responses. Unfortunately, a cap 'n ball will have to go on hold for a little while, as I purchased a lot of 3 pistols- a derringer and, a Kentucky percussion pistol, and a flintlock of some kind, all in need of assembly or restoration. I got a good deal, but we'll...
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    New guy

    I might also jump in and suggest that bluing or browning is not necessarily required your first time out - many period pistols were "white" and look darn good at that. :)
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    What is the best twist rate for pistols?

    For some reason I thought I remembered reading that CVA's old side locks all used 1-48" rifling. I could be mistaken of course, and in flipping through the manual I couldn't find the specification for the rifling, but I thought I remembered seeing that and thinking it somewhat slow for a...
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    A few cap and ball questions (Possible Shop)

    It's listed as "1861 Sheriff" in the link I provided, about 2 or 3 up from the bottom. It is a .36 caliber 5 1/2 inch barrel. Maybe not full sized, but larger than the .31 pocket pistol. Zonie you probably have seen that in the past I tend to like derringers and novelty/miniature firearms. I...
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    A few cap and ball questions (Possible Shop)

    Thanks for all the great responses everybody! Rest assured, whatever I purchase will be carefully selected. I might even save up for a little extra time and buy a higher quality Uberti. We'll see though... Any thoughts as to which models I should be looking at? I think I'm still most...
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    A few cap and ball questions (Possible Shop)

    I honestly don't know what I want at this point, as I've hardly met a firearm I don't like. I might go for a percussion rifle, or maybe another cartridge firearm (really looking at a Handi-Rifle in .500 S&W). In any case, I'm hoping to purchase another firearm within a month or so, and I was...
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    Your First Muzzleloader?

    Not as impressive of a story as some. I just got my first muzzeloader this past August. I was 18 still. It was a CVA Tower Pistol replica that a fellow on this forum offered me for 20 bucks shipped to my door. It was rough in condition, the brass had a lot of crud on it more than anything...
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