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    Thank You for the new forum

    Yes thanks for this new forum.....john..... :RO:
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    Fooling with a Ruger Old Army

    Yup, it's me......what gave me away.....the name or the dots?......Myra Lou is the name of the street I live on.......john......
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    Cleaning blackpowder revolvers

    When I shoot the pistol I always spend 3 or more hours on the range.....I figure if I have to clean the booger I'm going to really shoot a bunch ie: 80 or more shots.... To clean it I remove the grips, cylinder and nipples......I then spray the metal components with windex with ammonia and tooth...
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    Does An Original Civil War Pistol 'Manual' Exist?

    I have seen a manual on the loading and firing of the revolver......I can't remember where but if you call 'Dixie Gun Works', they have reprints of obsolete firearms manuals......Best of Luck.......john.....
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    Fooling with a Ruger Old Army

    Yeh, I would like to get a dozen #10 nipples for my 'Old Army'.......I must have 10,000 #10 [email protected]...... :thanks:
  6. M

    Strongest Revolver

    Ok, you win....I thought we were talking black powder precussion revolver.......
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    Strongest Revolver

    With out a doubt a Ruger Old Army......modern steel which was unheard of in the 19th century......It is proofed with smokeless powder......shoots between a 357 and 44 Mag......it'll dent the steel gongs using 42 grs of 2F Pyrodex....multiple ignition is caused by 'flash over' from nipple to...
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    How could you NOT want one???

    I saw on the learning channel where they sling pianos in the air with a humounges catapult in England.....guess a mans got to make do when one can't get gun powder.......also saw them sling little cars.......john.......
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    How could you NOT want one???

    Yel it's about $20 a shot in powder......looks like they are shooting just powder.........the wheels are chocked in the rear..........about 3 weeks ago I crewed a 6 pounder and we were shooting ball or canister, the gun recoiled about 5 feet.......john........
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    12-Pounder US Napoleon Pictures

    Wes were you cannon shooten about 3 weeks ago out at Fort Hood, Texas with the SVC........we had a 3in Ordinance rifle out there......I helped crew the 6 pounder from Austin Capital Guards.........Deo Vindice........john......
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    Ever use a T/C with the QLA system?

    I've never experienced any problems using prb with the 54 t/c QLA........I've put about 300 prb down range so far....sure drops the 100meter steel target real quick.........john........
  12. M

    cleaning your lead

    Has anybody used Borax as a lead cleaned in their casting pot?......I read about it some where but can't remember where.....john.....
  13. M

    tarnished roundballs

    Take em out and shoot em........that amount would last me about 3days of range time.......I've got frost ball in a lot of various diameters......I believe Hornandy's come that way.......spray em with WD40....
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    Hit my danged head the other day,,,,,,,,,,,

    Me too......I take my time shooting.......ain't that why we shoot B/P?.......If I wanted to shoot fast I'd shoot my SKS.....enjoy life....what's the rush.....john.....
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    Serious question.

    Maxi-ball my comments were not intended to down play your situation......that's not my style......I just wanted to share with you and let you know that some of us know how you might feel........If you are serious about your remains.......we have an reenactor event here twice a year in which we...
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    Newbie with 58 Remington cleaning question

    I take the grips and trigger guard off, remove the cylinder. Then I put it on full cock and squirt windex on everything except the grips.....I also remove the nipples and soak them in windex (ammonia)....use a toothbrush and a cheap narrow paint brush in places......then I run everything under...
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    Serious question.

    Same problem here.....I was exposed to agent orange in Nam.....65-67.....1/27 infantry (Wolfhounds), 25th Infantry (Tropical Lightning).....I was a grunt, walked all through the defoliated stuff and now the stuff is starting to show....abnormal bumps on my body.....swollen lymph nodes and what...
  18. M

    help me id this rifle?

    Now you know why they had 12ft high rooms and big windows...... :haha: :haha: :haha:
  19. M

    That Look Of Flint

    Joel.....I shoot on a ranch which is about 3 miles south of Lampasas on 183......you do any CW muzzleloading?.......we also have a Skirmish team.....john......
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    Road kills my wife an I saw on a trip

    what are you showing us in the large picture????? That you have a turtle or that you still have 10 fingers????? :haha:........john.......
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