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  1. andy2175m4

    fore end falling off of musket

    I have this recently made Italian zouave musket and the brass fore end cap fell off, the barrel bands are very loose and the fore-end just falls off, looks like previous owner glued the fore end to the barrel with some furniture/wood glue, and left the barrel bands sloppy. Is there a better...
  2. andy2175m4

    are bores tapered ?

    my new rifled musket muzzle loader seems to have a tapered barrel, the 58 caliber minie balls are snug for the first 12" or so, then they slide down easily to the bottom of the barrel (32"), I am getting ready to take it apart and do some measurements, seems odd to me, are rifled musket...
  3. andy2175m4

    reclaiming lead from car and motorcycle batteries

    I took apart an AGM motorcycle battery and had no trouble taking the plates out and neutralizing the acid, but the plates would not melt, it was so strange, the posts and the cell jumpers melted nicely into good clean lead, but the plates would not melt, they just turned into a mush of red...
  4. andy2175m4

    how do you tell a Pieta from a Uberti ?

    I just bought a clean, used 1860 colt army, no box, no papers, cannot tell if it's a uberti or pieta, brass trigger guard, color case hardened frame and ram rod, blue barrel does anyone know how to distinguish the two ?
  5. andy2175m4

    what size ball to use ?

    I now have a Uberti 44 cal. revolver and I measured the chamber bores with my caliper, all six were exactly 0.450" should I order the Hornady 0.451" round balls or the Hornady 0.454" round balls ? those seem to be the only balls that are close,
  6. andy2175m4

    what size ball to use (exactly)

    Black powder (and casting) newbie here (old time centerfire reloader though) I just removed the cylinder from my New 1860 Uberti Army pistol and checked all 6 chambers with a caliper, 0.450" x 6 what size ball should I use to get a good swage on the cylinders ? I see many ball molds at .450...
  7. andy2175m4

    will these caps work in a typical zouave rifle

    The only percusison caps that seem to be readily available now are CCI 301 Four Wing Musket Caps Black Powder Brass on the package it says "For reenactment use" my question is this: i cannot find any specs on the size of nipple these are supposed to fit, my gun is a new 58 cal zouave repro...
  8. andy2175m4

    need sights for 1863 Remington Zouave musket

    I am looking for period correct front and rear dovetails sights for 1863 Remiington Zouave musket, can you suggest vendors ? this part seems to be elusive. thanks
  9. andy2175m4

    what holds on Zouave end cap ?

    I just picked up a used Zouve 58 cal. percussion rifled musket, there seems to be no hardware to secure the end cap, the end caps falls to the floor when ram rod pulled out. The barrel band is quite loose, not suprised, I will firm that up by shimming with aluminum tape, but is there a...
  10. andy2175m4

    Dragoon Trigger too small ?

    When shopping for a 38 snubby I had to try 4 or 5 models before I found the s/w model 10 trigger that fit my finger/hand, all the others felt like the trigger was too short, same with my new and beloved Colt Dragoon, love the look and the feel, but again the trigger feels too small/short for...
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