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    Happy Holidays!

    Hey, All! I've learned a lot from you guys this year. Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Boxing Day, and whatever else you may be celebrating! And a great 2006 to everyone. Keep your powder dry in '06, and thanks for all the good info. -- Valley Forge
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    Fouling in 1861 Colt

    Back from an afternoon at the range with my Uberti 1861 Colt & my Pietta Remington '58. The Remmy can shoot all afternoon - the Colt seems to foul badly after about 4 cylinders -- so badly you can barely turn the cylinder. I'd have to break it down & thorougly clean it to keep going. I'd like...
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    Loading from a Flask

    OK - I'm moving this from another thread, as I'd like to get the opinion of the General Cavalry here. While I've never had any problems loading my Remington .44 from a powder measure, my Colt 1861 is another story -- the narrower chambers & design of the gun make it more difficult to load (for...
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    Maybe I'm an Idiot: Barrell Wedge Won't Go Back In

    It's enough to make you...well, never mind. I just took shipment of my new Uberti 1861 Navy revolver, and like a dutiful soldier, took it apart & cleaned out enough oil to light San Francisco for a week. But now I can't get the freaking barrell wedge back in! Is there a trick to this (boy...
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    Does An Original Civil War Pistol 'Manual' Exist?

    All the posts I've been reading here of late has made me wonder if the federal government - Union or Confederate - had published standard training or reference guides for the approved use of pistols during the war years (it's hard to believe we didn't have as much bureacracy even then....)...
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    Best Colt Reproduction

    Brethren-in-Arms: I'm considering expanding my BP pistol collection, adding a Colt reproduction to my trusty Remington. I'm looking seriously at an 1861 Army .36 = do any of you know who makes the Cabela's version? Is it Uberti (it's priced higher than their usual Pietta models). Also -- any...
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    Best Colt Reproduction

    pistol-ML-120673-ML- Moved to the NEW PISTOL FORUM. Click the link to follow.
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    Pyrodex Pellets in Percussion Revolvers?

    OK, I know this is heresy of the worst order -- but has anyone ever used those pyrodex pellets in a .44 cal repro like my 1858 Remington? I do love loading plain old stinky BP, but now and again I'm looking to shoot more & load less. What's been your experience with these suckers, oh gallant...
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    A Historical Surmise: No Right Answers!

    On January 30, 1835 an unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson occurred in the United States Capitol. This was the first assassination attempt against an American President. Jackson had attended a funeral, and a man named Richard Lawrence came up to him and fired a...
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    Hello from Valley Forge

    Greetings from Valley Forge, PA. I shoot a .40 18th. century flint repro I got up at Dixon's Muzzleloader last winter, a Pedersoli Kentucky Pistol & a New Army 1858 Remington .44 revolver straight from the Cabela's catalog. Those newfangled cartridges will never catch on. Wish my club had a...
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    Stuck Jag

    Hello, all - OK, relatively new to the sport & have accomplished my first dumb-ass move. While cleaning the barrel of my .40 cal flint rifle between shots, I somehow or other got the cleaning jag stuck. All thas in there is the jag & the cleaning patch. I can twist the ramrod in & out at will...
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