Mr. Wallace, thanks for your post and photo. For those of us not familiar with cartridges of this type, would you mind posting the calibers?
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Mr. Wallace, thanks for your post and photo. For those of us not familiar with cartridges of this type, would you mind posting the calibers?
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I have become fond of this cartridge after shooting an original rolling block rifle. Now I'm thinking about searching for a Sharps carbine in the same caliber. An original is probably going to...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
From tip to tail the lock plate measures exactly 5.25". At its greatest depth, it measures very close to 1 inch.
From the back side, the new lock pictured here closely resembles the lock in my...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Lock is old, worn and looks like it's been messed with. In a moment of desperation, I hammered on a few parts and got it working. It looks like it might have been built from scrounged parts. If...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thanks for those good suggestions LAGS. It starting to look like I might use some of your tricks.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
At $2K, this project is KOed before Round One.
Big fat recoil pad - we think alike, freak. This is exactly what I've been doing for the past year. She wobbles to and fro, but not much worse than...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thanks LAGS and others for your suggestions and encouragement to work on the existing stock. I do in fact gain much satisfaction from making minor repairs and restorations on different firearms,...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
That's good news. I'll have to look into your posts. The lockplate on the lock pictured here is very close in size and shape to the one on the rifle I would like to have restocked.
Thanks for...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I believe you might be correct with Siler. I know my father used locks of that name in some of the rifles he built. And he often made the trip to Friendship, which is where he might have purchased...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I hasten to add that this piece probably defies classification. In a thread posted elsewhere, one person thought this piece looked like a re-make of an old French musket. Can't prove it by me, but...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
LAGS, here are a couple of views. What I hope to provide for a new lock to replace the one shown in the photos is the lock shown in my post of this evening, "Who Made This Lock?" Forget the hideous...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Below are pictures of a modern percussion lock that I hope to incorporate in a new build (by another, not me). Can anyone provide information about the maker of this item, or is it too generic to...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have an old home-built musket that needs a new stock. Barrel is modern and shoots quite well, so I will go with it. Caliber 54, percussion, 28" barrel, full-stock, present stock is breaking up...
Forum: Leverguns
Lyman finally responded to my inquiry after I sent them a jpg of the sight. The only screws they have are for the modern Lyman sight. Those have a different head than the old sight screws.
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Forum: Leverguns
I'm thinking the leading edge of my extractor might have sharp burrs because it most definitely engraves the case rim.
Appreciate your reporting.
Forum: Leverguns
That makes sense Bazoo, A weaker or softer extractor spring might result in a gritty or damaged case sticking in the chamber. I do believe a person could pull stumps with the extractor in my '42. ...
Forum: Leverguns
Good question, lancem. I never thought to check what you've described because the bolt closes easily on an empty chamber. Just to be sure, I ran an empty case through slowly and watched the...
Forum: Leverguns
Hick, have you noticed a shallow gouge in the rim of your extracted cases?
Forum: Leverguns
[QUOTE=Winger Ed.;5641625]Sounds like you're feeling the extractor climb over the case's rim as the bolt goes all the way to battery.
Winger, yes that's exactly what I'm saying. As I tried to...
Forum: Leverguns
I understand what you're talking about. The situation I've described occurs when chambering an empty case, which drops or pushes easily all the way into the chamber so its rim is touching the end of...
Forum: Leverguns
This is a 1942 gun, caliber 32WS. Seems to function and shoot fine but closing the bolt takes more effort that what I would expect when I close the action slowly. This happens even on an empty case...
Forum: Leverguns
Thank you Mr. Wills. I will hold out for a response from Lyman and see what happens.
Forum: Leverguns
No, I don't have the long tang screw for use with the sight. Been trying to communicate with Lyman on this. They might be puzzled by my combination of an old sight and an old rifle (1942). I don't...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Oy yoi. The Beretta owner was lucky to have you as a friend.
Was he able to clean up the barrel threads and use new choke tubes? Or were the barrels permanently mucked as well?
I would...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |