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I would never use a filler or a wad with smokeless powder, and especially not with 5744 that's a double base smokeless!
I use both Unique and 2400 in my .38-55 rifles, both Rolling Blocks and...

A simple trick I use is to take some duct tape and cut a strip the size of the front sight. Then fold the tape over double, stopping at the ends. Slip it over the front sight and stick the two ends...

I'd consider the Uberti if it was going to be a .22LR, but not for any CF cartridge. I've read more than one report of those having less than perfect metallurgy and being soft enough to wear the...

Unfortunately my friend who had the talent to do this type of build from one of Rodney's casting kits died a week ago. So I'm out of a wonderful resource for a number of gun tasks I used to have him...

I contemplated having a friend whose a retired tool and die maker build one from an old Remington pistol, but never found a pistol bad enough to want to donate to the job. I also contemplated using a...

Love to read your story and showing high power shooters what old style guns and cartridges are capable of! So many guys (even gun guys!) think these old cartridges go out maybe 150 yds. and the...

Sam, the rear tang sight isn't really a dovetail it's a round recess it sits into. I've seen a couple made up #7's done on Rolling Block pistols, and usually guys try to weld up, or build a base and...

He always does a great job covering old guns, but he missed on the barrel contours when he stated they were all "half octagon". There have been some noted with full octagon barrels.
I'd love to own...

They're pretty heavy scopes, so make great scopes for shooting off a rest, but not so much for a heavy offhand rifle where more weight isn't the best.

I looked at mounting it on my Remington 700VSF varmint rifle in .22-250, but the VSF has the fluted bull barrel and would require a front base that would have to be out on the barrel instead the...

My new Fecker was purchased with the objective bell cap missing. I contacted a fella in Pa. about making a replacement cap and he asked for ID and OD on my scope bell. Less than a week later I got...

Picked up three new target scopes today!

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Top is a very early first year Lyman Targetspot 10x in it's original box from likely 1934.

Middle is a Tasco copy...

Thanks! Good tip on the 12ga. card over the shot! Just need to find some caps now!

Yes, I own a gorgeous Gove underlever Rolling Block with a Farrow false muzzle barrel.

Spent this morning taking the shotgun apart to clean it thoroughly. Ran a drill bit into the plugged nipple and it pretty much fell through as the plug seemed to be just dirt. Wiped the bores and...

I must have missed the wads at TOTW as I checked and saw nothing for 14ga. shotguns? Went back this morning and just entered "14 gauge" into the search and the wads came up just fine!

Another...

I looked at TOTW yesterday when the guns arrived, but they don't list anything for 14ga., so have to find under wads, and over cards elsewhere.
I don't plan on going too far on upgrading the...

A 1 3/4 Far West would never have the thimbles and wiping rod. Only the 4 1/4 single trigger style Pacific, #5 Pacific, and #5 1/2 Montana had the wiping rod in thimbles.
With the bore it has it...

I think I have everything to shoot it except wads and caps. I have plenty of Swiss 1 1/2fg powder, and #7 1/2 shot. Just need to buy wads, (probably have to use 12ga.) and percussion caps.

And this one.

Not a shotgun guy, but this one interested me as it has "C. GOVE" engraved on each lock plate! Also has his full name engraved on the top rib of this 14ga. muzzleloader shotgun....

Ups just dropped off a pair of old guns I bought from a seller back East. Both turned out to be much nicer than his pictures, and both have excellent bores.
One a Marlin Firearms marked .40-63 with...

Not a shotgun guy, but this one interested me as it has "C. GOVE" engraved on each lock plate! Also has his full name engraved on the top rib of this 14ga. muzzleloader shotgun. "CARLOS GOVE DENVER,...

You might consider bushing the bolt face. Have someone drill or mill out the face to eliminate all the bad work, then tap that hole to a fine thread, and make a threaded plug to fit. Drill a hole for...

Best way to learn is to take one apart. But if it's a modern gas filled scope there's no way we as amateurs can refill them.
I've taken old external adjustment target scopes apart and cleaned, or...

Thanks. Not a fan of Ruger #1 rifles. I'm more into 140 year old rifles.