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Every gun has its preferences. Some of mine like 1.5F Goes Olde Eynsford but have not done anything other than plinking, no long distance workups or anything. My shoulder likes 1.5F!

Cool! I see despite the volumes of recent posts, folks think Douglas made the barrels. Yours, without seeing the barrel markings, was made prior to 1979 because of the patch box used. The barrel...

A spent cap falling into the action or one smashed and camouflaged between the frame and hammer is not uncommon even for the most well trained eyes. After that, check your wedge fitment, that your...

I know they go supersonic but have yet to chronograph. Trying to find a place that will let us city folk do a water jug penetration test.

.310 and .315 are rifle ball calibers.

The first production MRs (.45 and .50) showed up in the 1976 catalog. The Big Bores (.54 and .58) showed up in 1979.

The parts can be made into a serviceable gun. They had no metal butt plate, so consider making your own from steel or brass or whatever material suits you. Of course, if the barrels aren't...

Pietta shotguns of 1970s and early 1980s vintage are very slight, light and handy. They are in reality 13 gauge. Pietta also made an excellent shotgun, a close copy of the English Westley Richards,...

Does it have progressive rifling? Seven lands and grooves? What does it weigh?

Shooting these antiques slows everything down, allowing us to savor and enjoy the process. No more blasting off 100 rounds in 14 minutes and calling it a day.

Switch to real black powder, GOEX Olde Eynsford. You can have as little as 3lbs delivered to your door for about $88. The more you order, the better the deal.

Compared with an original, your Euroarms sixgun will likely have rifling more suited for round ball than conicals. However, we have a Pietta Remington Belt Model sixgun in .36 caliber that shoots...

I'm not worried if you don't use glasses. Our ancestors didn't use them unless they needed them to see and could afford them. So you're being period correct to drop the hearing and eye "protection"!

That's right, the CVA Squirrel rifle could be had with the .45 caliber barrel and maybe even the .50 if memory serves.

Another lightweight option is the CVA Frontier Rifle. They too can be had in...

Yes, it's excessive. You need two more rifles/fowlers/doubleguns to justify those other two bags.

Am I looking for muzzleloaders stocked with Maple or those bolt action rifles?

Ahh the old buy on emotion, justify with logic internal debate! How many Belgian doubles in 16 gauge do you have? How about your neighbor? It's a nice size between 12 and 20 and if it's a shooter,...

This is not necessarily true. 4F can be used in .28 and .32 caliber rifles and in cap and ball sixguns. The historical method for using 4F in a sixgun was 1/10th of projectile weight. Today's 4F...

Why do today's dogs seem unable to handle natural foods? That's about all they'd been eating since the garden to around WW2.

Are my eyes deceiving me or does that rifle have square ramrod thimbles? The ramrod tip looks like the usual aluminum for early guns too. Might be a '79 vintage using up leftover parts from USA...

Nice rifle, they are all tack drivers. Someone didn't like the shiny pewter nose cap! As stated previous, yours is a Spanish production of '79-'84 vintage. Lack of barrel markings could mean that...

As genetics go, there is a stream of white tail and muley deer that have them and seem to be a little more successful in breeding as of late compared to their competitors! Nice finds!

There is all kinds of misinformation floating around as gospel when it comes to the CVA and Deer Creek MRs.

I try to base my information partly on all of the ones I've handled and own and my...

I don't use them anymore either but if you must, Track of the Wolf and EMSS have those kind if memory serves. Stick with 10-32 threads too.

You have a regular CVA Mountain Rifle with a Maple stock. These were made in Spain and with some legal wrangling there are no proof marks on any of them.

Yours appears to be of the time period...