Recent content by brazosdave

yeah, it's pretty much whatever you are comfortable with. Obviously, you have plenty of empirical evidence to have confidence with your loadings. Your experience has proven that. I stick to what i know more about. Two sides of the same coin, neither one is absolute!

As a previous poster mentioned, load bp or subs to get 1/16" compression. I determine pressure by recoil, striking power, sound. Nothing scientific, but you can tell the difference between a regular round and a plus P, bp rounds are the same. I almost shoot exclusively bp and subs, and i...

I am going to go with gunsmith Dave Ciccionies advice and say no to smokeless of any sort. I load .38 and .32 S & W with black powder, or bp substitutes. Fill with 3fg until you get about 1/16" compression, i think it's about 13 grns for the .38's. Nice, low pressure, but with good power. I...

when i refinished mine, i had already cleaned out the whole gun with evaporust, wd 40, and soap hot water and scrubbing. After refinishing, i sprayed all the internals with remoil.. WD 40 works good after a shooting session cleaning on occasion to get all the gunk blasted out with the stock...

absolutely beautiful!

Those are outstanding! I love to see these old guns still being used.

yes sir, it is Pyrodex P, 3FG black powder substitute. I ran out of Swiss bp, and this meters a little better than my home made bp, unless i run it through more screens.

That is sweet! I burned a little powder this morning.

man, those are some sweet revolvers there brother! I'll have to get all my breaktops together and do a family portrait.

That is one beautiful little revolver!

would love to see some pictures of your shorties! I have a DA that i am trying to get working again, and a single action that is a shooter, but not good enough to carry. I do have a dandy little .32 Hopkins & Allen breaktop, the nickle is still real nice on it,that has accounted for a snake...

Did a cold blue on my old 3rd model shooter to keep her from rusting. Took her out shooting homemade splatter targets this morning, Lead roundnose handloaded with 13 grains of Pyrodex P, this gun is pretty darn accurate! Lockup is tight, barrel clearance is good. The bore is pretty nice, the...

The Chicione book is the best one i found for working on mine. They are still tricky buggers!

This is the holster I did up for my S & W .38. Works for the double actions just as well

Nice pistol! I have a double action (presently broken, the fly came off of the hammer; a new departure, and a spur trigger single action. I've shot all of em, sometimes carry the new departure concealed