Recent content by EmTea

This gun seems pretty solid. My only concern is that sometimes the cylinder can be loose, while other times there's no play in it's movement at all. I'm not sure if this is just the way it operates or something more serious. I deferentially don't want to ruin this old gun, but I'm also not one...

Are they really that unsafe to shoot? I'm not about to take this thing out to the range every day but I'd like to be able to put a few rounds through it once and a while. What if I loaded my own ammo?

I did the measurement and the cylinder length is somewhere around 1 7/16", or 36mm. So it's my best guess that it is in .44 Russian. Any suggestions on cowboy action ammo? Thanks again for the help.

Yeah that's my next plan, is to get a book about them. I just kinda hate getting a book for one gun ya know? I'll have to check that this weekend. I knew I should of measured that. Thanks for the help. I'll be sure to get this info ASAP.

Thanks everyone. I posted a thread about two days ago but I got a message saying that an administrator needed to approve it first, before it would be posted. It still hasn't been posted. Any ideas on that?

Hello. My name is Matt and I hail from North Georgia. I have a couple S&W, a .38 Special snub-nose J-frame and a Model No. 3. Both we handed down to me from my family. I need help figuring out the Model No. 3, which is why I joined these forums. A guy from AR15.com sent me here. I'm looking...

Hello, my name is Matt. I recently come into possession of my great grandfathers old revolver. I'm sure it's a No.3 revolver, what I'm not sure of is the caliber. I took it to a local gun smith and we ruled out it being .41-40 but that's about it. There's no physical markings on the rest of the...