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I honestly try not to use to many acronyms. I spent the last 25 of my full time working years in Environmental, Health and Safety. Prior to that I was in Field Artillery and commercial construction before that. After my discharge in 1993 I went back to commercial construction while I was...

Muzzle Loading or Muzzle Loader.

I was replacing a friction stud spring on an Iver Johnson revolver. Those springs are much smaller than a ball point pen or lighter spring.

On a M/L forum I mentioned that I needed a very small coil spring for a repair on a non M/L revolver. Someone suggested Schrader valve springs. I went to the local auto repair shop, told them what I wanted and why. After laughing they gave me a handful of used Schrader valves. Good thing...

You did very well. I spent time as the Unit Armorer in the HQ of a FA Battery. We were transitioning from 1911A1s to M9s and had five, consecutive serial number Remington Rands in inventory. I tried every legal way I could think of to make those mine. I'd have happily reported them lost and...

Looks like I can use 357 or 357 Max brass. I found one source of the heeled projectiles but might try HB wadcutters as well. Not sure where to start on powder or powder charges though. Other than FFFg or 777 that is and I'm not sure how those would work with a HB bullet..

I'm sure you know C&H list the dies. Have you considered the Lee #456-220-1R bullet mold and casting your own?

What carrier would you use? I don't believe a non FFL can ship an handgun through USPS. The package could be at the carriers hub for a couple weeks. I suspect it would be RTS by then. A friend has had items sent to a campground for which he had reservation and the campground held the package...

So... Friday night you are home after a a busy week. Watching your favorite show on TV drinking your favorite adult beverage when you hear a crash in your garage. Rather than take your firearm with you to investigate you all are telling me you're taking a golf club with you, because you had a...

I was going to suggest a Star BM, but a quick online search showed that pricing on those has gone north of $400. For that kind of money I'd buy a new Tisas.

My favorite book on the battle is The Damned Engineers by Janice Holt Giles. She wrote it about her husbands unit, the 291st Engineers, participation in the battle. The movie Battle of the Bulge borrows heavily from her book.

And we don't want to muddy the waters by pointing out that a Spanish made revolver from the early 20th century sold as 32-20 or 32 WCF was likely actually chambered in 8mm Lebel or 8x27R. ;-D

My Sportsman is not the slab sided barrel like most of yours, it has a raised rib. Serial number is 1021, with no letter so I think early production. I also have a 4" Defender Special in 38 S&W A856 serial number so probably 1940 production. It does have the same adjustable front and rear...

It's too bad the designers just didn't duplicate the 7.65x20 a little closer. There are 1000's of the old MAS pistols floating around whose owners would probably be interested in finding modern ammo.

Daylight savings time was a solution created by politicians to solve a non existent problem. And now we're stuck with it, like many of their other "solutions". I spent the last 25 years in EH&S, mostly for manufacturing plants. There is a higher risk of injury in the workplace the week after...

If I carry a 32 ACP it's usually loaded with Winchester ammo. A Silvertip in the barrel and 71 gn FMJ in the magazine. The Winchester ammo has a flat nose.

In the 90s my unit was doing some work in Central America. I tried to get my Commander to let me bring back a couple AK47s, on the Battery inventory, for training purposes. Going rate for a AK47, with no country of origin markings, was around $45 US. Rumor was these were coming from China. I...

I wonder how much the relief ports were concerns over locking lug setback causing a case failure or weak/brittle brass or primer cups causing gas leakage.

Spain had the same concern about gas routing if the case ruptured. That is why they added a gas port to the converted 1916s. I have no qualified opinion on the safety of these conversions. Except to say that these rifles were intended for emergency use, not long term use. More rounds have...

I agree, it does look a lot like a Ballard except for the action being a swing block. I appreciate the suggestion but I posted pictures on that forum the same time I originally posted photos here. Their suggestions pretty much mirrored the ideas here.