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Howdy all, I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the holiday season with their families.
     Okay, I do not have any conversion cylinders for my BP guns. I've been looking on Midway at the available conversion cylinders for the calibers that I have. I was thinking of maybe buying one for a Dragoon and or the Walker? I see a lot of Howells brand. I have also heard of the Kirst cylinders. I would like some opinions from anyone willing to share their experience. From what I remember, it seems that there are different opinions about shooting a smokeless cartridge in these black powder guns? I've heard the metal used in these guns are not designed for that? Also, if I were to buy one for a specific gun is it best practice to have a gunsmith do the fitting? Anyway, at the risk of sounding redundant on this topic I am starting this post. I would love to know the pros and cons on this topic. Thanks Z

A friend who frequents gun shows as a seller and buyer. Has a collection of guns that are to plenteous to count, but whose counting? He recently bought these 4 guns for $350. Claims they were movie prop guns but are functional. Maybe someone here will help identify these pistols? Oh, he said one is a replica by CVA.

     A military historian that I know put me on to this website. The owner of the company is Brett Gibbons. Has anyone ever purchased from him? I just emailed him and he replied quickly and said that "the demand is incredibly high" and that he is still producing as quickly as possible.
    He sells Pritchett's, Whitworth cylindrical, conical bullets' .44 and .36, balls for .58 and .577 calibers to name a few and also producing authentic paper cartridges including authentic paper cartridge box (packaging). He said that everything sells quickly so he is constantly producing more on a daily basis.

https://papercartridges.com/shop/ols/products?page=3

Howdy everyone, I have this revolver which once belonged to my Dad, now deceased. I have been trying to locate the manufacture date. Ruger has a site for S/N lookup but it doesn't seem to know what to do with my entry? I did find a Ruger Information graphic chart with serial numbers. I think it is safe to say, based on it's serial number 61740, that this falls somewhere in the 1st run stage meaning from 1958 up until 1974 at which point they stopped manufacturing them and not the most recent 1993 and forward guns. The 1993-2023 guns have serial numbers beginning with 93_XXXXX.  If anyone has any ideas as to where I can get some good information on Ruger serial numbers/manufacture dates that would be great. It's a nice little shooter. Fun and cheap to shoot for sure. If you've ever owned one of these I would like to hear your stories. 

I have been looking of late for a lever action rifle. I know this guy that has this one. He sent a picture of it. the photo is not the best but it's what I have. He said this is his 1894 I'm trying to beat him out of it. I ain't having much luck. He's got a couple of Rossi' 92's. I'd like to beat him out of it too.  I'll post those under Winchester. If you have one of these here rifles please tell me the pros and cons as I would like to have as much information as possible before I buy a lever action. Also, what are the best manufacture years for one of these?

Howdy folks. HELP!!!  So, it's Sunday afternoon. I have my new ammo. Ready to have some fun time. The ammo is made by Precision One, an American company, .44 S&W Special, 240 grain Semi-Jacketed Soft Point. I loaded the first round and it would not seat against the cylinder. I said uh oh, I think? So I tried cycling the cylinder carefully pulling the hammer back and gently letting it fall. It cycled through okay without seeming to bind but by the time it got to about the 9 o'clock position it would bind. So I pulled the wedge out, slid the barrel off, then the cylinder and pushed the round out with a dowel. I've discussed this with Capt. Kirk and Shotgun Dave. They mentioned there possibly being a "restrictor" identified by a marking in the cylinder thus preventing the round from seating properly. Like maybe it's too long? I held the cylinder up to the light and sure enough there are circular lines up in there. I decided to give Cimarron a call. I asked if there were restrictor lines or whatever to prevent a .44 S&W Special from completely seating. He said no, there are no lines/restrictors. He then said that gun will accept .44 Special and .44 Russian. They were very polite but could offer no explanation and I even asked if there was someone else there who may be more knowledgeable. The answer, no. They did have a new cylinder they were willing to sell me though. Thank you, have a nice day. So now you know the story. Has anyone here ever experienced anything like this? Should I have to apply a certain amount of thumb pressure to the round for it to mesh with the cylinder "mouth"? It's just shy of seating? What's up with that? I do have snap caps in .44 spl S&W and they drop right in like flint. Thanks all.

Ammo link:   https://kirammo.com/shop/handgun-ammo/44-calibers/precision-one-44-special-240-grain-soft-point/

So I visited an LGS recently and came across this fine lil gun. It is a used 2010 Cimarron/Uberti RM Type II, chambered in .44 spl. So I put it on layaway. Went back to pick it up and the guy threw a Cimarron Texas Jack holster on the table too, telling me it came with it. That was a plus. The cylinder has a wee bit of ring around the collar but not too bad. The bore and rifling look to be in very good condition. All in all a not too worn out 2010 RM replica. Now just need to get some ammo and try this baby out.