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Yep. That's the huge danger of having a loaded cylinder outside of the revolver itself. For the cap-and-ball cylinders, the carrier could omit the caps until it was secure in the revolver. But.... There goes the speed advantage bye-bye, at least partially.

Yeah. If you want to talk specifics, my experience with those models was similar. Add together the girth of the grip and its lack of purchase for my small finger, they just have an "awkward" feel to my hand. If I'm gonna have to put up with that much abbreviation of the grip, it's gonna be in...

Don't get technical on me here.... LOL. I've seen more than one definition from what I would call authoritative sources of what constitutes a "tactical reload". In the context of this thread, it is just a cliche phrase meaning "he reloaded his revolver during a lull in the shooting", nothing...

^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^ My experience reflects yours, Pieter. Once one dips below the so-called "compact" size in pistols (or goes to an abbreviated butt flyweight revolver), an "average" size person with "average" size hands must alter their grip. Accuracy suffers as a result. Control over the gun...

K. I finally yielded to temptation and consulted IMFDB (I know, TDMTLAs), the Internet Movie Firearms Data Base. The IMFDB's official pronouncement is that in Pale Rider, the Eastwood character called Preacher carried a Remington New Army, cartridge conversion, with additional loaded conversion...

My next door neighbor has a nice elevated blind on the backside of his property and a "greenlit" spot about 75 yards away that he keeps baited most of the time. He's kind enough to allow me to occupy the blind on some nights when he's not using it himself. But those older boars are wiley...

Have mercy!! Now they are carving extra meat out of AR10 bolt faces??? Will the madness never cease??

They were waiting to hear the vehicle doors slam, engine start, and the rattles as you drove away... LOL

That's a very nice collection. Enjoy!

@Talyn - - That's a very nice looking rig! I'm betting that it shoots as well as it looks. I once owned a Remington 600 in 6mm Rem, as well as a re-barreled Mauser 98 in 257 Roberts. The Remington 600 was fairly accurate and my favorite truck gun, but the custom barreled Mauser was dead-nuts...

That sounds logical enough... On my "modern" single actions, however, wrestling to get the cylinder re-aligned with the cylinder pin so that the pin will engage is sometimes quite challenging. On the Colt cap-and-ball revolvers, the cylinder pin stays attached to the frame (or is it to the...

Just curious: How does an FRT actually accelerate the cycle rate in an AP5 over that of an MP5? Does the bolt actually run FASTER in an AP5 and the FRT simply "unleashes" it to do so continually? I have NO experience with either an mp5 nor its semi-auto only counterpart (SP5? or AP5?) either...

I'm not trying to stir controversy, but I'll state that I favor AR/M16/M4 fire control systems that are NOT cartridge based as are the FRTs that I've seen. The Super Safety isn't a "drop in cartridge" part, so I think that I would favor it over the FRTs. Here's my reasoning: The AR15/M16/M4...

Agreed. A GOOD fiber optic front sight is extremely helpful when any decent amount of lighting is available. Tritium "night sights" are helpful to me only if the light level gets low enough that the tritium's glow becomes visible to me.

Yes, that's it. This is the first "tactical reload" that Clint performs in the final showdown. I was wrong about the number of reloads in the scene. There are a total of three, not two. As he executes this first reload, if you watch closely, his coat moves back slightly and you can see the...

I think you are correct. For the last several months, every time I go to the outdoor range where I shoot, I hear the "brrrrt" sound of someone shooting their FRT equipped AR in "giggle" mode. (It might not be technically accurate, but I include the Super Safety in the same category as an FRT)...

Sorry for replying to myself... But... I thought I'd share an amusing (but true) "reloading" incident that I happened upon in my readings. Somewhere in the midst of Billy Dixon's autobiography (available for free on the interwebs), Billy related an incident where, while fighting off some...

No truer word have ever been written.

I'll always keep a little Hoppes # 9 around to dab on when I want to smell good.

I appreciate the pics and descriptions because I've never had an original creative thought in my life. I've stolen all my "good ideas" from others.