Winter 2021-22 Antique Pistol Restoration Project

Antique "Sterling" .38 cal.rimfire restoration project update...

  It seems that I could have bought an E.L.Dickinson "Parts gun" a couple of weeks ago, but I passed, not realizing a the time, th...

Saturday, June 12, 2021

Old Guns came with Old Re-Loading Tools...

 Antique and Vintage Re-Loading & Muzzleloading Tools:



Winchester Single Bullet Mold Tool .38-255, Resizing Tool (and modern digital caliper)

.32 caliber Heeled Bullet & Roundball Mold Tool (circa. 1860-70's)









                                                   12 Gauge Shot Shell Priming Tool





Sampson Depriming/Priming Hand Tool, Brass screwdriver & Powder scoop made from a large caliber  rimfire case.




Portraits of 19th century Soldiers, Lawmen & Outlaws and everyday Folks & their sidearms!

 


























Wednesday, May 26, 2021

My three Antique .32 cal.rimfire revolvers are cleaned, restored & ready for the target range🔫






A very clean & oiled S&W No.1½ New Model Revolver

I can't get over how well preserved the factory blued finish is on this revolver that was manufactured in 1875!

S&W No.1½ New Model & Colt's New Line 32

S&W No.1½ New Model and the Colt New-Line .32cal.RF

Norwich Pistol Co. "Protector" .32cal.RF 



"PROTECTOR" by Norwich Pistol Co., Colt "New Line 32", Antique .32 cal. Bullet & Roundball mold circa 1860.


Colt New-Line .32cal.RF 



S&W No.1½ New Model + the best book on the subject of S&W's history

Norwich Pistol Co. "PROTECTOR" & two of the reloadable, machined brass .32 Short Rimfire cases with heeled bullets.(without the  black powder and  .22cal.nailgun blank)



The original Colt New-32, the "other" model of 1873