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The hammer spring does play a role in preventing pressure from spurting back through the nipple channel.
Too many shooters forget that when gunpowder (old or modern) is ignited, the pressure it...

I carried a Smith & Wesson Model 15 in the Air Force in the 1970s, as a Security Policeman. Great .38 revolver. It was standard issue at the time.
Mentioned this to a coworker, a retired USAF radar...

The Canadians have proven themselves excellent soldiers time and again.
I ran into an old man in central B.C. a few years ago, who had an interesting tale.
He was a Canadian bush pilot in the early...

My mother was in the Belgian Resistance. Her first husband, the leader of one Resistance group, was betrayed and captured after nearly a year on the run. He was held at the notorious Breendonk...

It is incorrect to assume that newly made Trapdoors are stronger than the originals (wear being equal, of course).
The limitation isn't metallurgy, it's design.
I have a Harrington & Richardson...

Very nice M&P revolver.
I cannot believe that 60 years from now, shooters will smile with glazed eyes while looking at an old Glock. The old Smiths and Colts have a wonderful panache.
I'm sure you...

Marketed to the Slackjaws with more money than brains.
I have YET to encounter anyone with a .454 Casull that could hit much with it. Minute of apple box was their group size. For most, the .44...

I have a Marlin Model 1892 lever-action rifle in .32 Rimfire or .32 Long Colt centerfire. Swapping the firing pin converts it from one to the other.
Both cartridges are long discontinued, though...

Yep, the Model 14-4 will easily take +P factory loads.
Don't know that I'd try to duplicate such loads, away from a ballistics lab that can measure pressures.
That 6" barrel with a lead Hornady or...

Case holder is not optional, in my experience. You can move up to 50 cases out of the way if necessary in one motion. Also keeps cases from tipping and spilling, and makes it easier to organize which...

Cartridges of the World, 8th edition lists:
260 gr. lead bullet / Unique 5.0 grs. / 610 fps / 213 muzzle energy.
My notes show that Handloader No. 59, on page 13, has info. I can't find that issue...

In November 2011 I purchased a like-new 1858 Enfield made by Parker Hale, probably in the 1980s. Serial number 77XX. Parker Hale made these Enfields from 1972 to 1990.
Haven't shot it much, because...