Originally published on The Open Range in June, 2014 In this tutorial I have taken a Great Western II Californian 45 Colt and applied antiquing with two methods. In the first part you can get a clean blue free gun that has the appearance of being old. The advantage to this first method it the…
Originally published on the Open Range September, 2013 I have been refinishing gunstocks for 30 years on and off. Over the past several years I have done quite a few Uberti rifles and handgun grips to get the red sprayed finish off. Here is the method I use all the time for great results for refinishing…
As seen in the March 2008 Cowboy Chronicle, reproduced here with bigger and color photos! Please see The Open Range homepage. By Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933L “Why are Winchester 73’s so OAL (overall length) sensitive.” “Why won’t my 66 in .44 Special feed .44 Russians?” You see these kinds of questions on the SASS wire…
By Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Life, originally published on The Open Range in 2012 In the June and July, 2008, issues of the Chronicle we tuned up a Pietta cap and ball revolver for CAS competition. The next few months, we’ll tune an Uberti open top. In addition to its line of cap and ball…
This is an archived forum post. Please see The Open Range homepage to find current posts and more archived forum posts. Author Topic: Cap Gun Primer: Percussion Caps (Read 47700 times) Mako Cap Gun Primer: Percussion Caps « on: January 10, 2012, 03:33:15 PM »This thread is for information only.Thank you! Cap sizing and the fit to the…
By Utah, SASS #11601, originally published on The Open Range April, 2009 Does your Colt cap and ball revolver eat spent caps, jam up, and cause you to wonder why you bought this gun? You were warned, you know. But you said, “If they could shoot them, I can shoot them.” It seems even the…
As seen in the June and July 2008 Cowboy Chronicle, reproduced here with bigger photos! By Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS # 32933L Part 1: Diagnosing the Problem Areas Cap and ball handguns are fun to shoot and if tuned properly can be very reliable. However, many pards buy a pair, go to a match, have problems,…
GunGiveaways.com, the official gun giveaway site, has acquired TheOpenRange.net. The official acquisition date is December 28, 2021. GunGiveaways’ primary goal is to help Americans protect their families through education about their Constitutional right and social obligation to carry a gun. TheOpenRange.net, one of the Internet’s earliest gun forums was started in 2005. About TheOpenRange.net TheOpenRange.net…
The gift-buying season is upon us, and as usual, gun owners who enjoy hunting, target shooting, and plain plinking would want other people to share the fun of firearms with them. There’s probably no better way to do this than sharing one of your firearms without your close friend, family member, or relative. The first…
Gun giveaways are free online contests for firearms and shooting equipment. Firearm manufacturers and retailers often organize these gun contests to grow their mailing list or raise awareness. We’ve also seen a few cases where individual gun owners choose to organize online raffles to give away their old guns. If you fancy these giveaways, you’ll…