Whether to use a filler depends largely upon one big factor: is it accurate. Whether to use a filler has been debated for years. Some swear by it, others say it makes no difference. Frankly, I feel it comes down to the individual revolver and the shooter. In a very well made 1858 Remington with mode...

The best lubricant recipe I've found is an old 19th century factory recipe that I found years ago. It listed 10 pounds of tallow, 10 pounds paraffin and 5 pounds beeswax. I refined the recipe somewhat, changing it to: 1 part canning paraffin (the pure, translucent paraffin used to seal the tops of j...

Never heard the reference to a fleck of gold in a pan being responsible for "a flash in the pan." I've always heard the origin attributed to a flintlock not firing its main load, after the priming powder in the pan went off. I suspect that the California Gold Rush origin is a recent explan...