Homemade black powder! For shooting sports, fireworks, and fun! Ingredients I use are 75 percent Potassium Nitrate, 15 percent Charcoal, 10 percent Sulfur, and 5 percent Dextrin (By weight) for a total of a 105 percent total. GUN POWDER! Simple and fun… It has so many uses. I was glad to do the project. As […]

Continuing our series on how YOU can accurize your revolver, we do an in-depth profile on this iconic black powder revolver. Why are percussion guns given a bad rap? Because a few simple steps are left out of the production gun process.

This time we go through and shoot a classic western revolver, the Cimarron Firearms Outlaw Remington 1875 replica made by Uberti. From smokeless to black powder, we put this revolver through its paces and see just how well it holds to specs and shoots. mannyCAOur channel’s goal is to educate, enlighten, and entertain people in […]

How to Granulate home made BLACK POWDER! I load up a Mosin Nagant and a 357 Revolver for the DIY Black Powder Shooting test. All I need now is a Muzzle Loader! : ) very satisfying and fun project! I make my own bullets, my own gun powder and load em my self! THIS STUFF […]

We take a break from work and putz around with an iconic firearm from the past. The 1859 Sharps Carbine Pedersoli reproduction is a blast (literally) to shoot and load. This .54 caliber behemoth with a 475 grain bullet and 100 grains of black powder combine to get your attention. Twenty bone jarring shots and we're lucky we didn't hurt anything. Join us as we enjoy a day afield! It's like your here with us, but not really since we have limited parking.

A quick review of the black powder paper cartridge kit I bought from Guns Of The West. I like it and recommend it. John's Hand LoadingJohn has been shooting since he was a kid and is now a middle aged man. He likes shooting rifles and handguns, reloading, bullet casting and the outdoors. He believes […]

In this video I compare smokeless pistol powder (CFE pistol) to Black powder pistol powder (Swiss 3Fg). I show the granules up close, discuss characteristics and differences, then show how a small pile of each (.5 cc) reacts to the flame from a match. This is not a scientific discussion, this is for education and […]

Happy Halloween..!! The 38 Special - let's go one better - also loaded was the 357 Magnum. And here's the range testing on a very windy day in Northern California.

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Slow Mo footage, of Shooting the Thompson Center Hawkins flintlock rifle, this is my very first gun, shot my first two deer with it, later got a 94 Winchester in 30-30, with all that flash coming out it’s very hard to keep your eyes open, The slow Mo does a good job of showing you the time delay between the hammer fall on till the bullet leaves the barrel.

The mid-1800s were a time in American history that gave birth to a number of innovative firearm designs, and this truly unique, unusual sidearm was also known as the "Grape Shot Revolver." Developed in New Orleans in 1856 by Dr. Jean LeMat and backed by Pierre G.T. Beauregard, roughly 2,900 were produced.

The first shooting of black powder or black powder substitutes in cartridges had many questions 1) safety 2) performance 3) fouling 4) clean up and 5) fun factor. This video answers all the above… FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in 2012.  He has been a Reloader and Shooter since 1969.

Frontloaders, molds, and less stress

Happy Halloween..!! The 38 Special was originally loaded with black powder in 1898. The 357 Magnum came out in 1935 and was never intended to be loaded with black powder or substitutes. Let’s go ahead and do that using Hodgdon Triple Seven FFFg powder and see if there is any utility there… FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting […]

We do a shoot and see with our Remington 1858 Pietta Cap and ball percussion revolver we opened the cylinder throats and chamfered the forcing cone. Did we screw up the pistol or is accuracy improved?

In this tutorial we show you how to load rounds for your Cimarron Uberti and similar single action revolvers. This is a basic overview which will get your 45, 357 or 44 caliber gun up and running in no time. We focus on the 44-40 in this instance. Do you want to learn how to […]

Here is the completed rifle. I'm still waiting on bullet molds, but they are coming!

The barrel makers informed me that the 500 S & W barrels were not as accurate as some of their other calibers suggesting that 2″ groups at 50 yards would be the best that I could get. Hodgdon Triple Seven powder offers us our own hunting seasons, so let’s see if we can beat that […]

Well, we’ve got a great load for the 445 Super Magnum for hunting – 2150 fps with the 240 grain Speer Deep Curl bullet. But for straight wall black powder load hunting season, we’re in need of getting that load ready using the Lee 300 grain wide flat point smasher penetrator bullet, hard cast, of […]

In this video I load and shoot the .44 caliber Remington new model Army made by Uberti. The paper cartridges I use were made with cigarette papers and hair roller papers (two different types of paper). The caps I used had several problems while filming, you will see them not go off a couple times. […]

Following is a description of what was technically my first rifle. I say “technically” because I have never kept it in my home and I’ve never fired it. Anyone who can help me learn more about its lineage, or can point me to any source that might help, would be most appreciated. I found this […]

Some backyard fun with the Seahag Munitions, Sea Dog. Ghost RiderI’ve been shooting for about 40 years and reloading for 25. I had 9 years in Law Enforcement. I started making boom-stick YouTube videos in 2017. I’ve added cameras, a new laptop, better editing software and a green screen studio to make my vids as […]

Finding out the original black powder ballistics for the 50-110-300 WCF and the 50-100-450 WCF. According to the literature Rob found on the 50-110, the 300 grain bullet should be doing 1605 FPS with a muzzle energy of 1720 and a 100 yard energy of 1040, on penetration of seven-eights inch pine boards. Lead penetrated […]