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  1. Parker Hale Black Powder Replicas: Tips On Care, Loading & Cleaning

    Parker Hale Black Powder Replicas: Tips On Care, Loading & Cleaning

    The following tips come from top international shooters who have many years of experience. They and Parker-Hale rifles have made a winning combination.
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  2. The Italian Job: Uberti 1873 Underlever Rifle

    The Italian Job: Uberti 1873 Underlever Rifle

    Mark Underwood takes a look at the Italian made 1873 underlever reproductions made by Uberti. Article kindly supplied by Rifle Shooter Magazine.
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  3. How To Load Your Muzzle Loading Gun

    How To Load Your Muzzle Loading Gun

    Muzzle loading may seem arcane and complicated to shooters familiar with breech loading the guns and the simplicity of just loading a cartridge, but there isn’t really that much to it.
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  4. The Balkan Flintlock Pistol

    The Balkan Flintlock Pistol

    The Balkans is an area with a rich and bloody history, and the weapons a person carried were a visual display of their wealth and ability in a constantly conflicted region.
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  5. .36 or .44 Muzzle Loading Revolvers, Things To Consider

    .36 or .44 Muzzle Loading Revolvers, Things To Consider

    Possibly one of the most frequently asked questions relating to black powder revolvers is whether .36 or .44 calibre is better, so here we'll try to dispel some of the misconceptions or untruths surrounding them.
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  6. Muzzle Loading Cleaners and Lubricants Explained

    Muzzle Loading Cleaners and Lubricants Explained

    We sell a lot of different lubricants and cleaners, but what do they all do? With lubricants and cleaners, each product has it’s own purpose.
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  7. How to Value An Antique Gun

    How to Value An Antique Gun

    Have you found an antique gun and have no idea what it’s worth, or have been left something and would like to sell? We’re always on the look out for quality antiques, so get in touch today
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  8. Matchless Matchlock Muzzle Loading Merriment

    Matchless Matchlock Muzzle Loading Merriment

    Matchlocks experienced their heyday in the 17th century, and were popular during the English Civil War, before more 'reliable' doglock and flintlock actions took over. If you're never considered a matchlock musket before, read this blog.
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  9. Real Avid Gunsmithing Tools For Avid Shooters

    Real Avid Gunsmithing Tools For Avid Shooters

    Mark Underwood takes a look at the American made range of Real Avid gunsmithing tools.  This extract has kindly been supplied by Gun Mart.
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  10. The Colt Model 1873 Single Action Army Percussion Revolver

    The Colt Model 1873 Single Action Army Percussion Revolver

    Not only can you own one of the most iconic pistols ever made, you've even a choice of makers. Let's have a look at the differences between the reproduction and the original, then the differences between the Pietta version and the Uberti.
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  11. Antique Wheellocks - Cutting Edge Technology

    Antique Wheellocks - Cutting Edge Technology

    Early gunmakers would most likely have been schooled as clockmakers (hence the reason a number of gun parts share names with clock parts), and this is evident in the wheel lock mechanism.
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  12. Which .30 Cal Bullets Should I Buy For My Gun: .30 Calibre Demystified

    Which .30 Cal Bullets Should I Buy For My Gun: .30 Calibre Demystified

    .30 cal is probably the most popular bullet diameter the world over. A projectile slightly under a third of an inch is a pretty universal standard for small arms ammunition, and has been ever since the invention of smokeless powder.
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