Thanks! I've since had it re-worked by Todd Watts at The Blockade Runner, replacing the Gurkha markings with ones that would be appropriate to an ...   Tue Mar 17th, 2009 10:08 pm

Thanks! Since I last posted, I also managed to win a VERY nice C.W period wallet, with the leather in great shape and just some ...   Tue Mar 17th, 2009 09:48 pm

I just won a great group of relics on Ebay. They all came from Confederate lines at Port Hudson, Louisiana. The grouping consists of 5 ...   Fri Jul 18th, 2008 02:30 am

Sebring was my great-great-grandfather, by the way. My mother's-mother's-mother's-father. Somewhere in the family there is a photo floating around of Sebring in uniform, holding what ...   Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 12:26 am

Dutchman Dick wrote: Camp Reno Brashear City   March 11th 1863   Dear Sister            it is with pleasure that I take my pen in hand to inform everyone that ...   Fri Jun 20th, 2008 07:13 pm

Camp Reno Brashear City   March 11th 1863   Dear Sister            it is with pleasure that I take my pen in hand to inform everyone that I take my ...   Fri Jun 20th, 2008 07:02 pm

Powder charge was the standard 60 grains of FFg. Turns out, the reason the gun shoots to the left is because the set screw that ...   Fri May 16th, 2008 01:43 am

Took it out to the range again tonight. This time I got some of the FFg "Jim Shockey's Gold" American Pioneer Powder (at $29 a ...   Wed May 14th, 2008 02:56 am

Here is the P1853 (type II) Enfield I bought from International Military Antiques, in "uncleaned, as found, untouched" condition. It cleaned up great, and is ...   Tue May 13th, 2008 10:29 pm

Don't  forget, there were also "spar torpedoes", which were bombs on the ends of poles and which were designed to be rammed into an enemy vessel. ...   Tue May 13th, 2008 09:23 pm

Johan Steele wrote: Looking for an original Type 2 P53 or Lorenz but my eye is out for a more modern arm as well. All ...   Mon May 12th, 2008 07:04 pm

I heard that some Confederate cavalrymen also carried sawed-off double-barrelled shotguns. Other than having 4 less shots, they'd be a much more devastating weapon for ...   Sun May 11th, 2008 11:52 pm

Dixie Gunworks in Union City, TN sells inert replicas of the Ketchum grenade, just as an FYI. ...   Sun May 11th, 2008 11:45 pm