Rifleman 1776 wrote:
There are so many misstatements in your long treatise it would take all day to respond in detail. Your contention that bp revolvers were slow sellers in the 70s and 80s could not be more off the mark. They were hot sellers. This was the time of a great surge in muzzle loading and historical reenactment interest. I owned a gun shop at the time that specialized in muzzle loading firearms. Revolvers were very popular, especially as entry level guns for aspiring muzzle loading enthusiasts. Granted, many (most?) of the imports, and they all were, did not exhibit very good quality. But they sold very well.
No need to be rude and impolite Rifleman1776 (you were). I know what black powder revolvers I saw selling and what they were selling for in the 70's, 80's and 90's. I never said BP revolvers didn't sell. I did say that back then they sold to a niche group of people like myself and did not
generally interest the
majority of the shooting public who were more interested in cartridge revolvers
at that time. And that is true
according to my experiences and is my opinion, and my opinion is unchanged because it is based on what I saw and experienced. Since the recent advent of CAS and SASS that has drastically changed. There was nothing “misstated” about my statement.
That was my experience where I lived and my opinion. Your experience may have differed.
But that does not make what I saw and experienced and my subsequent opinion any less valid than your opinion.
Rifleman 1776 wrote:
Your suggestion to restore that rusty gun with a Dremel is a formula for ruination. There are many other better ways. I suggest you get some expert advice and experience then rethink your position.
You are incorrect in stating that my suggestion of using a dremel to aid in restoring a rusty revolver would be "ruination". You neglected to mention WHAT attachment would be used on a dremel. You just said..."Your suggestion to restore that rusty gun with a Dremel is a formula for ruination".
There are many different kinds attachments tips for a dremel motor. Not all of those tips are just grinding stones or metal cutting tips and cutoff wheels. A small wire wheel and buffing wheel in a dremel is an invaluable tool for getting rust out of hard to reach spots. There is nothing "ruinatious" about that and I have used that combination many times in restoring rusty guns. I wouldn’t recommend using a dremel motor with a cutting or grinding tip on small critical areas such as the cylinder stops because there is too much danger of slipping and messing up the small area of the slot. But I have found dremel motors with different attachments to be valuable tools for many other gun repairs, and using a dremel motor with a mini wire wheel or a mini buffing wheel attachment I do not consider a formula for ruination. Do you consider a dentist’s drill to be a “formula for ruination” to your teeth? That’s what a dremel motor is, basically an electrical version of an air powered dental drill. It really depends on
the tip in the dental drill or dremel motor and
what that tip is being used for.
If you feel otherwise, that is your opinion and you are entitled to your opinion. But just because I might disagree with your opinion, I would not be rude, impolite and call your opinion a “misstatement”, a “long treatise” or attempt to denigrate you by telling you to get “some expert advice and experiences and then rethink your position”. I see no need to be rude and impolite and make assumptions regarding someone's experience just because I might disagree with someone else’s opinion.
Regarding your last statement of ….” I suggest you get some expert advice and experience then rethink your position.”
You do not know what experience I have. Actually I have extensive experience with black powder firearms and firearms in general over the last 40+ years. So your suggestion that I get some “experience “ is an inaccurate
assumption on your part.
I do not believe either myself, you, nor anyone else is a firearms “expert”. There is no such thing as a firearms “expert” just as there is no such thing as an “expert” lawyer or doctor. That’s why they are called “Law practices” or “Practitioners of medicine”. They recognize that they are not expert but just “practice” their profession to the best of their ability. When someone starts getting the big head and thinking of themselves as “expert” in any given field, they will quickly find out that they don’t know everything in that field and that there is always someone else who will know some aspect of that field that they did not know as much about.
A wise man realizes that he can never be an “expert” at everything there is in the firearms field because it is just too vast. Metallurgy, ballistics, mechanics, mathematics, artisan skill, design, engineering, the list goes on and on. It is impossible for one person to be an “expert” and to know everything there is to know in all those fields. Even such luminaries as John Browning, Samuel Colt, Hiram Maxim, Eugene Stoner, could not know everything and be “expert” in all the many various aspects there are in the field of firearms. So there are no real “experts”. What there are, is people who know nothing about firearms, and then those who have varying degrees of knowledge and experience.
So because of what I just explained, I don’t think of myself nor anyone else as a firearms “expert”, but I do have 40+ years of “experience” and regarding what you told me to get some “expert advice and experience and rethink your position”, I do not feel is necessary, because I am confident in what I DO know and in what experience I do have. If there is something I DON’T know and need to know, then I will seek the advice of another non “expert” firearms “practitioner” who does know that particular specific area I need advice on. But I won't listen to someone else if they are rude and impolite to me for no good reason.
You do not win friends and influence people by being rude and impolite to people for no reason. Regarding that,
"I suggest you “rethink your position” of why you feel it necessary to be rude and impolite to someone when it is unnecessary and that person has not attacked nor been previously rude to you.
This is supposed to be a firearms community where we can meet and make friends and share what experiences and knowledge we have as well as to further our education in the firearms field. Opinions may differ, but there is no excuse for personal attacks, rudeness and being impolite