In this video I shoot a Swiss Vetterli rifle converted from rimfire to centerfire cartridges. The rifle is an early model of repeating bolt action rifles and was a game changer for the Swiss military at the time. The Swiss Vetterli was magazine fed from the beginning in 1869, but later the mechanism was adapted to a single shot Italian Vetterli rifle with a slightly longer cartridge. But even the Italian Vetterli was adapted to be a repeater with a 4 shot box magazine, instea

An easy to load premade compressed powder charge caseless cartridge for black powder Walker Colts.

Weaving an Algonquin style back pack to carry my gear in the backwoods.

British revolvers are inexpensive enough for beginner collectors to hoard for their treasure trove.

I make cartridge cases for my hard to find .50-95 Winchester rifle. It takes a steady hand and a lathe to peel off a minuscule amount of brass.

Part 1 of the gear that you would see in the Possibles Bag of a mountain man or eastern long hunter to keep his flintlock rifle running in the field.

What goes in a haversack for the 21st century mountain man ? the possibilites are endless.

The Kephart style knife is a simple must have item for bushcrafting in the backwoods.

Test firing the Evans Late Model >44 Long

A simple solution for misaligned cylinder cranes on Colt DA revolvers.

A quick way to recrown a barrel after trimming it to a carbine length, and still get satisfactory results.

It’s been 4 days since I had surgery on my right hoof. Apparently when you get an infection in your bones, it’s difficult to get...

I start off the grind with whole wheat berries from my storage area. This bag indicates that this is Organic Summer (OS) wheat packaged...

My old girl started getting some mileage on her. She’s a 1998 Electra Glide and she’s never had any serious work done to her. Bone stock...

Oak leaves and acorns is one of my favorite patterns to carve into leather. It’s a pattern that has Germanic influences and is used on a...

Modern sport shooters of black powder revolvers don’t realize that paper cartridges were the thing back in the day when these guns were...

Some folks will forge these out of a block of steel . I prefer a quicker and cheaper method. To make my hatchet or tomahawk, I draw out a...

I decided I needed some new cooking tools for my fire pit. I ended up getting talked out of my older ones by someone. I looked around the...

One of my favorite rifles is the M1A (M-14) platform. I wasn’t issued one in the Marine Corps — we only had the M-16A2, not even the...

Pattern welded Damascus for knife making is made from two types of material forge welded together. Using high heat and fluxed with borax...