You can't go wrong with following Kurt Hardcastle's advice. He can probably help with fixing anything that needs it.
Good luck with it. There is nothing quite like old guns.
I don't know if I would agree with that. You could make the same case for the turn of the 19th century folks, the Revolutionary war generation, the European colonists generations, etc. It's the kind of title that probably says more about the bestower than the bestowed.
For those that might be jonesing for a lever, there is a very, very early Winchester 1894 .30 WCF at Cabela's (Owatonna) and a couple of fixer upper 1893s in .38-55 (the coolest caliber) with octagon barrels (26" and 28") at two different Cabela's (Woodbury and Owatonna, respectively). They...
I mentioned medical in my first post, so yes on that. As for distance? I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. Were they that much shorter ranges relative to the range of their weaponry? Making an apples to apples comparison is probably an issue.
I'm no Civil War expert, but I believe artillery, not muskets, accounted for the largest share of casualties. But I could be misremembering that. Either way, even in the Bronze and early Iron Ages there were battles that resulted in huge mass graves what must have been huge proportions of the...
I astounds me how technology has immensely improved ordinance but casualties have declined so much. Medical advances account for some of that, but not all, I think.
On a mildly related note, we are having our oiled oak floors refinished (without sanding). The product is a UV catalyzed polysomething that is hard as nails and can be had in Flat, Matt, Satin, Semigloss, and Gloss finish. I don't know if I will like it, but it strikes me as having a modern...