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    Paper Cartridge Kit

    Uberti rammer are made for conical bullets. Pietta rammer need to be modified.
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    home made tool for positioning pin holes

    I like it!
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    Black powder cap and ball pistols

    I know some people still think most chain fires happen at the chamber mouth...they don't. With this gun I had loaded a tight fitting conical bullet, and I liberally covered the chamber mouths with my beeswax/lamb's tallow lube. In this case the chain fire happened because, the New-Old-Stock...
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    New website for black powder shooters

    Thanks guys!
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    New website for black powder shooters

    Hi everyone. I’m Mike Beliveau. I think it is safe to say that most people these days know me for my Duelist1954 YouTube channel where I shoot a wide variety of historical firearms at poor old Evil Roy. I think it is less well known that I’ve been a gun-writer for various books and magazines...
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    40 Caliber York Completed

    It came out beautiful.
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    Realistic accuracy expectations

    Hitting at ranges of 200 yards, or beyond, with a flintlock rifle is not luck, but, as has been stated earlier in the thread, you have to be able to shoot. You also need to understand the ballistics of your rifle, and be able to dope the wind. In the attached video you can see me get on target...
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    Realistic accuracy expectations

    At 100 yards, I expect a 2-inch to 3-inch group off of a rest. I've I'm not getting that, then there is usually something sub-optimal with the load...powder charge, patch thickness or ball diameter. I'll make changes until I consistently get a 2-inch group.
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    250-yard Flintlock Shooting

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    250-yard Flintlock Shooting

    I've always been interested in re-creating the long-range shooting accomplishments of America's Revolutionary war era riflemen, and this year's Historic Camp at Springbrook gave me the opportunity to shoot at 250-yard distant targets with a flintlock rifle. In the video you'll see long range...
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    Loading a flintlock smoothbore ranger style

    I’ve done over 500 videos for YouTube, but this one on smoothbore shooting may be my favorite.
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    YouTube is driving me crazy!

    As many of you know, YouTube de-monetized over 100 of my videos last week. Naturally, I requested a manual review of each one. So far, they have reviewed 63 of the videos in question. For 21 videos, the manual reviewers reversed the original decision, so those videos are now deemed suitable...
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    New biography of the Swamp Fox

    I'm about half way through the book right now. It is very good.
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    Coning a Muzzle

    Frank House, Hershel's brother, has restored a lot of original rifles. He told me that every eighteenth century barrel he worked on had been coned. Likewise John Getz has told me the same thing. Custom builder Mike Miller, who made rifles for Mark Baker and John Curry tells me he cones all his...
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    Building a Tennessee Rifle

    Great series! I'm really enjoying it.
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