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  1. Josh Smith

    Practical accuracy for a Muzzleloader

    I find that, if confined to a muzzleloader's effective range, I can shoot sidelocks as accurately as open-sighted milsurp rifles, meaning, not very :ghostly: We have dense woods here, and I honestly can't find a reason to use a modern rifle over a patched round ball from a .50 sidelock. I...
  2. Josh Smith

    Short Rifle?

    Hello, My wife would like a muzzleloading rifle that shoots round ball and fires with caps. A .45 caliber would be ideal. She's of small stature and has a damaged left shoulder -- she shoots off the right side -- so she needs something a bit less nose-heavy than a traditional Kentucky. I'm...
  3. Josh Smith

    Accuracy Problem

    I almost wonder if a smaller charge of 3f might bump the skirt a bit better. Josh
  4. Josh Smith

    Best Pietta M6 x .75 Cones/Nipples?

    Thank you, everyone. I'll be getting Ampco. Regards, Josh
  5. Josh Smith

    Best Pietta M6 x .75 Cones/Nipples?

    I'm having some ignition problems due to a couple things: First, the stock cones are soft and mushroom easily. Second, the only #10 caps I can find right now are CCI. They are a little too small; pretty sure I need Remington caps. Thank you, Josh
  6. Josh Smith

    Best Pietta M6 x .75 Cones/Nipples?

    Hello, I'm wondering what you all think are the best cones for the Pietta cap and ball revolvers? I'm not going HC so much as I am for reliability this time around. I've been looking at Hotshot cones. Any thoughts? While I'm on the subject, are there stronger mainsprings for these, on the...
  7. Josh Smith

    Flintlock vs Percussion

    I would really like a rocklock .32 for hunting squirrel. It's difficult to find one I can afford in left-handed, though. Heck, .32 caplocks seem to be tougher to find. Maybe someday. I consider my caplock .50 T/C New Englander to be as reliable as any of my modern rifles. Josh
  8. Josh Smith

    ball parting line alignment

    One thing I've found to help accuracy and reduce the effects of sprue cuts, voids, seams, etc, is tumbling. I cut the sprue off the cast balls, then throw them into a rock tumbler -- same thing I use with corncob to clean my smokeless brass. I add a little bit of powdered graphite and let it...
  9. Josh Smith

    window /door alarm guns

    Sheriff Jim Wilson (I believe; could have been Massad Ayoob, though) related in his writings years ago of a kid who was shot by one of these things as he climbed into a cabin. The cabin, if I recall, was a line cabin and generally not occupied, and the kid was trying to get out of a snowstorm...
  10. Josh Smith

    Possession by Certain Persons, Pt II

    Hello, I wanted to publicly thank those who took the time to respond to my thread Possession by Certain Persons. It was locked, and I understand why it was locked and I agree with the reasoning. The thread had run its course. I'd been away due to some health problems my wife experienced and...
  11. Josh Smith

    Possession by Certain Persons

    Hi Necchi, No, sir, I'm not being played. We (this is a group, not just me) consist of clergy, former law enforcement (specifically, the former county sheriff and his wife, an agent for drug court), educators, and a few reformed felons, some of whom have been clean for many, many years. As...
  12. Josh Smith

    Possession by Certain Persons

    Thank you, gents. While I certainly disagree with many laws, I didn't come to discuss what should be as that usually leads to the political and hard feelings. I've written the Indiana AG and am awaiting a reply. I'm afraid this will ultimately need to be challenged in court. Hypothetically...
  13. Josh Smith

    Possession by Certain Persons

    Hello, I've been absent for a long while and I apologize for that. Business and family keep me very busy. I volunteer with an organization which will remain anonymous. We attempt to help those coming from prison get their lives on track and go straight. Sometimes it works. In many (most)...
  14. Josh Smith

    Charge for Squirrel with .50 Cal

    Thanks folks! The thing about barking squirrels though, there was debate here some years back about it. Many have seen as many wounded as dead with barking. Thanks again! Josh
  15. Josh Smith

    Hell-o from northern Indiana

    Howdy, from over here in Wabash!
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