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    Rifle Primer Conversion Units to Replace Peercussion Caps

    What has been the community's experience with specific rifle primer conversion nipples to get us through percussion cap droughts?
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    Reviving/Treating 1850's Dry Walnut Stock

    I have a 1850's New England rifle here with a very dry, open pored, walnut stock. What is the best possible way to preserve and protect the stock without refinishing it?
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    Removing Brass bands from 1841 Mississippi?

    Have just acquired an Model 1841 with a beautiful browned barrel and need to remove the original nipple( stuck) and do some stock repair and reinforcement behind the tail of the tang. What is the best procedure to remove the brass bands without marking the original browning on the barrel?
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    Civil War .58 Caliber Musket Ball Diameter

    Was the 0.562" ball the Civil War standard for .58 caliber muskets?
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    What is the preferred .58 cal. musket target load for the North-South Matches?

    Sometime back on the Forum , I seemed to remember that an experienced N-S shooter recommended a "magic" load of around 47.0 grs of FFG.
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    Winning .58 caliber musket load?

    A while back, one of our Blue & Gray members posted the winning match load for the .58 caliber musket. I faintly remember it was about 47.0 grs. of 2F. Can someone re-post the B&G match load?
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    Nipple Size for Original 1853 Enfield

    What is the correct nipple size for an original 1853 Enfield musket? What is the company name for the leading muzzleloading supply house in England? Thanks!
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    Derusting with Boric Acid Bath

    Both Angier in his book "Firearm Blueing and Browning" and Kit Ravenshear in his "Metalwork Part 1" recommend using a boric acid bath as the safest form of rust removal which both removes rust and protects the underlying metal. Anyone on this Forum used it?
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    How To Calculate Proper Ball Size

    Have an antique rifle with a bore size between 54 and 58 calibers and a coned muzzle. Have been shooting a 54 caliber ball double patched with 0.020" linen. The load is accurate. With 0.040" of patching on both sides of the ball, how would you calculate the approximate size of a proper fitted...
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    Double Patching Question

    I just acquired an English sporting rifle that has a 56 caliber bore. Not having 56 caliber balls handy and wanting to shoot it, I plan on double patching 54 caliber balls with .020" linen for a few test shots. Anyone had any experience with double patching?
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    Sight Modification for 100 yard Zero with CW Rifled 58 cal. Muskets

    What techniques are available for establishing a 100-yards zero with the 200-yard battle sight of a 58 cal. CW rifled musket?
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    .69 caliber Minnie's

    Is there a supplier who is able to provide .69-cal. Minnie's in different diameters for testing?
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    Sharpening a Patch-cutting Osborne Arch Punch?

    Have been cutting patches with an Osborne arch punch using a cutting board backing; however, the punches are getting dull and need sharpening. Does anyone have a system to hand-sharpen an arch punch without screwing up the symmetry of the cutting edge? Osborne proved no help. Do you work only...
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    Are Alliant Black MZ and American Pioneer Powder the Same?

    I understood that Pioneer Powder manufactured Alliant Black MZ. Does anyone know that for a fact? If so, we still have Black MZ in the Pioneer Powder line, so to speak.
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    Metric Thread Forms in U.S. Martial Arms

    U.S. martial arms were made with metric thread forms up until the adoption of the Krag. The change came when the Norwegians provided the manufacturing plans for the Krag in the inch-system.
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    Measuring the Thread Form and Diameter of Antique Nipple Seats

    Just got a nice, old German half stock with a .52 caliber barrel. No nipple. Tried .250 and .255 diameter nipples but could not pick up the thread pitch. Without damaging the old nipple seat, how can you best determine what the thread pitch and diameter of the original nipple is?
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    Metric Nipple Sources

    I have a nice German half-stock, circa 1850-1860. It did not come with a functional nipple. The nipple seat still has enough remaining threads to be usable but it is oversize and will need an oversized nipple, Have not determined the thread form or the pitch, but did try .250 and .255 1/4-28...
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    Black Mz vs Blue Mz

    whoa!! Colorado Clyde has piqued my interest with his comments about the Black MZ MSDS referring to Potassium Perchorlate rather than citric acid. ALLIANT has just introduced BLUE MZ, 50 gr. volume equivalent pellets. The factory packaging does not refer to the non-corrosive qualities of BLUE...
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    Does the "System" wear bores faster

    I shoot a fairly wet patch on the range or a well greased patch when hunting. We all know that tough cloth patches even when well lubricated will wear a bore over time. Is it possible that the almost dry patch derived under the "System" will wear a bore more rapidly?
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    Gun Digest 2016

    Great article and stunning photographs on the history of the contemporary longrifle is in the new Gun Digest 2016. Author, Holt Bodinson
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