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  1. Dusty Rhodes

    Weather

    Not cold where we are, hovering around 100f forecast for next Saturday. 🤤 Sunny Sth Australia. 😁
  2. Dusty Rhodes

    Teflon as a patch lube?

    I would think Buffalo Arms would stock it. 👍
  3. Dusty Rhodes

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Yesturday I went to buy a .58 mold from a retiring shooter. Came away with three good quality locally made molds of different designs. $100.00 😁 Today I molded 50 of each.
  4. Dusty Rhodes

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Went to the Club this morning having been off the air for nearly three weeks with the Flu. Not Covid, worse. Shot the Zouave for the first time since I had the rear sight replaced. 6" high at 50 mtrs. Wont be far off at 100. 👍🇦🇺
  5. Dusty Rhodes

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Pick up the Zoli Zouave from Gunsmith. Had decided to improve the rear sight sight to something adjustable, more like the Enfield. Struggled with why an 1863 rifle would have worse sights than an 1861. Anyway..... Martini Cadet did the job. 👍
  6. Dusty Rhodes

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Wow, how's your back ?? 😁
  7. Dusty Rhodes

    Guesstimate my muzzle velocity?

    Absoluteley 👍, 50 cal RB at 95 grns, I recon even a bit faster than 1300. Maybe 1450 fps. But how long does it hold that speed, not long. Unlike a 58 or 62 RB that comes out at 900, they keep on keeping on. 👍
  8. Dusty Rhodes

    Is pure lead really necessary for muzzle loading balls or bullet in rifle or hand gun ?

    I've been trialing hardness myself just recently. I've found 30:1 (sorry, I don't speak Brinell) to work well for everything. Apart from PRB in .50 cal and Hollow based .58 ( both 1% tin) I use 30:1. 38/50 1:12 twist, 40/65 1:16 twist, .375 M/L 1:16 twist. .40 M/L 1:16, .45 Gibbs 1:18 twist...
  9. Dusty Rhodes

    Ignition while loading

    I shoot with a guy who had one go off while ramming the projectile. Ram rod went through his hand, and the corrugated iron roof. Landed out on the Range. We must never push a Ram rod down with the palm of our hand. Now..... the rifle in question was a locally made rifle, and it was found to...
  10. Dusty Rhodes

    wasting powder & caps

    Just had a thought for large pre weighed loads. Shotgun shells with a cork. 🤔
  11. Dusty Rhodes

    wasting powder & caps

    Here in Oz, we are paying from $165 - $185 for 1kg bottle of Swiss or Wano. I bought Magnum Caps a week ago @ $ 27.50 per 100. Consider that our Dollar gets about $0.63c U.S. We don't waste a thing over here any more. 😂🤣😂🤣🇦🇺 At the Range I double check that the bore is clean and dry with 1...
  12. Dusty Rhodes

    Zouave Accuracy

    That's a great tip. Thanks. My Zoli has it. 👍🇦🇺
  13. Dusty Rhodes

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Well this morning I shot the new to me Zoli Zouave .58. She's an oldy and not prestine, Ram rod missing and some dents but all in all not used a lot. Was in a small collection for 15 years so I was a little concerned about the internal barrel condition. No problem there. I'd bought a Lyman 515...
  14. Dusty Rhodes

    NEW GUY FROM SPAIN

    Welcome abourd, from South Australia. 👍🇦🇺
  15. Dusty Rhodes

    How many muzzleloaders have you built

    1 only. I did nothing more than buy all the bits and design what I wanted. My local BP man was a 2 year wait so I enlisted his Off sider who was doing a few, sometimes for him. Came out very neat. A 60 year old lady (at the time) from a wood carving Club agreed to do the carving. She had...
  16. Dusty Rhodes

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Today I tested .060" Gasket paper wads, against LDPE .060" . LDPE won hands down, but they were a few thou bigger, tighter. .079" v .082" in a .376 barrel. Tight is good. 👍🇦🇺
  17. Dusty Rhodes

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I shot the .375 M/L today. It's 1: 16 twist. My efforts at PP are improving, learning all the time. Decent Paper (actually anything BP ) is very hard to come by here in Oz, especially different thicknesses so bullet size is critical. Have been lapping out a Lee bullet sizer (done it several...
  18. Dusty Rhodes

    .50 cal Lyman Great Plains Bullet Zero

    A 6" PB ......... If the point of impact is 3" high at say 90 yds, and 3" low at 110 yds, then 100 yds is the 6" point blank. It may be 10" high at 50. Just sayin.
  19. Dusty Rhodes

    An Abomination? Not For Sensitive Viewers

    🤣😂🤣😂👍🇦🇺
  20. Dusty Rhodes

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Ok, I need some info from experienced Stock bedders...... I may need to Bed the Barrel / Stock on a Zoli Zouave. It is new to me, haven't received it yet, so havn't shot it yet. Hopefully it shoots fine ( the last one did). If not then I will Bed the barrel. Any help here would be appreciated...
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