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    Patch material

    If you know a mechanic that works on older cars ask him for a GM condenser clamp. Or go to an auto parts store and buy an condenser and mounting clamp for a GM points type ignition distributor. You only need the clamp. Spread the clamp until the ends are about one eighth inch apart. Then...
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    Burnt patches

    From your description it seems that your patches are deteriorated, not thick enough, not 100% cotton or linen, or they are not thoroughly saturated with lube. Order Dutch Schultz's accuracy system and learn how to accurately measure the compressed thickness of your patches and how to determine...
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    summer lube

    I started shooting muzzleloaders in 1995 and have used Moose Snot year round for about eight years in rifles and smoothbores from 45 caliber to 12 guage. I tear my patch material into long strips, wipe my thumb across the lube and smear it lengthways back and forth on the material until it is...
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    Coning a barrel

    I put over a thousand shots through my Chambers' 50 caliber Lancaster before coning the barrel with Joe Woods' tool. I kept a log of all my practices and matches before and after coning and didn't find any decrease in accuracy. I thumb start the ball and load from the pouch and horn with the...
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    .45 Caliber question with ball size.

    The most accurate combination I found for my 42", 1:66", 45 caliber Green Mountain barreled rifle is: -67.5 grains of Goex fffg. -.010 (compressed) pillow ticking -Dutch Schultz's 7:1 ratio dry lube -.451 Eddie May balls Requires a short starter (which I despise) but shoots very tight groups...
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    Loyalist Arms Brown Bess

    Sooooo, your wife surprised you with your Perersoli, you shot her the first time with a 715 ball, and you want to sneak a bayonet and sling past her. That sounds like you should have your eyes checked and/or your barrel regulated :wink: I wish you better luck in your future endeavors :wink: .
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    Looking for a source for tow

    Silver Shuttle (Susan Wallace) always has good quality tow available. silvershuttle.com (If I remember correctly)
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    Ramrod length

    "Flush with the muzzle, always. That's the way they don'er in the old times if I got it right." A few weeks ago I re-read the volume of Foxfire dealing with muzzleloaders. Unless I'm mistaken, in every old photo showing someone posing with a long gun the loading rod appeared to extend from...
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    rules for trade gun

    Coyote Joe, the simplest thing would be for the person wanting to use a trade gun equipped with a rear sight to simply knock his/her rear sight out and conform to the rules like the rest of us. That person could replace the sight after the match. I have had a belly-full of the majority being...
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    Minuteman/Fowler

    ...and that would make the guys that fired them Musketeers! :hmm:
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    Figuring out the right load

    Do yourself a favor, read the earlier post about Dutch Schoultz and order his information packet. If you don't get any benefit from his information other than how to measure patch thickness, that will be the best twenty dollars you ever spent on improving a muzzleloader's accuracy. When I...
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    OK. Semi idiot question

    Since you brought it up, what exactly is "minute of deer"? Also, when your gun is sighted for "minute of deer" and you get the opportunity to hunt squirrel, rabbit, turkey, hogs, elk, moose, or buffalo, do you have to readjust your sights? :wink: Richard/Ga.
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    How many Fs?

    If you worked up loads using both 2f & 3f and the 2f worked out best for your rifle, why not just prime with 2f? On the other hand, if you didn't try 3f, give it a try. You may find it results in better accuracy and less fouling left in the barrel. I shoot a looser ball/patch combination than...
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    May be hope yet!

    A few years ago they completed bastardizing our primitive weapons season in Georgia. The Georgia Muzzleloading Association worked long and hard to get a muzzleloading season approved. We didn't even complain too much when they included the modern stainless steel and plastic abominations. Then...
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    I got problems

    On second thought, I think I had better find out how much web is left between the breech and the loading rod beforeI lower the barrel any more. Toooo many things to remember, so little memory left! Richard/Ga.
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    I got problems

    Very interesting! This is the first discussion I have found about how much clearance should be left between the barrel and the upper forestock rails. I have built a persussion Southern Rifle from TOTW and a Chambers Lancaster. I am currently working on two more Chambers kits, a York for my...
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    Which side to carry horn and stuff

    I shoot right handed and wear my pouch and horn high and tight on separate straps under my right arm. That keeps my horn as far away from the sparks as possible just in case I have a senior moment and forget to plug the horn before shooting.
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    Rapine Moulds

    For what its worth, I ordered three bag moulds from Ray around the first of the year. At that time he told me he was going to quit making everything except the bag moulds. He called about two months ago to tell me he was ready to ship the moulds. He didn't say anything about quitting at that...
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    bullet moulds.

    I ordered three bag moulds from Ray earlier this year. A couple of weeks ago he called to say he had them ready to ship. They arrived a few days later. Richard/Ga.
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    45 cal Green Mtn. barrel???

    About fifteen years ago I built a percussion gun with a 42" GM 45 caliber 1/66 barrel. After shooting over a thousand balls while working up loads, I was not able to get the accuracy I wanted using .445 balls. Someone told me GM recommended using .451 balls in that barrel. I was skeptical but...
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