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    Old european powder horn

    Thanks a lot. They look great.
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    Old european powder horn

    This horn was buyed at an antiquarian long ago and have no clues on its period or country procedence. Was in fairly good condition except por some bug or mice bites and a faulty mechanism not delivering exact cuantities of BP by its sprout but spreading it all around by some cracks...
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    Moroccan Snaphaunce

    The barrel is 50" long. Have to test yet a thighter ball and patch combination with 3Fg and yes, probably a 2Fg or even 1Fg powder would be better for reducing initial pressures but 3Fg is all I´ve got at home. Yeeees, 18 bands but made of a really thin metal leaf. Had to repair them too...
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    Moroccan Snaphaunce

    Hi Rick, Thank you for shearing your knowledge and pictures. I bring this .60 cal. old one I repaired till shooting condition years ago . Was tested with .575 round ball on 60 grains of FFFg black powder, pathched with tow but not too thightly, I was a littlel concerned about its integrity...
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    Your first ML rifle

    Sorry for replying myself but yesterday , after reading a post from Rickystl in Photos forum a thread on Moroccan Snaphaunce https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/moroccan-snaphaunce.112585/ I took a caliper and measured ball and bore. It is a .60 cal. , not a .62 one. Too much time went...
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    Your first ML rifle

    This one, no kidding, I´m not that old: A Marroccan snaphaunce mucala that was decorating a corner of a room till I took charge, cleaned the not very smooth bore , repaired its mechanism, replaced fastenig rings and ramrod and now fires .62 cal PRBs. The barrel seems to be a really old one...
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