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  1. 4

    Copper Plated Lead #4 Shot Question

    Copper plated will work just fine.
  2. 4

    How many of you dry your revolver in the oven?

    If my revolver gets full of crud I do remove the grips and wash the whole gun, no need to take apart. The moose milk or Barricade will displace the water. I then oil where needed. Hot water rinse is good but I do not heat my guns. NO WD-40 EVER gets near any gun---PERIOD. Cans of WD-40 are just...
  3. 4

    Round Ball Tumbling With Graphite

    Griping and name calling is bad as everyone has an opinion worth listening to. That said just spray balls with barricade Not messy when dry and they look like new forever, Never store in a cardboard box unless you like the white stuff.
  4. 4

    Weighing round balls

    New store bought or new cast, put in container and spray with Barricade so they stay shiny.
  5. 4

    Weighing round balls

    Oldramrod has it correct. So does the crisco kid. Well said fellas. Anything I cast does not vary more then a few tenths of a gr. gave up weighing 50 years ago. Letting the ball take what it needs from molten lead in the ladle instead of the sprue will solve all problems.
  6. 4

    Why no black powder hunting personalities

    I hate inlines----did I tell you I hate inlines? I got one from a friend when he died and gave it away, I would not even fire it once. Back when walking was easy I prayed for snow so I could track deer with my flintlock. I can't do it now at my age but those were the days.
  7. 4

    HOW RURAL IS RURAL?

    Good areas for bigfoot sightings
  8. 4

    Woodsrunner, Is this normal for walnut?

    Stain before anything else if you do stain. The pores are common and fill with finish as described by others. I have tried many sealers but finish is best. Tung oil from the store has almost none in it. My friend buys pure tung oil and it works nice to sand a slurry but does not dry so he mixes...
  9. 4

    ball roundness

    Depends on twist rates. I shot IHMSA and you could see the spiral. ThE S&W .44 with 240 gr bullets would spiral around the flight path but changing to a 250 gr would eliminate it. The 1 in 18-3/4 twist was too fast for a 240 gr. The Ruger's 1 in 20 was perfect for a 240 gr.
  10. 4

    ball roundness

    Out of tound a tad will mean zero on the target, no mold made will cast round anything. As a mold heats the dimensions change in different directions since there are two halves, not a hole in a hunk of one piece metal. I make my own bullet molds and help the problem by heating the mold and...
  11. 4

    Black walnuts

    Well, the stain did not work. I seen somewhere where the liquid has to be cooked.
  12. 4

    My bear grease is lazy

    I have spent years testing lubes of all kinds for BP and modern revolvers and rifles. I found a lube change can turn a shotgun pattern into one hole groups. Yes I tried SPG and the stuff sucked, fouling was bad and I could not give away what was left at a shoot. I thought I could sell it but...
  13. 4

    .36 vs. .44 "Stopping Power"

    All the muzzle energy in the world means nothing. What counts is energy placed at the proper point in an animal. I prefer complete penetration but the projectile must slow to release energy yet still make two holes. I have much experience with modern revolvers having taken hundreds of deer but...
  14. 4

    I am sorry about my posts on casting

    From what I see you fellas here make amazes me since I now shake too much at my age. I know many of you are master casters too. But a few need help because they are new to it. I just did not realise how hard it is to explain. I have been pouring lead for something for over 80 years and I was 6...
  15. 4

    finished the Cherry stocked flint lock

    Just super. What did you use to get the perfect colot?
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