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  1. Brokenbear

    To clean or not clean??

    I do believe the gentleman on his initial post indicated that he was using 3F Triple Seven ..I have said it on this forum before that T7 just is not as corrosive as holy black not to mention it's propensity to deliver more velocity volume for volume Secondly ..I believe you will note he is in...
  2. Brokenbear

    To clean or not clean??

    Oh that’s an easy answer sir.. the gentleman has a much bigger confidence/function problem with not going bang than he does anything else The probability of BB being the no bang issue is high Until further testing we do not know why his rifle will only shoot well fouled The departure from BB...
  3. Brokenbear

    To clean or not clean??

    Stay with the triple seven for the hunt (and thereafter too!) Keep the rifle upside down and run a caliber correct bore brush through the bore dry just to get the big stuff out ..pull the nipple and clean it with alcohol and let it dry ..clean your flash channel with a pipe cleaner the kind...
  4. Brokenbear

    How did the itzie bitzie teenie weenie screws leave my work bench?????

    Shucks .. you old boys are amateurs.. I put an1860 Colt Army I was tuning out of the way of my wife’s “rearrange “ day in MY SIDE OF THE BASEMENT I might add … and have not found it now in 4 months Bear
  5. Brokenbear

    Has anyone used the new USPS Ground Advantage?

    I have shipped in the last decade or so over 14,000 pairs of hand made custom grips.. shipping nation wide via USPS 1st class and now Ground Advantage and I cannot see any decline in service or reliability Shipping in a plain brown box with in house machine printed label w/postage ..I have had...
  6. Brokenbear

    Choice shooting rest

    when working up loads for accuracy on a new to me rifle or bullet change to an old rifle I like to take the shooter (me) out of the variables as much as possible by using not only a bench but a fixture/jig/rest/ whatever to steady up but more importantly reduce variables I find my Caldwell 7...
  7. Brokenbear

    A fix for my new 1858 Remmie

    Sold some stuff for a tidy profit so I treated me to an Uberti 1858 Remington 8" blue ..I really never read or thought about it but the projectile ram/plunger is set up for conical s for sure ... As a ball shooter the ram's sharp edges pretty well meet the lead ring shaved from the ball and...
  8. Brokenbear

    CLOSED 1858 Remington

    Steel frame, Blue, 8" are kind of in mind but who knows .please PM me if you wish to turn that dusty safe queen into $$ Thanks Bear
  9. Brokenbear

    New Curley Maple stock having shallow cracks - What to do?

    I agree Eric's fix has strength and I agree there is not in this universe a man made product that will take stain, dye, color,, tinting etc. etc. like the actual wood itself .. Sir I respectfully suggest that before poo pooing sanding into the final layer before the superglue kicks a layer of...
  10. Brokenbear

    New Curley Maple stock having shallow cracks - What to do?

    Place the stock in a climate controlled area Take off the butt plate and seal the end grain with TruOil or latex paint Place a fan on it to blow down the stock for about a week Measure your moisture content BEFORE your do anything You have to get wood to no more than 8% moisture content then...
  11. Brokenbear

    Influence with Pietta among us?

    That's good to hear ..but I did do a search on this forum about this subject before posting and the "work arounds" of the above subject are numerous and scary ..such as pinching #11 caps to get them to stay ..to #11's falling off during a full cylinder attempt and jamming the cylinder ...?? So...
  12. Brokenbear

    Influence with Pietta among us?

    As I contemplate the purchase of a Remington 1858 pattern .44 ..I just realized that from the start I ruled out Pietta simply because I don't want to comb America for #10 percussion caps or spend another $XX.XX dollars for a set of new nipples Now I have a few RWS 1075's that I read will fit but...
  13. Brokenbear

    In real life Civil War what was the most ways a revolver was loaded?

    Well think this one through about spare cylinders.. as a metal detector enthusiast I have found some civil war stuff here in Missouri but never a lone cylinder ..further I have watched a lot of videos of very effective with detectors guys in the prime battle areas of the CW and have never seen a...
  14. Brokenbear

    Uberti .31 1849 Pocket Power

    good for you ..when you run some and if you have time.. cast a couple dozen extra and I'll pay you for them ..I'm almost sure there is not clearance/room in my Colt signature series to get them in the cylinder and I don't want to take the Colt apart to load the cylinder ..I know some guys just...
  15. Brokenbear

    Uberti .31 1849 Pocket Power

    Pastor .. did you ever get the conical mold as I have been checking in here to see if the penetration was any different or did I miss the post?
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