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    Barrel twist for PRB

    Just had an idle thought about your Deerstalker....How many shots do you have through it? Lyman barrels are notorious for needing 200-300 shots through them before they really settle down and live up to their accuracy potential. They appear to be a little too sharp or too rough or something in...
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    Barrel twist for PRB

    Sounds like you're on the money, so my only guess would be to mess with your lubes.
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    ? for Leather workers

    The last step for good adherence with Barge is lots of pressure on the joint for about 24 hours while it cures. Working against you, Barge doesn't like to adhere well to oiled leather. I'd be tempted to add a baste or two with thread to the top of the seam for extra support. You can do that...
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    Barrel twist for PRB

    You don't mention your patch thickness. That can be the biggest factor in accuracy in our guns. My wife's Deerstalker 54 is an accuracy marvel with almost any powder charge from 30 grains of 3f to 100 grains of 2f, but we run the patches fairly tight (.018 ticking with .530 balls) and TOW mink...
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    ? for Leather workers

    I have to agree. The only way to really repair that kind of stitching is to reverse it again, resew it, then reverse it back. That's a whole lot of flexing for old leather. Odds are that even though you rubbed it down with mink oil, it didn't get down into the stitching or all the way through...
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    Group size related to age ??

    I'm less than 5 years behind you Stony. These days with these eyes and these shaky hands, I'm happy with patterns rather than groups from pistolas! :confused:
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    Elk load dilemma

    There are a couple of things specific to Cabelas/Lyman/Investarms. Dunno if they have a thing to do with the failures reported here, but they sure affected me. 1. I have to be sure to raise the hammer and remove the old cap when loading. Seating the ball after pouring powder forces lots of air...
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    Elk load dilemma

    Three in this house (50, 54 and 58), and I don't recall a single misfire in many years of use. And we almost never swab since we switched to TOW mink tallow. Sumpin else might be going on, but it's not the lettering on the barrels.
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    Foster Slugs in smoothbore?

    I'd be more inclined to shoot it in a 69 caliber, probably patched and with a fiber wad under it. But 12 gauge? Nah. Not unless I figured out how to take care of a whole bunch of rattle room, and I don't want to think that hard.
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    Barrel twist for PRB

    Oh yeah. I have a light 62 caliber with a very slow twist. Just won't shoot for beans with less than 120 grains of 2f, and greatly prefers 140 grains. Buds who shoot it only do so once. One of them named it, and it stuck: Eatcher Lunch. Last time EVER I took advice from a slow twist pusher.
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    WD-40 Test

    Boeshield T-9 leaves a pretty "waxy" residue. Don't like it for exposed surfaces except for storage. But I've found nothing better for the underside of pinned barrels. Amazing stuff. Like it so much for that job that I now apply it to the bottom side of keyed barrels hidden within the stock...
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    Elk load dilemma

    Comparing your 50 and 100 yard POI, I'm betting you're deadnuts center at 75.
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    Pressure Changes by Barrel Length

    I can't follow that at all. Care to explain further?
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    Elk load dilemma

    I'd sure up the sights while you're at it. Dead on at 50 is no place to be when you're thinking about shots at 100. A 75 yard sight-in works much better for me.
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    bugs

    After spending almost 5 decades in the Alaska bush with people who live there all the time, I gotta say that they're just a lot tougher than we city folks. I don't recall anyone using insect repellent or complaining about the bites. They just tough it out and accept it as a part of living there...
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