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    .410

    Thanks, Britt, it's good to be heard. :haha:
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    “Smooth rifles”

    Funny but they were dismissed as such for many years, folks refused to believe anyone would build a smoothbore rifle, after all, it is a [b]rifle[b] Of course lots argue against that thinking too.
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    How Many Shots to Group

    Lots of people will say "3 shots is all you are likely to get when hunting" and that may be true but is a red herring, it has nothing to do with why we are shooting groups. I don't expect to fire more than one shot at a game animal but one shot doesn't tell me much about what I can expect from...
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    .410

    I haven't found much need for small caliber smoothbores since I discovered long ago that you can load a 12 gauge with a typical .410 load and get excellent results with 1/2 ounce of shot over 1 1/2 drams of powder. You also can get a 12 gauge side by side weighing just 5 1/2 pounds so I have no...
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    “Smooth rifles”

    Among old original flintlock long rifles a surprising percentage are actually smoothbore, in some cases you'll find more smooth than rifled. It's a period thing, much more common in earlier pieces, and a regional thing, very common among early Allentown-Bethelhem style rifles, rare among Bedford...
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    Craptastic first day with flintlock

    Please don't dump DRANO down a rifle barrel that is sure to cause pitting. You can dribble 4f powder through the touch hole, it may seem to take forever but five minutes of patient work will pay big dividends in removing the obstruction without damage to a fine rifle. Fill the pan with 4f...
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    Japanese reproduction flintlock identification

    Didn't you read the expert evaluation of that "rare Japanese musket"? It's worth $6,888.00
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    .454 vs .451 balls

    There are a lot of variables among imported C&B revolvers, bore diameters and chamber diameters are perhaps the greatest variable as you can see from some information posted above. For best accuracy with any revolver, C&B or modern magnum, the bullet should arrive at the forcing cone at least as...
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    Pietta 1851 .36 needs reamed

    Many, if not most C&B revolvers have chambers under bore size and accuracy can often be greatly improved by reaming the chambers to just over groove diameter of the barrel. If the bullet's rebated base is too large to start into the chamber as intended then resizing the bullet won't solve the...
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    Squirrel hunting IN Colorado?

    Aberts around my place vary a lot, from lighter grey than the photo you posted to jet black. Now and then you'll see one jet black with a white underside, really a striking squirrel.
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    Large ball+thin patch vs small ball+thick patch

    Testing is the only answer. I don't believe one can take a purely mathematical approach to finding accuracy. Careful measurement and calculation can give you a reasonable starting point but from there it is cut and try. Two identical barrels from the same maker may require very different...
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    What do you use for a capper?

    I have a couple of the Ted Cash "snail" or "teardrop" cappers and wouldn't be without one. You can just dump a tin of caps in, shape it around a bit so most caps turn right side up and you're set for a full day of shooting or even several days. Many years ago I tried the inline cappers and found...
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    Question: Old Time Lead Removal

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    Weighing Hornady round balls

    Well that sounds reasonable but wouldn't that be true of every bullet Hornady makes? Hornady bullets for centerfires, both jacketed and swaged lead, are very consistent and accurate, as are their buckshot, and their tiny little .17 Rimfire bullets are outstanding. I also would be surprised if...
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    Large ball+thin patch vs small ball+thick patch

    While putzing around the shop I picked up a 6" section cut from a GreenMountain .50 caliber barrel. What could I do with this? Well one thing I could do was to push some balls through it and see how they came out. First I pushed a .530" Speer ball through to get a good measurement of the bore...
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