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    Hi from East Africa

    Welcome from Alabama, looking forward to reading your posts.
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    Round Ball Tumbling With Graphite

    I use an old cement mixer to tumble 25 lbs of cast buckshot at a time. Throw in a palm full of mechanical pencil graphite and tumble 24+ hours. They come out looking as good or better than commercial factory loaded buck. Patterns improve in both MLs and and modern guns. I think the graphite...
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    Maximum speed with Black powder

    And accuracy :thumb:
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    As a teen I put 1/2 pound of 5 year "old" GOEX 3Fg in an aluminum potato chip bag, twisted it shut, rammed a long fuse down the middle and set it in a bowl shaped depression of fresh green pasture grass. I lit the fuse and  started to run. I got about 3 steps when there was a loud Whoosh! and I...
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    Anyone here own exclusively muzzle loading firearms?

    I was in a similar situation for 30 years and my ex(s) had prescriptions for some of their favorite pharmaceuticals. I used cameras and dogs for security. Most effective of all was applying my knowledge from the chemical industry, botany and toxicology to spike all medications with a variety of...
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    Homeowner uses muzzleloader on home intruder

    I wonder what the law would do if a center of mass, point-blank blast from a 10- or 12-gauge double knocks him back out of the doorway? I'm glad the homeowner is OK. I know many decent, church going seniors whose lives have been devastated by their offspring's drug addiction and criminal...
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    How many years Muzzleloading experience?

    50 years - with a few breaks due to work, moving, school, family - but always interested, reading, learning, watching documentaries/videos etc.
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    Did you all see this?

    I agree with the concept, however, no dead man ever buried himself. "To heck with them fellas. Buzzards gotta' eat, same as worms." - Josey Wales Seriously, in this county there have been multiple finds of scattered human bones. Some are later identified by dental records or IIRC DNA, but most...
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    Bullet moulds

    My uncle, who grew up on the same farm I did, defined farming as "A whole lot of back busting hard work And No Money - Ever." We used a horse, plow, wagon etc. and didn't get a 50 y.o. tractor till I was a teen. My old man believed losing or throwing away something that could be reused...
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    2024 cap update, bad and the bad

    About 25 years ago I anticipated real or "manufactured" shortages of ML products. I started picking up extra supplies including 2 to 4 packs of 1200 count toy roll caps every time I went to a store selling toys. They've been vacuum sealed in mylar and stored in 5-gallon plastic buckets for...
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    Armadillo

    Plus, as has been mentioned squirrel and rabbit. My paternal family were such poor sharecroppers that my old man said it wasn't until he joined the Army that he found out there had been a Great Depression. Next, in the late 1940's thru the 1950's, Southern Railway Fuel closed all their coal...
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    SOLD REDUCED Traditions Kentucky Pistol .50 Cal

    PM incoming.
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    Wheel weight lead question

    I'll add that with big WW RBs I use a ball & patch combo that is tight enough it has to be started down bore with a small rubber tire hammer that is carried in my bag. On firing no obturation is needed since the patch is already engraved into the ball. Also, I haven't had WW shatter on...
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    Wheel weight lead question

    I like .570 to .715 water quenched WW RBs for hogs. IIRC one of the Victorian big game hunters recommended aiming for the largest bones, not vitals, when shooting hard lead RBs. A complete pass through, breaking both shoulders and the spine is about the most effective shot placement.
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    New member

    Welcome from AL. Thank you again for your service. All civilians owe you a debt of gratitude. And the same goes for you William O.
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