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    Hole Through the Barrel

    Were the holes drilled by TC or a home gunsmith? If TC did it I would see what TC would do to fix the problem. I would even offer splitting the cost just to get the firearm functional again.
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    ball roundness

    Considering how the mold cavities are formed cut with a rotating cherry or swagged to finished size. I believe if the OP is measuring a slight out of roundness the cause is the mold blocks are slightly misaligned. Perhaps there is a known technique to correct slight misalignment of the mold...
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    Breechplug fouling solved

    How about using a brass blade style breach plug scraper? Give the breach face a good few turns with the scraper then patch out or flush out the fouling. A large enough patch could be wrapped over the scraper blade then taped to the narrower cleaning rod so the patch could be turned by the...
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    SOLD FS: Navy Arms Miroku Charleyville

    Carbon steel like a hunting knife will take on a gray patina with use and will look like the lock in the photo. I think it has to do with exposure to acids like cutting up tomatoes. Of course chemical bluing would speed up the process.
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    .36 Colt Navy that powerful??????

    I recall reading that the Colt Factory received a lot of letters from British Military officers that wrote to Colt complaining about the lack of power from the 36 cal revolvers they purchased to use on Russian troops during the Crimean War. Lack of adequate bullet penetration through layers of...
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    Flint orientation

    Flints are unique as finger prints. I turn them bevel up or down, shim with leather, do anything to get the sharp edge at roughly ⅔ up the frizzen face and sparking. Every flint mounting requires flint position tuning. When I get frustrated at grinding off humpbacked flints that should have...
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    Humpback Flints?

    I have my diamond file immersed in a shallow pan of water to keep flint dust out of the air. Grinding off the odd shaped hump on a few flints does take a long time. I’ve often wondered if the water bath is acting as a lubricant to the flint thereby greatly extending the time it takes me to...
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    .45 Caliber: Deer?

    Look at the ballistic tables that show the KE at the farthest range you might take a shot. The 45 cal 128 gr PRB in a 28” 1:48 twist barrel 100 yds using 40 grs. 3fg GOEX KE is 242 ft/lb. With 120 grs the KE goes up to 396 ft/lb. thats only a little more that 38 special power. So keep the range...
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    Lyman Rifle Accuracy

    The 54 Deerstalker has a 1 in 48 rifling twist rate. A compromise twist rate that’s too tight for fast MV with PRB and a bit slow twist rate for conicals unless they are launch at high MV to stabilize them so the don’t key hole. Short length lighter conical are less likely to key hole. I...
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    Choosing a melting furnace.

    Furnace brand doesn’t matter they are all good. Furnace type and learning it’s idiosyncrasies is the thing. Ladle dipping or bottom pour I’ve done both, each system makes good balls or bullets. Bottom pour is faster. Furnace set up and the area to do the casting in needs to be thought out...
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    Williams Peep Sights on T/C Hawken

    Use the Internet to find the math formula that allows you to calculate the amount of sight hight change you need to zero the rifle at any range. But 3” high poi at 25 yds is probably very close to being zeroed at 100 yds. Test it and see.
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    Where to get a baby sized powder flask?

    I made a priming powder flask from a repurposed plastic nasal spray squeeze bottle. The screw cap seals humidity tight and water tight, so it dropped in puddle safe, no leaks. I just had to drill through the fine mist spray nozzle with a drill bit sized to let 4fg flow out smoothly without...
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    Teflon as a patch lube?

    I would stop the alcohol swabbing because it's not required. Just dry patch a couple times to get out any wet oil. But still leaving the microscopic pours and scratches in the bore steel filled with the oil. Oil contamination of the powder charge is highly, highly over rated, when the powder...
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    Teflon as a patch lube?

    And you all know that when Teflon burns it creates a toxic gas/vapour. Dry patching the ball means you absolutely must damp swab between shots because there is not enough lube left behind to keep the fouling soft. No more shooting all day with out swabbing. But to maintain the highest level...
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    T/C 1000+ Replacement?

    It is the propagation of the false notion that the bore (smooth or rifled) of a firearm can acquire a coat of burned on oil like Gramma's cast iron frying pan that make people get "unglued". Gramma's iron fry pan never gets washed. The baked on seasoning never gets removed. The pan is just...
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