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    A question for the 36 caliber shooters

    Lee will make a round ball mould to order, so contact them if you can't find what you want. I got two made for my .69 musket and a friend;s, years ago, so i know they will do it. Obviously you should try to test with factory-made .340s before you pay for a custom mould.
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    .32 VS .36

    What do you think about getting a .32 vs a .36 to teach a grandson to shoot muzzle loaders? He is just turning 7, his father and i would not actually start til he is at least 8. But obviously I want a small rifle with little recoil, it's no use teaching him to flinch.
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    Howdy from Central Texas

    https://www.amlgc.com/
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    Cutting large chunks of lead

    A friend of miner once bought a lead elevator counterweight. He used a welding torch to cut it / make it drip into a large iron pot. You have not told us how big this "brick" its. If it is really only about 25 pounds or so (Rotometals sell;s a Lead Brick 2" x 4" x 8" 99.9% Pure weighing 26...
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    Interesting info from the Lewis and Clark expedition

    A few decades ago when I was in Germany, our "Partnership" unit (a reserve unit) used wax bullets for very short range target practice indoors. I don't know how difficult cleaning was, nor what charges they were shooting.. But my point is that you CAN do the equivalent of darts that way. I...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Yesterday I let two friends shoot my matchlock musket. One was already consideirng buying one of his own. Now he knows about firing procedure and match management.
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Gave two new club members their range and safety briefing. Then shot my percussion pistol a little, did decently.
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Well, yesterday ... I was feeling better though I have the flu. So I rolled some paper cartridges for my .75 matchlock musket. 4 buckshot, 3 buck and ball, 2 ball. My ambition is to hold a shoot off and compare performance of my matchlock with a friend's blunderbuss of the same caliber...
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    Getting ready to shoot a matchlock as a newbie

    You don't even need wadding if you are shooting round ball.. I don't, for any military smoothbore. Buck and ball is a different issue. It may or may not help your accuracy, probably ball size vs. bore size determines that. I wouldn't use leaves or tow because that stuff will just burn, and...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    in the last 24 hours... Cast some Minies, Gave a new club member his range rules and safety briefing Snot my percussion pistol and adjusted the rear sight.
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    Getting ready to shoot a matchlock as a newbie

    I'm glad to see another matchlock shooter coming on board. I make my own match: bought a coil of hemp rope that's going to last decades, use lye from BBQ /wood ashes, bucket it, then soak it in a saturated saltpeter solution, re-twist it tight because as soaking makes it uncoil, then dry it...
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    Bullet Mould Idea

    Sounds like an interesting experiment. But when you do it, please check for excessive leading and tell su what you find. I always thought that one of the functions of grease over the revolver ball, was to reduce leading when it hit the forcing cone.
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    Getting a lot of Misfires.

    I have had a very similar experience with my Lyman Great Plains rifle. At first it shot with no problem, then I had big misfire problems. And when I started to have the problem a very good shooter in our club talked to me about cleaning that patent breech. Then I got a cleaning tube and flushed...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Today? Cast .495 balls. I had depleted my supply on Saturday, as point man for a Scout merit badge shoot. Gave out rations of 250 balls (.495, .490, .530), 12,500 grains of powder (the scout plan only has them shooting at 50 feet and 25 yards) , lots of patches and patching material. We...
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    Places to get a matchlock?

    It's winter, Pukka Bundook, how are you progressing on your matchlock construction?
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