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  1. J

    Original Antique rifles...avoid them? or not?

    Beautiful facility, Centerburg. We skirmish there three weekends a year. Whoever attends should have a great time!
  2. J

    Range Lead...yea or nay?

    Don't mess with batteries! They are dangerous!! This was posted here some weeks ago: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=40769 Read and heed!!
  3. J

    Lubing and sizing. Or sizing and lubing?

    And I just found loading tubes at Dixie, too: http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=7714 :thumbsup:
  4. J

    Lubing and sizing. Or sizing and lubing?

    Here's a link to the Winchester Sutler's explanatory page. They call them QuickCharge Tubes: http://cwsutler.hypermart.net/ShotLoad.html#QCTube The ones shown here are the soft vinyl type, with rounded bases. The other major type are harder plastic with flat bases, and look a lot like a big...
  5. J

    Lubing and sizing. Or sizing and lubing?

    No, the caplugs are not speedloaders. As I understand them, speedloaders are designed to have the ramrod pass through them while they are held in place over the muzzle. N-SSA rules disallow any loading device that requires the ramrod to pass through it. The reason is to keep fingers and other...
  6. J

    Lubing and sizing. Or sizing and lubing?

    Just as there are many formulae for lube, there are many approaches as to when and where to apply it. In the N-SSA, standard practice for revolvers is to load the cylinders, THEN apply the lube (lithium grease, bore butter, whatever) with a fingertip or popsicle-stick spatula so it is flush...
  7. J

    Gunshow Finds

    No doubt good pickups, but I know of no Zouave repro that came from the spaghetti factory without a half-cock. My first guess would be that one of our kitchen-table smithy brethren tried to do some trigger-lightening work and bollixed the tumbler notch in the process. Its absence may be of no...
  8. J

    How to size a mini?

    Two of the best on that list for what you want are S&S Firearms: http://www.ssfirearms.com/ and the Winchester Sutler: http://cwsutler.hypermart.net/TWSwebHome2.html Email or call either and tell 'em you are looking for a .576 (assuming a .577 bore) push-through sizing die. They run $10 - $12...
  9. J

    Zoli Zouave rifle

    If you want maximum accuracy with the minie for which the rifle was designed, then you will find a charge somewhere between 35 and 45 grains of 3f under a properly lubed, dead-soft lead minie sized one- to two- thousandths under bore diameter (almost certainly .577 in your Zoli), will deliver...
  10. J

    Are Substitute Powders Allowed In Competitions?

    The North-South Skirmish Association ( http://www.n-ssa.org ) mandates black powder only at all sanctioned events.
  11. J

    .58 Jaeger Target Loads

    Injun Joe: What is your projectile of choice? You neglected to mention that one little detail...
  12. J

    Conical, mini or maxi, what's the difference?

    Dan: Nice group! If I understand it correctly, your argument at its base seems to be that the roundball is superior in most, if not all, categories to a conical of any design: flatter trajectory, more dependable penetration, etc. As we both know, the relative merits of both projectiles have...
  13. J

    Conical, mini or maxi, what's the difference?

    Dan: With much respect, I'd daresay there's a few tons of venison in freezers back here in the East and Midwest that weigh heavily against your "nearly useless" assessment of the minie's worth. In a decent, properly sighted shallow-groove rifle of medium to slow twist utilizing a carefully...
  14. J

    Log Cabin Shop gets nice write-up

    D'Arcy Egan, outdoor writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, did a nice write-up on the Log Cabin Shop. Take a look, at: http://www.cleveland.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2009/03/log_cabin_has_classes_for_rifl.html :applause:
  15. J

    Which smoothbore to build or buy

    Lessee: You want a prizewinning small-bore smoothbore that won't kick but will bring home the "bacon," as it were. Hmmm... :hmm: Speaking of bacon, I'm with Hamkiller -- sort of. Forget smallbore. Go bigbore military -- it unsettles everybody on the line. :surrender: But I'd recommend the...
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