kh54

I do not use a wad. The picket rifles just an oiled cloth patch. In my slug rifle I started out using a wad over the powder but quit...

@Uncle Miltie - Do you use a wad on top of powder in your target rifles?

I’m new enough to muzzleloading not to have known much about Mowrey or Allen and Thurber before this one came up for sale by another...

From the what-little-I-know department, SA Starrs seem to be much rarer and more expensive than DA models. If it’s in good condition I...

It's a repro, but for $25 out the door, I couldn't pass it up. Someone had coated it with poly or varnish, which rendered the valve...

You have a beautiful Rifle there. Unfortunately, these are very rare on the Market in Europe. Before I think about shooting with my new...

I traded mine straight up for a pretty nice, original unmentionable rifle that started off life as an 1863, Type 2, Springfield. Never...

One of the best things I can see about your 1860 is it hasn't been sanded, buffed, wire wheeled, steel-wooled etc etc. It has the nice...

Agree with above posts by kh54 and Phil Coffins. The hand spring replacement can be done by putting the hand in a vise and driving the...

Replacing the hand spring is not difficult, if you are handy it can be done with a minimum of effort. If not a gunsmith can do it. The...

I’ll chime in…DON’T MODIFY THAT GUN! Repair, yes but don’t make any alterations. It looks far too nice to ruin like that. The short...

This was just a month ago: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1082058549 I have no idea what anyone thought was so special about that...

The original bullet was cast from a mold from a cased Nelson Lewis target rifled owned by Larry Thompson. I believe it was .52...

Thanks! Where was that design published? It looks like I would only have to scale it up slightly for my rifle.

35 pounds.