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    New Member

    Welcome from SE Washington State.
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    Hello all !

    Welcome from SE Washington State.
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    Thanks sky chief

    Your 25 and 30 yard patterns are nothing short of amazing. Old Shepherd
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    Plastic shot wads

    After you have done your due diligence, and get your gun to pattern, you may find that the combination you used for one size of shot may not work well with another size. I have an acquaintance who's shotgun likes #5 shot. It patterns well and carries well to his happy pheasant distance, but...
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    Plastic wads/shot cups

    I must add that the above load data was put together way before this forum was around and Skychief’s use of a heavy lubed fiber wad over the shot. I am going to try that next to see if I can extend my useful pattern out to 45 or more yards. Old Shepherd
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    Plastic wads/shot cups

    I used to goose hunt years ago with my double barreled CVA 12 gauge. To be legal I used steel shot and Ballistic Products steel shoot cups. My hunting partner and I both have the same shotguns. We practiced and tried different wad combinations and shot size and powder charges. What patterned the...
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    CVA-Derringer “Sight Hole”

    I have one of those that I was given about 40 years ago. It will shoot at reasonable distances for what it is. It will hit a coffee can at 40 feet with a patched round ball (.440) over 25 grains of fffg, Goex. Have fun with it. Old Shepherd
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    return to muzzleloading

    Welcome from SE Washington State
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    Solved the percussion cap issue.

    Are these original Maynard Tape Caps? They don’t like anything produced as toy caps in the last 70 years or so. Old Shepherd
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    New from Oregon

    Welcome from SE Washington State
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    Caps Redux

    Would you please share what on line venders those may be? I can find musket caps but no 10’s or 11’s and have been searching the net regularly. Old Shepherd
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    Old Army Conicals-Ruger

    Loading conicals for accuracy has to be done carefully. You have to get them started squarely at the cylinder mouth. If you were fighting the cold it might of just been that simple. Also remember every gun is different. My Old Army likes the Lee conicals lubed and without a felt wad under it. My...
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    Old Army Conicals-Ruger

    I have used my Lee Conical Mold over 40 years and really like those bullets when I carry my Old Army when hunting. I also shoot round balls when I target practice but when I am shooting distances of 75 to 100 yards at steel plates, I use the conicals. When hunting I carry Pyrodex P Pellets and...
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    Hello all I’ve been shooting and building for 40 years Nova Scotia, Canada.Thanks for having me

    Welcome from SE Washington State
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    SOLD SOLD...Harpers Ferry Pistol

    Ruben44, Is this a .58 cal pistol and is it rifled or smooth bore? Thank you,
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