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    Your most 'interesting' muzzleloader transaction ?

    Long story. On an early forum the moderator asked if any one wanted parts he bought from st Louis shop. I bought them for the same price as he paid, with the promise to build the gun. I waited but my skills did not improve, so I asked around and someone said he would build the gun. So I boxed...
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    The Curse Of The Sprue

    No one has mentioned what I do. For completion I weigh all the balls on a batch. I use lee molds. I have found that using the heaviest balls may because the mold was not shut down enough. So I use the next most frequent group which is generally the largest. Then I recast the rest which I believe...
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    Just a reminder about using BP only in a BP gun...

    I have 4 Cartridge cylinders for my cap and ball revolvers from several different manufacturers. I reload with 3fg in my. 45 cal and get about 800 fps which is good enough. I generally only compress the powder very little when I reload. No idea how much powder. But I have shot a real .45 in my...
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    Just a show of hands, how many make their own ammution?

    I cast my own, but some times trade for something weird like 7 bore. I found some pure lead in 52 pound bricks. I cut my own patches. Mostly spit patch, but some bore butter in a microwave because it makes it more consistent. I have tried to make black power, big fail. I tried to find a cap...
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