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    Powder grain size effects on velocity

    I did a search but couldn't find anything specific on the subject: has anyone performed tests on the effect of powder grain size on bullet velocity? I mean something as loading - the same gun - with the same load (in grains) - of the same powder brand - with the same bullet (type and weight)...
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    The "Myth" of Cylinder Swapping?

    Ok, I know this is pretty heavy necroposting, but the debate is very interesting and I'd like to address one point that has been debated about carrying several revolvers: many argued that it would have been too cumbersome to carry, say, six Dragoon revolvers, and that's true, obviously. But this...
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    pedersoli and lymans

    Lyman Sharps is made by Pedersoli and is a fine gun.
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    Gun Cleaning

    Word to the wise: once upon a time gasoline contained lead tetraethyl, which was bad because in LARGE quantities and continuous exposure produced lead poisoning. It was safe to use gasoline as a washing agent. Hell, it was safe to SWALLOW a little of the stuff if you used a rubber hose to empty...
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    Gun oil in the XVIII - XIX century?

    Personally I just wanted to try something that was as similar as possible to what was used originally just to see how it works. Seems to work fine.
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    Gun oil in the XVIII - XIX century?

    Thanks. Yep, I know the difference between sperm oil, derived from the spermaceti organ of the sperm ("right") whale and generic whale oil. Sperm oil is odorless, incredibly stable (samples from the XIX century are still good today) and doesn't gum up or leave residue at all. It was used in...
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    Gun oil in the XVIII - XIX century?

    I wonder what they used as gun oil in the old times. I found a reference to olive oil used for cannons in a provisioning list for a fort, but I don't know if it was used for pistols or rifles as well... As far as I could determine sperm oil is what they used... Can anybody please confirm /...
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    paper cartridges

    Surely one of the main concerns with paper cartridges was (and is) making them less fragile. Yet, we don't know for sure. Yours seems to me a very solid argument, still, we don't know for fact. We have to go by hypothesis and deduction. There are many cases where what seemed trivial and common...
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    paper cartridges

    As far as I could see, yes. I don't know if the paper burned completely or any residues were blown out. I made the cartridges with a SINGLE layer of onion skin paper. I cut onion skin paper in a trapezoid, so that the edges had a straight match when making the cone on a wooden dowel, and glued...
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    paper cartridges

    Okay, did some tests this weekend. I tried what are basically tapered paper cartridges made with onion skin paper, loaded with 40 grains of FFFg black powder. This is a fairly light load for my Uberti Walker. I had to do various different tests, the paper cartridge test was just one of them, so...
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    paper cartridges

    I've been studying about everything I could find on the net about paper cartridges for some weeks now. Here a few sparse thoughts and some questions. I'm talking about combustible paper cartridges for revolver, not the paper cartridges used for muskets or single shot pistols which were to be...
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    Hello everybody

    New here. I've been shooting muzzleloaders for about 15 years. I own two Le Page pistols by Pedersoli: a rifled 44 caliber percussion model and a 45 smoothbore flintlock model. After many years pondering about buying a black powder revolver, and thinking I'd surely buy a Remington copy, I...
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