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    True Confessions

    Almost forgot! Again, long before shooters re-knapped flints at a shoot. A guy came up to me and asked if I had an extra flint he could have as his just wouldn't fire, and he wanted to fire the charge he had loaded. Dug one out and installed it for him. Thought I'd make sure it was sparking ok...
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    True Confessions

    Well, I've done the dry ball trick several times, and I've almost shot off a false muzzle several times, but so far have been lucky in that regard. But the one I remember most was the time at the end of a shooting session the last flint absolutely refused to fire. Being only 14 I could think...
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    Feinwerkbau History#1 Pistol

    Thanks for the replies. Sure do appreciate all you good folks chiming in so far. what you've posted is a lot more than I knew before. I'm aware of Swiss's properties as I shoot quite a bit of it in cartridge guns. Just don't happen to have the 1F(3F) FWB recommends. As someone said.... Good...
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    Feinwerkbau History#1 Pistol

    madstone, Thanks for the welcome back. You're right about ML'ing not changing any. Hasn't since I crossed the Delaware with George and the boy's back in '76, I think it was. The gun is a .36 cal., and yes, I could use some help along what would be a good load. The manual recommends 10.5...
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    Feinwerkbau History#1 Pistol

    After being out of muzzleloading for quite a while I thought I'd like to get back into it again. Only this time playing with a pistol. As the subject line says I bought this pistol last week and am busily working at gathering the stuff to take it out and shoot it tomorrow. I was wondering if...
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