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  1. waksupi

    Barrel help

    I would cut off the patent breech.
  2. waksupi

    What is the reasonable distance to quickly kill a turkey with a muzzleloader?

    When Larry O'Connel did the testing for the ammunition companies on lead alternatives for shot years ago, he said the 10 bore black powder shotgun would outreach any other. He was shooting a cartridge gun in the tests. I don't recall him saying what the choke and shot size were, but he did say...
  3. waksupi

    What is the reasonable distance to quickly kill a turkey with a muzzleloader?

    I believe it was Robert Rourke, African hunter, who said he was able to kill geese further with small shot, as it was more likely to put a pellet in the head.
  4. waksupi

    What is the reasonable distance to quickly kill a turkey with a muzzleloader?

    A single pellet in the head kills them dead. Smaller shot for denser pattern.
  5. waksupi

    Vent/Touch Hole Pick

    No.
  6. waksupi

    Getting too many misfires

    Results in higher pressure at the hammer, and usually poorer accuracy. The smaller hole directs a hotter shot in a smaller area. Think of a garden hose with a nozzle on it.
  7. waksupi

    Getting too many misfires

    Are you popping a few caps before loading? Getting all the oil from the bore and breech? If you could find real BP, that would probably help a lot.
  8. waksupi

    Rifle vs. Smoothbore

    Local landowners pretty much all forbid buckshot hunting on their land, way too many wounded deer get away.
  9. waksupi

    Round Ball Tumbling With Graphite

    I'm still trying to figure out how the hell you get "lead dust??
  10. waksupi

    Casting Lead balls for the first time _ advice Needed...

    Keep in mind, when ball was being run over a fire, it was usually just one or two balls.
  11. waksupi

    Round Ball Tumbling With Graphite

    I've tried every darned foolish thing that came along for over fifty years. You are wet behind the ears, and don't even know enough to start. Graphite WILL make a mess.
  12. waksupi

    Round Ball Tumbling With Graphite

    I always figured if my balls are oxidizing, I'm not shooting enough!
  13. waksupi

    Round Ball Tumbling With Graphite

    To keep your balls from oxidizing, drop them into soapy water, spread them out, and let them dry. The soap leaves a film that protects the surface. If you want to tumble balls, no need to add graphite or anything else to them. All that will do is make a mess. There will be no change in...
  14. waksupi

    WITHDRAWN Rifled .69 Flintlock Trade Gun

    That has to be about the worst barrel I have ever seen.
  15. waksupi

    Round Ball Tumbling With Graphite

    Thought I was seeing some left, at 9 o'clock of center, just below the bright spot. Sorry I'm sounding so picky, I don't mean to be an ass. I've been casting bullets for 50 years, and am pretty picky on perfection.
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