Thanks, Britt, it's good to be heard. :haha:
Funny but they were dismissed as such for many years, folks refused to believe anyone would build a smoothbore rifle, after all, it is a...
Lots of people will say "3 shots is all you are likely to get when hunting" and that may be true but is a red herring, it has nothing to do with...
I haven't found much need for small caliber smoothbores since I discovered long ago that you can load a 12 gauge with a typical .410 load and get...
Among old original flintlock long rifles a surprising percentage are actually smoothbore, in some cases you'll find more smooth than rifled. It's...
Please don't dump DRANO down a rifle barrel that is sure to cause pitting. You can dribble 4f powder through the touch hole, it may seem to take...
Didn't you read the expert evaluation of that "rare Japanese musket"? It's worth $6,888.00
There are a lot of variables among imported C&B revolvers, bore diameters and chamber diameters are perhaps the greatest variable as you can see...
Many, if not most C&B revolvers have chambers under bore size and accuracy can often be greatly improved by reaming the chambers to just over...
Aberts around my place vary a lot, from lighter grey than the photo you posted to jet black. Now and then you'll see one jet black with a white...
Testing is the only answer. I don't believe one can take a purely mathematical approach to finding accuracy. Careful measurement and calculation...
I have a couple of the Ted Cash "snail" or "teardrop" cappers and wouldn't be without one. You can just dump a tin of caps in, shape it around a...
Well that sounds reasonable but wouldn't that be true of every bullet Hornady makes? Hornady bullets for centerfires, both jacketed and swaged...
While putzing around the shop I picked up a 6" section cut from a GreenMountain .50 caliber barrel. What could I do with this? Well one thing I...
I've also found a lot of variation in Hornady and Speer swaged balls. I don't understand why they vary so much when Hornady swaged buckshot is so...
Yep, increased sight radius is another plus.
Show me one champion shooter who is shooting wheelweights. You don't have to use pure lead to shoot in competition, you only have to use pure lead...
Pletch said, "Another thing to look at is how the springs act as they are placed under tension. I believe that a coil spring builds tension...
While a patched ball does not touch the bore, the imprint of the lands will be pressed into the ball if you use a "tight load". The patch and ball...
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