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    KIK vs Goex (I know, beat to death?)

    I decided to try some KIK and placed a 25lb order (hope I like it) . I will let you know what I think after I send a few downrange! Still have some Goex but not confident in the supply chain.
  2. K

    KIK vs Goex (I know, beat to death?)

    Before you say - NOT AGAIN - I tried a search but kept getting a page error. I don't get to the forum as often as I should. With the buying frenzy going on right now, EVERYTHING is in short supply. I am stocking up too. What is the general opinion of KIK vs Goex? I load very few cartridges so...
  3. K

    Irish Charger head

    I totally agree CoyoteJoe! I prefer 5 shot for pheasants but once in a while I get an unknown charge because the valve hangs up a little. I guess I never push the powder charge too the max so it has never been a big issue but it is certainly frustrating. 6 and 7 1/2 shot have never been an...
  4. K

    Irish Charger head

    I will try that. I like the design and hope it is functional.
  5. K

    Using card with choke?

    In my 12s with modified chokes I start a thin over-powder card in sideways and the ramrod straightens it out on the way down. I usually place a heavier card in my mouth and get it just a little damp and do the same procedure. On heavier recoiling loads I may add a third card. I do the same over...
  6. K

    Irish Charger head

    I just picked up an Excellent used (pretty sure never fired) Navy Arms Upland SxS 12. This is my 8th ML shotgun. :grin: It came with an Irish shot bag and I have always used English charger heads or a horn. I am generally pretty handy but I cannot get the measuring cup to release from the...
  7. K

    Striker steel question

    We use old car springs. I picked up a trunk full of springs at our local small town garage for free - just gettem' outta here he said. We cut about 4-5 inch sections, throw 'em on the forge and shape them, and quench in brine. Seems to work well.
  8. K

    Flattened Day Powder Horn.

    I seriously have to bow to the workmanship I see in these posts, yours as well. My attempts look pretty amateurish by comparison.
  9. K

    steel shot?

    South Dakota late season pheasants (without a dog) usually give a minimum 25 yard shot - usually more like 35. I ordered some #3 and 1 1/2 oz 12 ga steel wads from Ballistic Products. Planned to start with 80 gr FF. over powder card and the plastic wad with an over shot card. I had one...
  10. K

    steel shot?

    I am relatively new to the forum so I apologize if this topic is beat to death. I've been shooting pheasants with a 12ga for some time and always use lead. Private hunting land is harder to come by so I want to try some steel on public land. Anyone have suggested component combination ideas. I...
  11. K

    Storing loaded.

    I am a muzzle loading trainer (I train instructors), This summer I trained a group of 4-H leaders and I had a fellow show up with a CVA kit percussion he assembled when he was younger (he about 40 now). The gun was assembled out of the box with no finishing! His son is 14 now and the gun had...
  12. K

    4-flange Musket caps

    Does anyone have a supplier for 4-flange musket caps? My source dried up and I can only find one commercial source who will ship them. Going to be a quite reenacting season without them!
  13. K

    Blanket Shoot

    Thanks everyone - I have passed the info on and he is very appreciative.
  14. K

    H&A buggy gun barrel

    The Barrel is 26" and pinned. I will call Track tomorrow and see what they can do. My experience with taking someone else's kit guns apart has not been good. Like Forest Gump says - "you never know what your going to get".
  15. K

    GPR Ball / Patch Combo?

    I train 4-H shooters and coached our team to nationals in June. My son and I shoot GPR 50s but we found that using a .005 with a .010 over that gave us the easiest loading and most accurate combo. It seems to provide more lube and the higher thread count on the .005 seemed to allow it to go down...
  16. K

    H&A buggy gun barrel

    A few years ago I picked up an H&A Buggygun repro underhammer poorly built from a kit. It was crappy to start with but the wood is okay, it functions and the price was right ($50) I am reworking the frame and it's starting to look pretty good. The barrel is badly, no, hopelessly corroded and...
  17. K

    Pecatonica River stocks

    I have had several, the only thing is I agree that some of them are soft. I have never ordered the premium grades though. I am putting one of their T/C inlet stocks on a bag of spare parts I accumulated and everthing was inlet far better than I can do ( I have only built 8 rifles). I have been...
  18. K

    Blanket Shoot

    Do you have any idea when they started? Were they a rendezvous event or a modern game, colonial, European?
  19. K

    Letting others shoot your rifles

    I let folks shoot mine all the time. I encourage them to! I am a 4-H an NMLRA muzzle loader trainer and teach instructors and kids alike. I have dozens of rifles, pistols and shotguns that they shoot - if they help clean them. Of course I have a couple even my wife can't touch. Seriously, I do...
  20. K

    Blanket Shoot

    I have been asked by a fellow 4-H Muzzleloading instructor about the history of the 'blanket shoot'. The 2 most common answers that come up in our email discussion is that early blanket shoots were similar to modern turkey shoots, where the winner won a new blanket. The other is desribed as...
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