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  1. missionary5155

    Revolver chain fires

    Good morning As a 4 or 5 year old I started watching my dad fire his Colts and Remingtons many times with his Navy buddy. They always greased the chamber mouths. That is how I started and to date have never had a chain fire. I also push the cap on as tight as I can. I have never seen a...
  2. missionary5155

    Going public!

    Howdy Brit I can understand the issues you face. Peru has some of the same interesting rules and hoops that must be followed. Muzzle loaders are viewed as any other firearm and have to have their own specific ID card to be carried afield. It is far less hideous to mug people than to be caught...
  3. missionary5155

    Joined the Rocklock Society

    Good morning Good looking rifle. I enjoyed reading the build and seeing the results. A .40 would be a very useful caliber and one that for you has the lock on the right side. Keep at it.
  4. missionary5155

    Adice ref Pedersoli Brown Bess

    Greetings and Welcome. Only item I will add is to be sure to ram whatever your desire to launch down tight onto the charge. Many different items I have tried with shot loads seem to be fine for shooting called crows in East ILLinois. Those shots are usually 25-35 yards. Click on the photo to...
  5. missionary5155

    Oregon flintlock longbeard

    Very nice ! And with your flinter ! That gives me another goal to work at.
  6. missionary5155

    BP Substitute Questions

    Good afternoon I use what we have in our 1.1 inch cannon. I seriously doubt we will ever buy anymore. What we have is nearing 20 years old. Only cost us one barrel (a .58) and one revolver cylinder. There is no one who sells BP nearby but I do not find it hard to rassle up 2-3 other shooters...
  7. missionary5155

    Primitive Hunt Regulation

    Good afternoon The crossbow far outdates the flintlock and recurves. The crossbow was well fielded by German and Austrian and even Russians in the early 1500's and probably before. I have piled up 50 or so corn crunchers with recurves and the only longbow I have seen in the river bottoms is...
  8. missionary5155

    Thoughts on SPAM "meat"

    Good Morning Only way I like Spam is fried in bacon grease. Back when I was a Treadhead 3 C-Rat meals all mixed together with Spam and cooked over a GI stove made a decent meal on a cold day. But no Lima beans ever !
  9. missionary5155

    Someone Talk Me Out of a Howdah

    Grretings There are as usfull as a 20 gauge trade rifle. Load it with shot for small game, load buck shot for bigger critters and patched load round ball for downright stop some thing dead. I know a feller who keeps one by his bed side (Lizard) and has no fear he cannot deal with anyone who...
  10. missionary5155

    Wad thickness

    Good morning Been shooting BP revolvers for many years. Have .36 pocket types up to a couple 44 Dragoons. I have always put a dobber of Crisco or "bp lube" over the ball to keep the revolver shooting longer. The lube will help keep the cylinder from binding / clogging and keeps the fowling in...
  11. missionary5155

    Your first ML rifle

    My dad was a .69 musket shooter after his Navy days. He and his Navy buddy went near every week to some shoot somewhere in SW Michigan and I always got to tag along. So I never got one of my own till after I got turned loose from the Army in 74. That was a caliber 45 CVA kit I bought at the PX...
  12. missionary5155

    Long Range Flintlock?

    Good morning During the civil war very long accurate shots were taken with scoped rifled barrels using long heavy cast bullets fired from fast twist rifles like the Whitworths. No reason a flintlock could not do the same thing. There were so called rifled flintlock "wall guns" at stockades of...
  13. missionary5155

    Need to bend my barrel.........

    Greetings Relieving the crown.. Now that is one I have not considered. I sure would want to approach that metal removal with alot of slow caution. Can you add a bit more information. Mike
  14. missionary5155

    Simplifying Shot Load Development...

    Greetings I like this also. One sheet of paper in the 3 ring binder would cover a smoothy for many years to come. Mike in Peru
  15. missionary5155

    No More Cheek Pain!

    Greetings Reading this brings joy to my heart. Just another reason I happily visit this site to glean from the successes as individulas come into a simple solution. Mike in Peru
  16. missionary5155

    Is longer better

    Greetings Have a .62 smoothie and am very happy with it. Also have longer smoothies up to 46" which also are not hard to get used to. It comes down to (for me) which ever I am using the most for those months. But I will write that 38" is a bit easier to manage about the swamp thickets I get...
  17. missionary5155

    Using a millitary musket as a shotgun

    Good morning Many caliber .69´s were chopped & cut into shot launchers after the Indian Wars. Any smoothbore will do what needs be done within the confines of a no choke barrel. Crows can be shot from a blind with a musket loaded with #5 shot out to 25-30 yards. Not sure I would want to haul...
  18. missionary5155

    shoulder fired?

    Greetings Some of the Swivel guns had shoulder stocks incorparated in the barrel design.. but then you would neeed a portable ships rail also. Mike in Peru
  19. missionary5155

    36 vs 40 inch barrel?

    Good morning My favorite for many years was a 32" caliber 58 for deer hunting down in river bottoms. Shot lots of deer with that rifle. But never had to shoot past 34 yards or so. Popping called crows from a blind with .62 smoothy I like my 38"... Sometimes when the crows are doing the...
  20. missionary5155

    small cannons

    Good morning My largest is a 1.1". Barrel weights 24+ pounds so with the home built naval type carraige is well oner 30#. I use it for opening a rifle shoot now & then. A handful of swan shot at 50 yards will generaly knock down a few set bowling pins and stir up alot of dirt. Mike in Peru
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