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    Just a little better among reproduction Colt 1862s?

    I've always felt that Colt 1862 "police" revolver with 4.5-inch barrel is the most graceful among all revolvers. But I've never owned one. I want to buy one within the next month or so, and I need some assistance, Probable all of the larger Italian manufacturers make pretty good 1862s. Are there...
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    Extract bullet without powder charge

    Now that I've ordered a conical with top driving band sized for ramrod loading, I've realized that I may need a solution to a problem I hope I'll never have — loading 700 grain bullet without powder charge. The rifle is .72-caliber cap lock with platinum lined musket cap nipple. I use a 4-inch...
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    Montana muzzleloading season, blaze orange, camouflage

    Montana's first muzzleloading season is several months away. When I hunted during general gun season, I have not paid attention to any special blaze orange configuration beyond complying with regulations. My roommate will be big game (whitetail) hunting for the first time. I want her to hunt...
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    Can "they" hear me? Do "they" care?

    Many people use mechanical analog watches. I, for one, have never owned a digital watch. What I had and have on my person were watches that "clicked" between one and eight times per second, which brings me to me query, . . . My hunting area is heavy, dense forest. Shooting range for white tail...
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    Push-through sizer needed for .72-caliber conical

    I've been working on an easier-to-shoot, easier-to-load version of my .72-caliber conical. I've concluded that no variation of that conical will be significantly lighter weight. The only way to make shooting any conical variation is to reduce the powder charge. I can do this because my hunting...
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    Any advantage to use a cross-patch?

    I am just getting started using a patched round ball in my cap lock rifle. My reading of both Ned Roberts' muzzleloading cap lock rifle book and the NMLRA beginners' book have information on round ball rifles using either two patches crossed or a single patch created as a crossed patch appears...
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    Could a round ball about .001 inch less than bore diameter be used?

    On FLINTLOCK sub-forum I posted a thread for lubricating a round ball to try my years old DOUBLER device. DOUBLER creates stochastic indentations that act on the severe air drag on smooth round balls, the thing that those pock marks in golf balls that add many yards to golf shots until the green...
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    Late English locks

    I'm ferreting out what I refer to as an "extremely late English lock." Pedersoli's Mortimer rifle/shotgun lock appears to fulfill my want. But except for a brief handling of a friend's Mortimer Rifle nearly 20 years ago, I've neither examined nor shot one. Aside from price, does this lock have...
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    Teflon or dry lubed patches for round ball — or unformed cloth

    I seek a source for teflon or dry lubed patches for round ball — or unformed cloth. I think I remember that several years ago teflon coated patches were available. Then I had no interest, so I paid little attention. Now I have a need.
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    WANTED Gunmaker wanted in western Montana

    I am left-handed and left eye dominant. Eighteen months ago, I went blind in my left eye. After recovering some sight, I have decided to have a Ferguson flintlock rifle made for my use since I am forced to convert to become a right-handed shooter. If you build rifles, I ask you to consider...
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    Voyage of Discovery — Knowing their location?

    Prior to beginning the Voyage of Discovery, Captain Lewis was trained to use a sextant (with necessary acoutrements) for navigation and map creation. One essential for identifying location was to maintain uniformly accurate time, using chronometer. How did Lewis maintain the accuracy of...
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    Shooting clubs and groups in central west Montana?

    I picked up my rifles from Gene Gordner yesterday afternoon. Here in Seeley Lake, I believe I am the only muzzleloading rifle shooter. The obvious way to find others near me is to ask. Please identify muzzleloading clubs, shooting groups, or individual shooters who live in Missoula County. If...
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    Pedersoli's petite derringers

    Pedersoli manufactures two derringers, Philadelphia (near copy of the Lincoln assassination pistol) and Liège. Both pistols are percussion cap lock single shot. Both shoot .452-inch projectiles. The Philadelphia derringer is a muzzleloader. The Liège is a screw barrel "breechloader." Anyone...
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    Pour spout for 1-pound Swiss BP bottles

    I have a substantial amount of plastic one-pound bottles of Swiss [brand] black powder. The pour spout I have for Goex cans does not attach to Swiss bottles. Please identify pour spouts for Swiss bottles. If no one manufactures such a spout and jury-rigged spouts have been created, show me how...
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    Cloth that burns like cigarette paper?

    I prefer wool for my outer clothing layer partly because it is resistant to burning and melting. I remember people with whom I would camp cussing like sailors when sparks from a campfire would melt their synthetic fiber shirts, pants, and jackets. What I want to identify is natural fiber cloth...
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    Spout for black powder bottles

    Please identify spout-caps that replace caps of one-pound bottles of Swiss brand FFg and FFFg.
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    Muzzleloading deer and elk seasons

    Among states having muzzleloading only or simultaneous muzzleloading and bow hunting seasons, which ones still have Blaze Orange mandatiory for those specialty seasons? Montana, for example, has no muzzleloading special season. MLs are hunter's choice during the general gun season. Montana has...
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    Books by Don Kettlecamp?

    I understand that Don Kettlecamp (or Kettlekamp) has authored or co-authored several books on hunting with muzzleloaders. Anyone who owns, or who has read, any of these books, please describe them. And yes, I would probably be interested in acquiring books.
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    Howdah gun's ballistic handicap?

    Since the howdah gun most of us might have seen and/or used is one of Pedersoli's, I'll ask for information about it. Compared with standard barrel length (25-30 inch barrels) cap lock 20 gauge shotguns, what is a good rule of thumb for the amount or percentage of muzzle velocity for larger...
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    Nipple charger?

    Were I to dry load, is there a flask-like device that can trickle a small amount of powder into the breech by way of the threaded hole into which the nipple is screwed, nipple having been removed?
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