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    Touch hole Liner for Pedersoli Bess?

    Have a white lightning touch hole liner on my lyman hawken flintlock and my india made bess. they both go bang right now every time. cant beat a white lightning liner. On the bess as a previous poster said. can see the main charge powder grains poken out of the liner hole, which is very small...
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    India made

    I have a brown bess in 75 cal from Middlesex village. The stock is made from rosewood. the fit and finish is ok. the metal in the lock is very soft. When I load er up with 100gr of 2f she goes bang every time if I do my part. accuracy is what one would expect from a smoothie. There is nothing...
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    How many grains in pan

    I have a Lyman 54 Caliber Great Plains flintlock. It was a kit that was just basically sand, finish, and assemble. I did however install a R&L lock and a White Lightning Touch Hole Liner. The touch hole on the White Lightning is very small. Now having said that the position of my touch hole is...
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    How many grains in pan

    I have a primer that throws 5 grains of 4F seems to be all that is needed in my Hawken and Brown Bess..
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    Can I Shoot Out A Stuck Ball

    yes you can. I have done it a few times. Ensure U have removed all powder. start with 5 grains of 4f. This is usually enough powder with the required energy to drive the ball out of your barrel. The ball usually just ploops out and lands a foot or so beyond the muzzle. There is not enough power...
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    Can I Shoot Out A Stuck Ball

    yes U can. I have done it a couple of times. start out with 5gr of 4f. it should just ploop out. Do not use any more than 10 grains.
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    Looking to blast some wasp nests...

    25 meters or so with a 410 and no7 shot and be done with it. Aim high so yus ken knock it down good and proper.
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    Barrel not bent shooting straight

    Thought my 54 Hawken flint lock Great Plains rifle had a barrel that was either bent or not concentric. Well after carefully reloading and drawing a careful bead. I found out that the rifle did not shoot 4 inches to the right at 50 meters. It shot within spec. and is nearly dead on. I do believe...
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    Hawken won't fire?

    tried the cork screw. that there patch were so jamed down the bore in the chamber that it would not budge. Now then the snail is not really a snail at all but a very short tube screwed into the chamber with a nipple screwd into the tube under the hammer. Lucky for me the rifle were made thata...
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    Hawken won't fire?

    ya figure? :headslap:
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    Hawken won't fire?

    Took out my custom 54 Hawken , loaded it and repeadly tried to fire it. No mater what I tried I could not get it to fire. Took it home and pulled the ball, washed out the powder and while trying to do so I noted that the touche hole would not draw water with a patched jag while the touchhole...
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    Touch Hole Size

    if U have ever seen a white lightning touch hole liner U would not be asking this question. the touch hole is very small and the inside of the liner (charge side) is coned so your charge is very close to the touch hole. In fact U can sometimes see 2f powder grains trying to poke through the...
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    Flintlocks at the range and accuracy

    I have a 75 caliber Brown Bess that I purchased from Loyalist Arms. I load it with 100 grains of 2f an overpowder duro felt wad greased with lard and beeswax and a 735 patched round ball. Patch thickness .012 thou. greased same as duro felt overpowder wad At 75 meters off hand I can put 10 balls...
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    "barrel pressure" caplock or flintlock?

    I would like to throw in my 2 cents worth here. Yes a capper will have more barrel pressure than a rock lock. Now consider a black powder rifle such as a sharps that uses an assembled cartridge. More pressure in a sharps barrel than a capper or a flinter as the charge is better contained for...
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    What to avoid

    As for recoil in a 54, I hardly notice it with PRB and 90gr 2f. When I shoot a 465grain bullet with 90 to 100gr of 2f,and a paper patch with a over powder wad there is noticeable recoil however it dont bother me none until after 15 rounds or so. I do tend to shoot heavy recoiling center fire...
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    Giving a fl pistol to someone in another state

    black powder firearms are not deemed to be firearms in any state I believe except The Peoples Republic of New Jersey. I know that federally flintlock and percussion black powder firearms are not subject to the same registration and licensing laws for possession and use as there are for modern...
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    Battle field load stacking.

    This has caused death and serious injuries when a stacked load fired and blew up the gun. Yes they can fail to fire but if they do fire the results can be catastrophic. I would not want to take the chance on a stacked load ever. :surrender:
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    Bent Barrel?

    Have a 54 Lyman flintlock Hawken Great Plains. She shoots right about 4-6 inches at 50 meters. Have moved rear sight left and front sight right to compensate. This rifle was a kit that I put together and finished. What could be the possibilities for this barrel shooting so far right. To check...
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    shot cards?

    What are thin shot cards made from? Have a Bess and have been thinking of using triple ought buck for deer and moose in the 75 caliber smooth bore.
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    Serious question about fiber wads

    Ya forgot wasp nest Pilgrim.
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