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  1. Maven

    Maybe better patch lube option?

    Or you can mix and try Stumpy's Moose Snot (google it) if you prefer a grease lube.
  2. Maven

    Mowrey Bicentennial Rifle Part Needed

    It's called a link, which may be in stock at Deer Creek in Waldron, IN Google them for a telephone number.
  3. Maven

    March Postal Match Target Ready to Shoot

    Nice group, sethwyo. I have that experience as well: the good news is that it's curable!
  4. Maven

    Smooth bore recoil?

    Doesn't stock design, drop in particular, affect how much recoil you feel (other things being equal of course)?
  5. Maven

    Ultra thin patches?

    If casting your own, you can try beagling (google it) the mould. You won't need any patch if your bullet is larger. If you don't cast, you can try teflon tape (experiment with various thicknesses) in the manner of paper patching (2 wraps).
  6. Maven

    Scottish Steel Pistols

    After reading about kilts, plaids. tartans, and lately a book review in Muzzleloader magazine, I learned that those all metal pistols were called dags. The book in question was [the late] John Prebble's, Culloden, which describes such pistols, the clan system, and who, and why the Scottish...
  7. Maven

    Scottish Steel Pistols

    Aren't those generally called "dags"?
  8. Maven

    March Postal Match Target Ready to Shoot

    All, I went back to the indoor range here in FL today to see if the luck o' the Irish would help me. In short, it did, but with a .22cal. target pistol (Ruger Govt. Model). The score was 80 (after 5 other targets, which weren't that good). Here's a photo of it, even though it's not for record.
  9. Maven

    Running And Reloading Flintlock Pistol Fun......

    I applaud your energy, Mark!
  10. Maven

    February Postal Match Target

    No BP range close by me here in FL, which is why I didn't bring a ML with me. However, I did bring a .22cal. target pistol and went to an indoor range yesterday to fire at that Feb. target, but not for record. My results weren't too bad considering I hadn't fired that pistol in quite a while...
  11. Maven

    February Postal Match Target

    All, greetings from not so sunny Florida where my wife & I winter over. I've had computer troubles, but now have resolved them. Be that as it may, although I printed out the February target, I won't be able to shoot them with a BP firearm. Ergo, I'll try with a .22cal. target pistol and...
  12. Maven

    Conical bullets in a cap and ball revolver

    Late to this thread, but I once tried an elongated bullet in my Euroaroms 1858 Rem. NMA. (The operative word is once.) The particulars were: A Lee Precision .452" Keith design, which I cast and sized to .451" to fit the bbl. of my pistol. The powder charge was 25gr. FFFg, with no felt over...
  13. Maven

    Sex in Muzzle Loading Terminology?

    What??
  14. Maven

    January Postal Match Target

    All, Not to start an argument about smoothbore accuracy, but here are 2 targets I shot @ 25 yd. with my Green River Forge NW Trade Gun. Both were shot with patched RB's, but the multicolored one used .597", .600", and .603" RB's. Powder charge was 70gr. FFg (Graf's/Scheutzen).
  15. Maven

    January Postal Match Target

    Ian, That's pretty good shooting with a smoothbore. However, much as I like smoothies, I wouldn't have chosen one for the January target. Rifle or pistol, yes, but smoothbore??
  16. Maven

    Loading a Maxi-ball

    Here's a nice .50cal. T/C Maxi-Ball mould for sale* from another site: WTS: TC 50 cal MAXI-Ball *Not my mould; seller is trustworthy.
  17. Maven

    Loading a Maxi-ball

    My first BP rifle was a .45cal. T/C Cherokee which I shot with both RB's (.440") and T/C Maxi-Balls, which I cast. As it was nigh on impossible to get BP where I live, I used Pyrodex RS more often than not. Having said that, I must also say, the bbl. on my Cherokee was extraordinarily accurate...
  18. Maven

    December 2023 Postal Match

    Did you mean Mike V. or Mike Beliveau?
  19. Maven

    NEED SOME ACCURACY HELP

    I have several hooked breech guns and find there are several things to do to minimize bbl. shifting in the stock and thus, improve accuracy. First, make sure the wedges are tight (there are several ways to accomplish this). Second, wrap some teflon tape, preferably the yellow container kind (for...
  20. Maven

    How tight to patch a ball

    Back to the original topic, patch thickness/ease of loading , etc. Several years ago on a woods walk I discovered the RB (.492" in fact) and patch combination (.018" pillow ticking) was much too tight for the bore of my .50cal. Lyman GPR. I mean so tight that I had to bang the steel range rod...
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