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    wad over powder

    I punched some wads out of leather (~1/8" thick), soaked them in mineral oil for a few days, and patted them dry. BUT, I haven't used one yet so ???
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    Worse flint ever?

    I'm going to take a shot in the dark because I don't know anything about his flints but I've been knapping for 20+ years and have a lot of experience with flint. Your experience with the flint gives me strong suspicion that the flint has been heat treated. In fact, it acts like it has been...
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    My musket, 'Mortimer'

    Now that's a rifle with a personality! Crack! Boom! Owwwwwwww!
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    Hello! newbie here

    Found it here. For $18/yd, I may have to give it a shot. Teflon Ticking
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    Newbie GPR todo list

    The only thing I might add from my VERY limited experience is...it's possible that your GPR will come with rifling sharp enough to cut your patches. Every third shot or so, I go pick up my patches and see what they look like. If they have holes in them, likely causes are that your patches are...
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    Wife Doesn't Like My New Powder Measure

    Drill and Dremel tool. You know...the way the Mountain Men did it. :grin:
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    Wife Doesn't Like My New Powder Measure

    Thanks. Dead Cholla cactus trunks.
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    tanning snake skins

    Well, I'm anything but learned but I used to hunt with a taxidermist. He had a solution in a little bottle that you brushed on the flesh side of the skin, rolled it up for 3 days, and unrolled it. I just worked it a little to loosen them up. I was hunting in rattlesnake country so I sewed a pair...
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    Wife Doesn't Like My New Powder Measure

    My wife doesn't do "snakey". Here are a couple of knives I made. Still a bit of the desert motif.
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    Wife Doesn't Like My New Powder Measure

    I went to all the trouble to make a powder measure and my wife doesn't like it. She thinks it looks like a rattlesnake tail. I don't see it; do you? Sissy girls! By the way, it holds 75 grains of fffg.
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    Patch Porn

    My Son (35 yrs old) came over today so we got the GPR out for some excercise. I changed to .015" patches, used fffg Graf powder, and upped the charge to 70 grains. After the last round of shooting, I had "swabbed" the barrel with steel wool to remove any sharp rifling. I've tried a lot of...
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    Patch Porn

    I could probably get away with it here in Texas. Most people would mistake the calipers for a handgun and just think I had it out showing it to someone.
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    Patch Porn

    I can handle that. How do you know what thickness you're getting? I would think that all pillow ticking is about the same but when you're talking about .015" vs. .018", I don't think Wal-Mart's quality control is that tight on their material. I can just see me in there with a set of dial...
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    Patch Porn

    I was thinking about buying dry patches and mixing up some Moose Milk or using olive oil. How do you cut your patches? If I have to sit around with a pair of scissors and cut each one, I don't think I'm in on that. I looked at TOTW and all they have is wad cutters. I already have one of those...
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    Patch Porn

    I'll step up to my .015" patches next round. Cabela's only had .010" and .020" patches so I went with the thin ones. I now have .015" and .018" so I'll step up to the .015". The Cabela's patches were pre-lubed with something yellow. I think Wonder 1000. Whatever it is, I'm having a devil of a...
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    Patch Porn

    I guess I sounded too harsh talking about the Pyrodex. It shoots fine in my rifle and ignites every time. It does stink pretty bad when I run a spit patch. I really was speaking to the fact that after all the work I went to in getting to this point, I decided (after I bought the Pyrodex) that I...
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    Patch Porn

    Shot my persussion GPR again today. This is just the third outing. First time, I shot a .490 ball, .010" pre-lubed patch, and 50gr Pyrodex RS. Spit patch after each shot. Results were really good at 25 yards. All patches were solid. Second time, everything was the same except I shot 65gr...
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    GPR Range Report - The Good, The Bad, & the Ugly

    My experience with BP weapons is only exceeded by my ignorance of same. This is only the second tme I've shot this rifle. Combined with all the other BP shooting I've done, that equals...twice. So you can't get too basic for me!
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    GPR Range Report - The Good, The Bad, & the Ugly

    The hang fire was the first shot of the session. I guess I need to start off by firing a cap to clear the path.
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    GPR Range Report - The Good, The Bad, & the Ugly

    Thanks! I'll shoot smaller groups and see where that goes. One thing I'm still dealing with is the target trigger I installed in it. After it's set, the trigger pull is far less that 1 lb (in my estimation). I've never shot a trigger this light and after 50 years of shooting, that takes a while...
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