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    forsyth barrel

    I got a 62 cal 104 twist barrel from Rice a couple year ago. so far its just a 50 yd. rifle. It groups well at 50 , but after that it falls apart. I'm shooting a .612 ball .018 patch 185gr 2f with a vel. near 1800. At 200yd I'm lucky to hit the...
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    forthyth barrel

    I bought a forthyth barrel from Rice about a year ago. I'm just wondering if anyone else has any experience with forthyth rifle , such as accuracy ,powder charge, ball size ,velocity ,patching or anything else.
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    ballistic calculator

    I have lost my round ball ballistic calculator from my favorites :cursing: Could someone give me a link to one thanks
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    free walnut

    I'm building my last rifle and I still have 3" black walnut plank left. It isn't exactly straight grain ,but it isn't fancy either. If any one wants some of it to build a muzzleloader,I'd be happy to give some of it to them. I live in South Boardman mi. My phone is 231- 369 2706
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    danish oil finish ?

    I finally got my forsyth barrel from Rice barrels, and am about to think of what I want to do for a stock finish. The stock is just straight grained black walnut.I've got a can of Watco danish oil and am thinking about using it. I would like to ask for advice . I'm not too fond of high gloss
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    forsyth barrel

    I got mine today! :grin: It will be this winter's project.
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    Anxious for my forsyth barrel

    I've ordered a 62 cal. forsyth barrel from Rice. I ordered it this past winter and have the rest about 1/3 done I'm getting real anxious to get the barrel. Rice barrel has moved their shop so that's put them behind. I have talked with Jason Schieder at Rice Barrels a couple times he's a...
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    TC White Mountian Carbine

    A friend of mine brought me his white mountian carbine. He wants to hunt deer with it. He knows how to hunt deer ,but little about muzzle loaders. So we are going to have some fun getting him lined out on this 50cal RB rifle. Unfortunatly it's missing the rear sight. I'll be going to Traverse...
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    maximum powder burn

    Sometime in my life I have read the maximum ammount of black powder that can be burnt is 11-11.5 gr. per cubic inch of bore. Since I have ordered a forsyth barrel to build another rifle, I have read that I can burn as much as 200gr. in a 62ca. This seems to exceed 11-11.5 Perhaps...
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    renegade twist ?

    Are all 54 cal renegades have the same twist and what is the twist ? TIA Gene
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    ball-etts

    Anyone know if there are ball-etts for a 40 cal and where one might buy some or a mould.I'd like to try some in my underhammer.
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    henry rifling system

    I've searched this forum and the internet for a definition of this rifling and can't find it. Can any one help. Thanks
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    expected velocity

    I've been building a 40 cal. percussion rifle. Yesterday I got to the point I needed to shoot it with a temperary rear sight to see what I needed for a permenent one . I used a PRB with 30 gr.fff goex in a 42 in. barrel . The velocity was 1360 f/s . I thought the velocity would be greater ...
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    40 cal load

    I'm building a 40 cal. percussion rifle . I'm at the point I need to start thinking about what I'm going to shoot in it . It's got a 42 in. green mountian barrel . O ! by the way I tried to get a 36 x 7/8 barrel from TOTW . GM discontinued them .So I got a 42 . GM has discontinued them too, but...
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    Messed up Mould

    I hope this is the right forum for this .I've got a lyman mould That's all gooped up with lead soldered to it. Anyone have any advice on how to remove this stuff ? I'd really like to use it .
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    I got fire too

    I first tried a hand drill with twine over the end of the spindle and around my thumbs . That hurt too much . I gave that up and added a bow to it . That made me some smoke . In fact too much .I nearly sufficated . I tried aspen ,white oak and black cherry for spindles and aspen and tag alder...
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    Fire Making

    I read the topic "Flint and Steel question" and found it most interesting . But it raised a question . How did our natives start fire before flint and steel,both in a camp setting and a survival setting . I've wanted to know how to do this since I was a kid ,and as soon as some of yous give me...
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    breech plugs

    I've been curious for a long time about the evolution of the breech plug and how it was fastened to the barrel.I Think it would be interesting to know how they made threads 250 years ago. If anyone has any knowledge about it or knows of a book about it, I'd appreciate you letting me know too.
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    hooked breech

    Need help. I've searched TOTW and Dixie Gun Works,for a hooked breech with snail to fit a 13/16 barrel,with a 9/16-18 thread. I want to build a 36 cal. half stocked percussion rifle. If anyone can tell me where else I can look I'd sure appreciate it. :)
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    felt overpowder wad

    My nephew "Clutch" and myself are wanting to get some new felt to make overpowder wads . We'll need to make punches for Cal.54,58&62 . We need to know how much oversize these wads need to be for these Cals.plus what thickness of felt. I think we're going to get some from Dura Felt. We would...
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