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  1. J

    wads for cap and ball

    Here people don't use wads but "couscous" behind round balls in C&B revolvers. I don't think you can get that type of food in America less you have some muslim store around. I use "Polenta" (corn semolina) and that works very well, the wads I use for bullets only.
  2. J

    Pietta v. Uberti

    I got a stainless Remington by Uberti for Xmas. Great quality! Seems that both brands are improving but the Uberti is still the best. The new Uberti revolvers have also a very short rate of twist -1/16- and shoot 450-200 Lee bullets with max. accuracy. I own 5 Uberti revolvers, all beautiful...
  3. J

    Rabid wheelgun nuts unite!

    My Cap and Ball Wheel Guns : Colt Walker (Colt 2nd generation) Colt Dragoon 2nd model (Uberti) Colt Navy 1851 (Uberti) Colt Army 1860 civilian (Uberti) Colt 1862 NYMP (Uberti) Starr DA (Pietta) Rogers and Spencer (Feinwerkbau) Remington New Army engraved 5 ½ barrel (Pietta) Remington New Army...
  4. J

    Pedersoli Queen Anne?

    The Queen Ann is one of the worst productions of Pedersoli. The only good thing in that pistol is the lock but one of the two lock screws is a wood screw. It will not survive many takedowns. The barrel is only fastened by the tang screw and will not stand heavy loads. I have seen such a Queen...
  5. J

    Parker hale 3 band .451

    I use the Lyman 457121 bullet sized down to .451 and backed by 70 grains of Swiss N°2 in my Volunteer replica produced by Hege. Seems to me it's the best bullet for the Volunteer at least at 100/200 meters. The same bullet works in the Parker Hale Whitworth as well.
  6. J

    long shots and sights...

    According to what wrote doctors in Napoleonic times, wherever a soldier was hit he first passed out. What I wrote about flat is obviously very relative. Just that it is not mortar style shooting. Since I don’t shoot the same load at 50 and 100 meters it makes less difference. I will someday...
  7. J

    Pedersoli rifle

    The target has a brass nosecap but the regular jeager has a plastic nosecap
  8. J

    long shots and sights...

    Above 100 meters I don't know since we lack long distance shooting ranges in the area but it shoots flat to 100 meters with 80 grains ffg load. The balls are the same than for my Brown Bess so it is easy to imagine how hard they hit the target.
  9. J

    Pedersoli rifle

    You are right about the Pedersoli Jeager, it is a poor replica of the historic Jeager and the rifling is intended for modern maxi ball shooting. Pedersoli had hunters in mind when they devised that rifle. Pedersoli has also introduced a target Jeager that looks a little bit better and has a...
  10. J

    long shots and sights...

    I own a Swiss flintlock rifle made around 1760. It has peep sights on the rear of the barrel and a low blade as front sight. Swiss militia was used to shoot at a distance that converts to 260 meters with such rifles but the caliber was huge-above .70- and this was the ultimate range.
  11. J

    getting over the flinch

    It is very surprising how human brains work. Less you have a very slow lock you don’t have time to flinch because of the flash in the pan before the ball has left the barrel. Actually you are ready to flinch when you start squeezing the trigger or even you flinch while squeezing it. It is...
  12. J

    Date Stamp on Remmie

    A few years ago, I bought a Pedersoli Mortimer flintlock rifle. It had all the Italian proof marks but somebody had forgotten to drill the powder chamber making the gun fully unable to shoot. They had no way to actually test the rifle what shows that the rumors that the Italians don’t really...
  13. J

    Pedersoli rifle

    Actually the Jeager rifles are the first rifles ever devised. Rifling was invented in the German Alps for mountain hunting in an area where crossbow hunting was the most common way to bag game during the late middle age. Early Gun makers had not a clue about the reasons why a rifled barrel would...
  14. J

    BP revolever question

    It depends on the make of the revolver. I never had good accuracy with bullets until I lately bought a new Uberti Remington. The rate of twist is 1:16 instead of the usual 1:32 of most C&B revolvers. It shoots the Lee 450-200 perfectly and the loading in the .449 chambers is very easy. My best...
  15. J

    Pedersoli Rocky Mountain reveiws ?

    I bought mine almost three years ago and loved that rifle ever since. It is a maple .54 caliber that looks as good as it shoots. The barrel is the same as those Pedersoli uses in the Mortimer, a well known 100 meters tack driver successfully used in international competitions. The 1:65 twist...
  16. J

    Pedersoli rifle

    That's right but the Pedersoli Jeager comes with two different .54 barrels. One has a slow 1:65 twist but the other-by far the most common-has a 1:24 twist. The 1:65 is a wonderful round ball shooter while the 1:24 will shoot round balls over light loads only. The 1:24 is of course historicaly...
  17. J

    pedersoli .54 frontier

    To clean muzzleloaders I still use the good old moose milk. For flinters that have a barrel uneasy to take down I plug the vent and pour hot moose milk in the barrel and use a bore brush. The brushing has to be quite energetic to clean effectively the fouling. I then return the rifle for the...
  18. J

    Pedersoli rifle

    Pedersoli sells a .540 Maxi Ball bullet mould for the Jeager Rifle.
  19. J

    the honourable society of shotgun dryballers

    I joined the Society lately. I had loaded my Brown Bess with OP wad, round ball and OS wad but no powder. Since it was my first time in 30 years and thought I was the cleverest guy on the range I had of course no ball puller. As punishment I had to end my shooting session at the second shot and...
  20. J

    Hello from France

    Thank you all for your friendly welcome. To answer the question about the guns improved in Germany, I own a Remington and an Enfield Volunteer that were improved. The Remington is a Pietta with progressive rifling. The trigger pull was set and trigger and hammer hardened after setting. The...
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