• Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.

    We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.

    Use this link to sign up please; https://membership.nra.org/recruiters/join/XR045103

Search results

shop deals on amazon
Shop deals on ebay
Muzzleloading Forum

Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. R

    Steel shot

    You have stumbled onto a problem that I had when I was trying load steel. Not all steel wads are the same dia. See if you can find other steel wads to try there are lots of them now. You might try and see if Balistic Products will send you a sample wad other wise it might get expensive. I can...
  2. R

    Steel shot

    PLEASE don't tell me you are using lead shot cups with steel shot!!!!! I have been playing this steel shot thing since before we where forced to use non-toxic shot in the mid 80's. Another no no is air rifle shot it is harder than steel shot for shotguns. Back in mid 80's a fellow named Tom...
  3. R

    Chokes

    I was one of those fellows that refused to stop hunting with a ML shot gun when the steel shot laws came to being. An un-choked gun is marginal at best for water fowl, if you have to use steel in one, its useless. I had my gun choked in order to shoot steel shot, at least I can still hunt with...
  4. R

    Hello from Wy

    Hey another fellow from WY, Welcome! I'm down here in Cheyenne, I have been looking for some Rendezvous here in the state, would love to hear about it if you know of some. Man 3 or 4 more folks from WY and we may be able to take this Forum over. (or not) Bob
  5. R

    Damascus barrels and safety???

    No one on this forum can tell you if your barrels are safe to shoot. All that can be done here is to give suggestions as to what to look for and what to have done. The main thing I see here is to have the gun checked out buy someone that knows what he is doing. I traded for my first Damascus...
  6. R

    Tests of choked barrels

    Thank you for the number sir. "My gun will keep up with the modern guns". I guess I should have said "as long as I have time to load. I gage my shot gun on water fowl hunting mostly. At least the hunting that I do, our longest shots are on ducks and geese. I have no problem bringing down a...
  7. R

    Tests of choked barrels

    Could you get me a number for Mr. Orlen? I need another gun choked. I had a Navy Arms SxS jug choked by a friend of VM Star, years ago. The guys I hunt with no longer let me shoot first, at first they felt sorry for me since I was shooting a muzzle loader, bad move on there part. My gun will...
  8. R

    Navy arms 12 guage

    It would depend on what model you have, I have had two NA doubles, one is a light weight model and the other is heavier, on both guns the max load is stamped on the underside of the barrel. The loads suggested here are in line with the guns capabilities,if it is the the lighter weight gun the...
  9. R

    V.M. Starr Loads

    Thanks Marc, as you might guess I'm pretty passionate about my ML shotguns. I have been looking for a Turkey around here to try one of them out on, but they are logging where I normally go so it looks like this year is a dud. Oh well I need to practice for the Colorado Springs shoot anyway...
  10. R

    V.M. Starr Loads

    Something happened, it posted before I wanted. I started to say over the years I have had muzzle loaders from 410 to a huge 7 bore. I have loaded and shot them all the same. Other than the 410 and my 20ga I use Fg, it always seem to work well for me. As far as wads I have found that one...
  11. R

    V.M. Starr Loads

    When I found paper wads available for my smooth bore, I did quite a bit of patterning mostly with my 10ga. What I found was with FFg in that gun I would get dough nut shaped patters, not all the time maybe 3 out of 10 patterns. I spent lots of time talking to the old man I got the gun from...
  12. R

    V.M. Starr Loads

    As you can see most of my guns are cylinder bore, as Coyotejoe wrote there not as much as a disadvantage as some folk would lead you to believe. My 10ga. Mortimer was the first shotgun I owned so I have shot it the most. The old man that traded it to me took me out to show me how to load and...
  13. R

    V.M. Starr Loads

    I use Fg in most of my shotguns at least starting with 16ga. I have found that in my guns that my patterns have been much more consistent. I have never chronographs them so I don't know what kind of velocity I am getting, and to tell the truth I don't care as long as it will do what I want...
  14. R

    two questions

    Hey Mike I have lots of that sort of stuff. If you are unable to find it locally let me know and I will send you some. I don't use music wire though I have some, I use 1/16" drill rod from MSC its cheap and a 3 foot chunk of it will last for a long time. I also bend some short chunks into an...
  15. R

    Jug choking advice

    I have an old navy arms double 12ga, I had it jug choked by friend of VM Star. I had it choked full and full for waterfowl hunting. Loaded with Bismuth shot it will hang right with the modern 12ga guns. It will do a fair job with Steel shot. It shoots a little to tight for close in Pheasant or...
  16. R

    Loads for .69 cal Musket

    I shoot an 1816 also re-converted back to flint, I shoot a 662 RB 80gr of FFg and .020 pillow ticking I can start it with my thumb. I have no problem hitting a coffee can lid at 75yds. One of our Wyoming Antelope found out the hard way, but the steaks and burger is sure good!!! I also hunt...
  17. R

    Mainspring for Spanish Import Pistol

    I have a bunch of NOS CVA parts and lots of old parts for some of the Spanish locks. Can you send me a picture of the spring and the lock and I will see if I have something that will work for you. Bob
  18. R

    Spanish lock mainspring

    I have a bunch of NOS CVA parts also, if you could send me a picture of the spring I will see if I have one. Bob
  19. R

    The Gift

    I want to thank all of you that prompted me to make this trip!! I am down here now and having lots of fun reminiscing about old times, the hunting trips, the shoots and just some of the dumb things we did when we where younger. It just tares me up to see what ALS does to the human body. Some...
  20. R

    Siler Frizzen Hardening

    Man thats one man I liked talking to, (Bud) back way back when I was just starting to build (I found out TC kits didn't count)I was given a Siler kit that was missing parts. I called Siler expecting a secretary and Bud answered the phone. I told him that I was just starting out and what I...
Back
Top