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    Did I do okay? Pair of 44's

    Oh, the start was last year. This makes 7 BP revolvers: 5 Navys, 1 Army, and a Pepperbox. ;)
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    Did I do okay? Pair of 44's

    Oh, I forgot to mention...the revolver in the kit (first pic) has the fancy engraved cylinder as well.
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    Did I do okay? Pair of 44's

    There is an RV park next to the subdivision I live in. I am good friends with the family that owns the RV park and they know I love weapons of all eras. A long term resident of the park used to be a Civil War reenactor. Since then his vision has gotten poor and he had made the decision to...
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    Blade Help Please!

    Okay I dug in my box of sandpaper and found some 600 and 400 grit papers. My gosh they are sure fine. I have jumped a bit more coarse to get the job done faster, as I am having surgery next month and I want to get this done while I am still inspired. :D I am now using some 180 grit paper...
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    Blade Help Please!

    I know some of you have probably made a blade from scratch. I have acquired one that I did not make myself, but it is part of a greater kit that I am building. It is a very rough grey. The blade isn't even close to having a real edge. You can even see the blueish discoloration where it was...
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    New Orleans Ace

    I have built better. My first kit wasn't a muzzleloader, so I am not sure if I am allowed to show it here. My second was a Flintlock Rifle. I am currently working on a couple rifles that I kind of took a break from with the holidays. They are not kits, but I am building them from various...
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    New Orleans Ace

    Thanks for the info. Classic Arms specifically warns against doing any modification to the bottom of the hammer or the top of the trigger. That is why I left them all as is. I may rethink this after I give these all a range test.
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    New Orleans Ace

    Okay, so I finished another Classic Arms kit tonight. This one is the New Orleans Ace. As with the others, be careful as squeezing the trigger will drop the hammer from the half-cock position. I have to say that this kit looks decent, but the quality sucks. The wood they gave me for the grip...
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    Twister

    So I built another Classic Arms kit. I must give a warning to anyone that may be building one of these though. On both the Snake Eyes kit, and the Twister kit, pulling the trigger from the half cock position will drop the hammer on the nipple. I am not sure if it drops with enough force to...
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    Snake Eyes

    I built this tonight. It went together very easy. The hardest part was polishing the brass. It is a Classic Arms Snake Eyes pistol. I have a few kits from Classic Arms. My opinion after working with some of them is that they are like a Saturday night special in the world of muzzleloading...
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    Leaving it Loaded

    I did it strictly for the experiment. This was the first time I have left a black powder weapon loaded for more than a few hours before firing. Since I have heard some complain about misfires, I figured I would combine a few theories that made sense to see if they worked.
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    Leaving it Loaded

    I did a little experiment, since the topic of leaving your muzzleloader loaded for several days has come up so many times here. On November 3rd, I loaded a .50 cal rifle in the following manner: Swab the barrel with alcohol100 grains of Goex 2FPack powder down with ramrodInsert felt wadPack...
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    My New Carbine

    In case anyone is wondering, I got an email from Cabela's today. They are shipping my new carbine out next week. I imagine they probably had their gunsmith look it over before making a decision or something. Either way, I am happy with the results.
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    digging yer own lead

    Where I am in New Mexico, there are a lot of old mines. Gold, silver, turquoise, copper...you name it. While the prospect seems simple, keep in mind that old mines are dangerous! The timbers used to brace the tunnels are often very rotten from sitting in there over the years. Many are a cave...
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    Bees wax??

    Sounds like what I do to all my black powder arms with bore butter. Never get a speck of rust on any of them. I don't intentionally heat them before applying, but they are usually hot from being scrubbed in hot water.
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    Miking the bore

    A while ago I was watching a TV show about a true murder case. The suspect had taken a screwdriver and tore the heck out of the muzzle end of the rifling in the barrel. This made it impossible for a bullet that had been test fired to be matched to the bullet that was used to kill the victim...
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    Pepperbox Loads

    Wow I had no idea chainfires would be worsened by this design. It does make sense though. Thank you all for the info. :)
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    My New Carbine

    Negative Range Report While this started out to be a real fun shooter, I had a problem before I put a dozen rounds through it. The lever that rotates the cylinder is now barely catching it. It looks like the end is chipped. I believe there may be a defect in the metal. The rifle was made by...
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    Pedersoli Screw Barrel Pistol

    Negative Range Report I fired three rounds through this today. The first two felt weak so I decided to do a simple penetration test. At the range someone had thrown out a cardboard box full of cardboard. I expected the ball to go through at least all of that, but I was wrong. The ball went...
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    Pepperbox Loads

    Well I guess I will wait on my backordered .350 balls then. As far as a chainfire, I am not worried. I figure if I do get one then I will already be pointed downrange and the lead balls will have a clear path to fly away. I also speculate that the chance of a chainfire is less likely in a...
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