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    Revolver Stocks

    The attachable stocks for these revolvers all seem to be a bit short placing the gun a bit closer to your face. I always wondered why not place it out there at arms length so that the sights also work optimally. But with a “short” barrel I can see during a close up battle that a shorter stock...
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    Dinner Bell?

    I don’t recall where it was specifically I had read this being a problem, but that the grizzlies, after hearing the shot, come your way looking for an easy meal. I assume this is more interior and not coastal, but I’m curious what people know or have experienced as a situation like this with a...
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    Shot Load Questions

    I’ve read a bit on constructing the “proper” shot load, as well as various other ways such as the Skychief load, which may conflict with these. And this brings up questions. It seems a cushion wad of some fashion is desirable to keep the shock of ignition from deforming the pellets. But then we...
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    Passthroughs By A Ball

    From when I was first becoming interested in hunting with a patched ball it seemed that what I read of others experiences was that a common medium game caliber (.45-.54) would typically expand and create a nice sound with the ball often found just under the hide out to about 75 yds, but that...
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    1848 Military Service Load

    So I’m a bit curious what the service loads for the military were for the Colt 1848 Dragoon was. Do we know whether or not it was fed 2F or 3F? I’m guessing during the Civil War these loads may have varied much like we see with the smaller .44’s and the .36’s.
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    Barricade For Long Term Storage

    I’ve been using Ballistol for a long time now. Initially, just with my rifle, I noticed it needed an application every 6-9 months (I blame this on having had issues with Pyrodex rusting, which is another story). However over a period of time when I’ve checked it seems to handle over a year. But...
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    Additional Drop-In Barrels

    I have a Lyman Deerstalker that I bought as my first rifle figuring the handy 24” barrel and 7.5 lbs would be just about ideal as a do all gun, especially as most hunting spots are brushy and none of the deer or pigs have been shot past 80 yds, though there have been opportunities. But seeing...
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    Paper Patching and PRB Grooves

    Can one successfully shoot paper patched projectiles in a barrel intended for PRBs if a hard felt wad is used? Assuming the land diameter is 0.502” what would one want their projectile diameter to be?
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    Slow Twist and Short REALs

    I’ve figured the shorter REALs were designed to work with the slower RB twists. Curious who sees this, or doesn’t, in a 1:60” rifle or 1:30” pistol. I also figure these should do reasonably well in the 1:48” twist rifles.
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    Handgun Hunting?

    I’m a bit curious how many people on this forum use a handgun to hunt with. What are you using, what are you hunting, what’s your load(s), and why the handgun? And what ranges do you feel confident in, and is that offhand, from a blind with a solid rest or shooting sticks? I suppose I’m also...
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    Square Load Chart

    Long ago I asked about this and was given a link to a sticky showing the various powder charges and their equal volume shot loads. It seems to be missing. Or am I just slow?
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    Baker Cavalry Shotgun

    I’m curious as to how useful this shotgun could possibly be. With such short barrels I have a hard time believing it has enough oomph to be practical for much more than small game and within a short range. But that makes me wonder why it would have been used as a cavalry arm and what they would...
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    Priming Flask

    I’ve read somewhere that someone claimed a priming powder flask was not historical, that they used the powder from their powder horn. I’ve Googled this but see nothing historical (searches are typically like the old Bing commercials where you get a thousand hits on everything but what you are...
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    Over Powder/Shot Cards

    Is there a difference in these? And can one punch cardboard cereal boxes for these?
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    Cool Pistol

    Was at a museum this weekend in Austin and came across this: quick image upload I must say I’m rather enamored with the .36 cal pocket pistols, and really prefer the older design some might call blocky. However I don’t care so much for the engraved cylinders. I am a bit curious about the...
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    Original Howdah Loads

    What did the British in India load in those things when preparing for tigers and such? And what calibers/gauges were employed?
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    Ball vs Conical

    I know many on this site tend to prefer a patched ball for civilian traditional sake. I certainly get that and like it myself, but can’t say, for hunting, that I am a 100% traditionalist per se. I have a 1:48” twist .50 cal with a 24” barrel that I bought as my first rifle intending it on...
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    Lee REAL & Shallow Grooves

    My cast 320 grn REALs measure about .517” across the widest driving band. I need a felt wad under it to shoot well through my ~.502 x .520” Lyman Deerstalker. Were these designed for deeper grooved barrels or does anyone shoot them in a shallow grooved barrel? I assume they’d be hard to load...
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    WD-40 Issues

    On another forum I’m reading how a couple of guys, one who has used WD-40 for over 40 yrs, has said it has worked flawlessly. When I first began shooting my BP guns I also used WD-40. But I read of many who claimed they had issues with it gumming up or creating some sort of issues. I switched...
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    Colt .40 Cal Navy

    Colt had made a few .40 cal Navy pistols for the government to test. They sidelined it in favor of the .36. Back then the caliber was measured by the lands. What did that make the .40 cal?
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