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    Large ball+thin patch vs small ball+thick patch

    While putzing around the shop I picked up a 6" section cut from a GreenMountain .50 caliber barrel. What could I do with this? Well one thing I could do was to push some balls through it and see how they came out. First I pushed a .530" Speer ball through to get a good measurement of the bore...
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    snake load test fire

    Blackpowder snake shot loads. There has been an ongoing discussion of the practicality of loading a cap & ball revolver with birdshot for defense against poisonous snakes. My speculation on the subject was that the limited chamber capacity would just not afford room for an effective combination...
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    Cheap & easy de-capper

    If you shoot percussion at all you probably have encountered an occasion of wanting to remove a live cap. If the cap fits the nipple tightly it can be a pain to remove. This difficulty has induced some to take the dangerous course of leaving a rifle or gun capped in the vehicle or camp. My own...
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    Rendezvous shooting

    I've always enjoyed the rendezvous competitions, Knife & Hawk throwing and best of all SHOOTING. At the Como rendezvous this year I managed to take first in the trail walk and second in smoothbore, proving once again that shooting is the one sport where an old fart can still be competitive. :haha:
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    Hornady .520" round balls

    For those who shoot the .54 smoothbores or the Uberti Santa Fe Hawken I see that Track of the Wolf now has the Hornady .520" balls in stock. http://www.trackofthewolf.com/categories/tablelist.aspx?catid=2&subid=25&styleid=58&partnum=ball-520&as=1&PageSize=25&Page=2
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    My new peep

    I've several times shown photos of my lollipop peep sight which is threaded directly into the rifle's tang. I like it because it's simple, sturdy and easy to make. Having a little time to play I decided to make a more complex version which allows for windage adjustment. This is how it looks as...
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    Barrels of Indian made smoothbores

    I've seen some statements to the effect that guns from India have DOM tubing barrels. Let me state up front that I don't KNOW how those barrels are made but if I were betting I'd bet against DOM. In India that would not be a cost effective way to make a barrel. Tubing is generally supplied in a...
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    a 9 groove barrel?

    I couldn't really decide where to put this question but here it is. I received a T/C barrel from a fellow who wanted more traditional sights on it. The barrel carries the normal T/C markings of .45 caliber. However it is actually a .50 caliber bore rifled with 9 grooves. Yes, nine, I counted...
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    Synthetic patching? Why not?

    We've all heard the warning to never, never use anything but 100% natural fiber of patches. So why is that? I have always just assumed that synthetic would melt in the bore, fail as a patch and perhaps leave a nasty mess in the bore. But on reflection I realize that I have often cut patching...
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    Nontoxic roundballs.

    There is a lot of concern about the lead bullet ban now in place in some areas with others likely to follow. What are we lead ball shooters to do for ammunition? I just received a new catalog from Ballistic Products and low and behold they listed nontoxic balls in calibers .32, .45, .50, .54...
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    Rebarreling part 2

    Now here is the other area where the Blue Ridge differs from the norm, the underlugs. Rather than loops to take a transverse pin through the stock, Pedersoli has used a screw post dovetailed to the bottom flat to accept a vertical screw up through the ramrod thimbles. I like this arrangement...
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    Rebarreling a Blue Ridge

    Rebarreling a Blue Ridge rifle part 1 Often I see posts from people looking for a “drop-in” barrel for a certain rifle for which no factory made item is available. Anyone who can build a rifle from a kit can very easily replace a barrel. That provides an easy way to replace a bad barrel or...
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    patched rifle balls.

    The subject came up when someone mentioned that they had never seen rifling marks on recovered balls, whereas I have always seen them. So I decided to conduct a little test by just pushing patched balls through an 8" cut off rifle barrel. I'm not sure of the make of barrel, probably Green...
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    waxed paper cup wads

    Here's one for those who like to experiment. I eat a lot of Reese's miniature peanut-butter cups or the Walmart generic equivalent. I always thought there should be some use for those little waxed paper cups so I tried one in the muzzle of my cylinder bore 12 gauge. I found that if carefully...
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    Toby Bridges

    I received this email from Toby by mistake, it was actually a reply to a friend who emailed Toby from my computer but he does site some interesting stats. He repeatedly states he is not opposed to hunting with patched ball but it still comes across that he is. "Joe; I have no problem with...
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    Traditions Pioneer Pistol Kit

    I've always admired the slim lines of this pistol so I finally ordered a kit and slapped it together. The bore is rather nice. Eight narrow lands mic .451" and the wide grooves mic .461". I don't know the twist but it is pretty quick. The lock is a POS. Traditions doesn't offer a really good...
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    Mule Ear replacement for T/C flint

    A forum member, Buckwheet, asked some time ago if I could build a sideslapper for a Lyman rifle. I told him I'd look into it and finally "gotaroundtoit", although this is on a T/C Pennsylvania Hunter. It was a rather straight forward project except for the fact that T/C, in their infinite...
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    No more jug chokes

    I won't be doing any more jug chokes for folks here. It's getting to the point that my back won't let me stand at the bench more than two or three hours per day and I'd rather spend that time working on my own projects. Selfish of me I know but I've always been selfish and you can't teach an old...
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    aerial bombs

    Is anyone firing "salutes", bombs which detonate with a loud BANG high over head? I built a little mortar with a .666" bore and have been launching firecrackers from it, building my own crackers to get a report much louder than the lifting charge. It's all about noise after all.
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    Navy Arms vs Pedersoli

    I have a "Mystery" double 12 gauge. I looks exactly like any of several Pedersoli doubles I have owned in the past but is not marked as to the maker. Under the barrels is has Italian proof marks and "1 1/4 OZ shot made in Italy 12ga" all in one line. The only other mark is a serial number on the...
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