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    Casting Roundballs?

    its RotoMetals https://rotometals.com/
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    If you could change one thing about muzzleloading...

    Bravo 4-4, I envy you for your church shooting matches. My wife and I also attend a small Baptist Church that sits on the edge of town with a pavilion too where several times during the spring/summer/fall picnics are held but no games, much less any sort of shooting match. Oddly, nearly every...
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    Pressure Flaking Flint Edge

    Thanks M.D.; your video was very informative. I have one of those pressure flakers like you show. Mine is a steel rod embedded in an antler tip. Your video will help me master its use. George
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    If you could change one thing about muzzleloading...

    Clyde, I've been involved in muzzleloading shooting for over 40 years and about 10 years ago I just got tired of just punching holes in paper targets at various shooting matches across Wyoming. Now I spend my time along the Tongue River among the cottonwoods just shooting clay targets and...
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    My Journey Into Traditional Muzzleloading

    Denny, an exceptionally well written article. You expressed my, and many others', feelings of why we enjoy our longrifles. Although I belong to several muzzleloading clubs here in Wyoming, I find shooting my rifle to be most relaxing when I am down along the Tongue River in the cottonwoods...
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    Bore Too Tight?

    A lot of excellent advice has already been given, but I just wanted to add the Missouri Bullet Company (http://missouribullet.com/results.php?category=8) and their muzzleloading round balls. I use their 0.487 round balls, Eastern Maine Shooting patches (http://www.emshootingsupplies.com/)...
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    Flint dressing tool?

    The tool your looking for is described in Eric Bye's book, 'Flintlocks, A Practical Guide for their Use and Appreciation.' It is described in Chapter 27 under Projects with Metal (section D). Eric describes how to make one (a simple operation). I have never seen them commercially available.
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    Any more non-hunters out there?

    I quit hunting big game with my flintlock about 10 years ago, as it just became too much work (not the hunting, stalking, and bringing the animal down, but the work involved in getting it out of the field). But I do enjoy going out with my grown boys when they hunt. I shoot my flintlock from 2...
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    suggestions on ordering powder

    I also get my black powder from Craig Kirkland (Bear River Powder) at the Wyoming State Muzzleloading Association Convention held in Casper each January. I call Craig in early January to give him my annual order that I might be sure he'll have enough on hand. Craig also advertises in...
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    Flint positioning question

    All of the above is good advice. The only other thing I could add is that I like to have the flint strike the frizzen around its midsection or just a little above. Does this make a difference?...I believe my flintlock is just as fast at igniting the main charge as any caplock or centerfire...
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    Frizzen replacement

    Clyde, That is a good/sound strategy. I was a little concerned about sending my lock to Cabin Creek and having something go wrong with restoring the frizzen or some other aspect of the lock geometry. But I've used Cabin Creek before for some lock work and have always been satisfied with their...
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    Frizzen replacement

    Not understanding why you want to replace the frizzen, I found that as my frizzen wore down considerably from over 30 years of shooting I contacted Cabin Creek and they silver soldered a 'sole' on the face of my frizzen (some call it 'steeling a frizzen'). Typically, a replacement frizzen will...
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    Argh, rust

    Black powder, when burned, produces salts that are the major cause of rusting in the bore. Its imperative to remove all traces of the salts when cleaning, but not so important to remove all traces of the carbon soot that is also left in the bore when shooting. I have used several cleaning...
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    Lock Grease!

    I use Super Lube on my internal lock parts. It is a synthetic multipurpose lubricant/grease, is highly lubricious, clear and non-toxic. it includes PTFE micro powders that provide longer life protection against friction, wear, rust and corrosion. It will not run, drip, evaporate or form gummy...
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    Stuck please help

    If the spiral tow worm came off of the cleaning rod, using an air compressor or one of those CO2 cartridge blowers may be your best bet. A little water down the bore first may help to loosen the patch and worm. If the cleaning rod is still attached to the tow worm in the barrel, then follow...
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    fixing loose barrel pin

    Geeze....everybody needs to step back, take a few deep breaths, and relax. Just use the bees wax like I suggested and move on with your life...
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    fixing loose barrel pin

    I have cut the length of my pins just slightly undersize. When inserted, this leaves a small part of the hole on each side of the stock empty to which I press bees wax in. Even in hot weather, the bees wax remains solid and prevents the pins from moving out of the holes in the stock. This...
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    Cleaning/plugging vent without leaking

    I have used both wooden tooth picks and feathers, but both will leak on occasion. I'm intrigued by the idea of soaking a wooden tooth pick in my mouth for a few minutes and will try that. But to avoid the leakage, I just use my patch lube (pig lard) by spreading a small amount on the end of...
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    Had a couple of weird flyers today...

    It sounds more like you forgot to put a ball/patch down the bore after loading your powder...
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    Shooting ML in dry conditions

    With my use of pig tallow and mink oil (Track of the Wolf) for patch lube, I have never had any problem here in Wyoming with smoldering patches or dry grass catching fire from sparks issued from the muzzle of my flintlock. But if the potential for fire is high, the best place to shoot your...
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