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  1. AZbpBurner

    Hauling all Your Junk

    I've accumulated a lot of parts, supplies and gee-gaws over the past 45 years. If I pack it all up to take along to the range, I'd need a helper to haul it from truck to shooting bench. Long ago I decided to brekdown all that junk into groups by type of gune in use. I have bags (zipper nylon...
  2. AZbpBurner

    Leather Treatment

    I made a bunch of drawstring deerskin leather bags back in the 70's, and recently came across one I made for Dad's .40 cal RB's for the rifle he made. The leather was chemical tanned & the balls were all badly oxidized. Can I soak the bag in water to leach out any excess chemical & what can be...
  3. AZbpBurner

    Removing Cylinder Endshake?

    Many years ago I got an Uberti1862 Colt Pocket Revolver. Sweet looking little gun. 1st trip to the range, it wouldn't fire. Seems the nipples were too short. I installed a set of Treso Ampco, which are a little longer. Next trip to the range & only got sporadic ignition. The cylinder has...
  4. AZbpBurner

    Correct Size Nipples for Older Uberti?

    I've got an Ubert 1861 Navy made in 1968. Sometime in the 80's Uberti changed over their manufacturing, so all screws and many parts are not interchangeable with the older guns. Does anybody Know For Certain, the correct size nipples for the older mfg Navy?
  5. AZbpBurner

    Pietta 1851 .36 Navy - anyone have one?

    I've found that the loading port on the right side of the frame wasn't cut out deep enough to allow access to the nipples for easy capping. It needs to be ground out to a shallower angle to be able to load cap without having to wedge it in at an angle. Does anyone else have this problem? My...
  6. AZbpBurner

    Set Trigger for Trade Rifle

    I have a Lyman Trade Rifle enroute to me and was looking for a single set trigger for it. I see that RE Davis has a single set trigger, but when I asked about a trigger to fit the Lyman Trade Rifle, the only reply is that their double set triggers won't fit & no mention about the single set...
  7. AZbpBurner

    Capgun Caps

    Got a pack of 96 plastic capgun caps. It's easy to cut them apart from the rings & they tightly fit both #10 and #11 nipples. Pkg says they contain potassium chlorate & red phosphorus. Made in Italy ... I've read that someone tried these for cap & ball revolvers, but couldn't find the thread...
  8. AZbpBurner

    1851 Frame?

    How many of you have an 1851 Colt with the capping groove on the right side, down the middle of the loading cutout? I've seen pics of some that do have it, and my Pietta doesn't. Which is correct?
  9. AZbpBurner

    1862 Colt Front Sight Removal?

    Got the Uberti 1862 Colt a few years ago. It had all the problems Uberti was afraid to put into their more popular guns: Nipples too short for the hammer to strike the primers - new nipples solved the problem. Bolt was stamped, but not finished. One spot on the cylinder dragged against the...
  10. AZbpBurner

    I Don't Like my 1851 Colt

    I took the 1851 Pietta out today, along with my old 1861 Uberti. They both work fine with the new Lee conicals, but the 1851 has an annoying problem: the cutout on the left to seat primers is shallow & it's difficult to get a primer started straight & seated - I don't have any problem with the...
  11. AZbpBurner

    Ooooh! 6 Cavity Mold

    My first 6 cavity Lee RB mold delivered earlier this week. Attached the handles, degreased it & bgan casting. I really like that cammed sprue plate - too bad they don't put it on the 2 cavity molds, too. Only downside is that it takes a lot longer to heat up those big mold blocks to get...
  12. AZbpBurner

    Lee Conicals in .36 Navy

    I've got an older Uberti 1861, and Pietta 1851 and 1858's in .36 cal & have been using roundballs for decades. Has anyone used the Lee .375 conical mold? I've cast the conicals in an old Italian brass mold, and although the base is rebated, they were difficult to load. Do these seat...
  13. AZbpBurner

    Jedediah-Starr

    Is an often overlooked source for parts & guns. They have a pretty complete line-up of rifles, pistols and muskets, as well as all the Treso Ampco Nipples. I'm sure he doesn't have actual inventory for everything, but everything I've ever bought there ships and delivers quickly - the Ampco...
  14. AZbpBurner

    Cannon Competition

    When I was a kid, my Dad & I would go to the Muzzleloading Festival held at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI. One of the highlights was watching the competing canon teams. As I recall, they fired a ball made of lead outer shell with a plaster inner core. Anyone know how they actually made...
  15. AZbpBurner

    TotW / Chambers Flintlock flushing system

    Got one recently and had the chance to try it out this evening on my .62 cal Fusil. Normally I just plug the touch hole, pour in & pour out several changes of hot water, then clean it out with a couple of patches, so the nicely made & heavy duty clamp-on hose arrangement gots to be a better way...
  16. AZbpBurner

    20 Ga. Shot Loads

    After reading around about various shot loads, I've decided to try the paper shot cups. Someone already posted that they cut out an X - shaped paper to use for shot cup. For me, that's more than my attention span will allow, so I'm gonna try crossing 2 strips at the muzzle. In about 2...
  17. AZbpBurner

    More ?'s about Loyalist

    I'm looking at their Fusil de Chasse with iron furnishings. I'll be staining and finishing myself, so there's a little savings there, too. Others had posted in another thread about having guns from Loyalist and needing to do a little tweaking on them. What work was needed? I asked them about...
  18. AZbpBurner

    Olive Oil Wad Lube?

    I've been using a 1:5 ratio castor oil : denatured alcohol mix for treating fiber wads for use with roundballs in my .62 fusil. They work great, and loading is smooth throughout an entire day of shooting without need for any swabbing. I wanted to try olive oil, but found it's not soluble in...
  19. AZbpBurner

    Best Patch Lube Yet

    For the past 43+ years I've been an advocate of tallow + beeswax blends for patch and also for cap & ball use. It was accurate, an ancient recipe, and didn't seem to foul any more or less than any other mixtures I'd tried. Recently I got some Castor Oil, with the idea that since it was used in...
  20. AZbpBurner

    Genuine Super-Duper Lube

    As a kid, I flew an assortment of gas engine model planes. Fuel was nitromethane and castor oil. A friends' older brother had some kind of 2-stroke dirt bike. He mixed castor oil with gasoline to run it. A few weeks ago, a lady at work was selling some home made hand cream and one of the...
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