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    School Me On Fast Twist and PRBs

    Excellent information from all! Thanks, that helps me understand where it came from (the saying fast twist doesn’t shoot PRB’s well). So it sounds like the fast twist is not necessarily bad but the depth of the rifling grooves is. Anyone know what the standard depth of grooves are in a T/C...
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    School Me On Fast Twist and PRBs

    I’m not quite sure why folks say a faster twist rate and patched round ball loads don’t mix. Someone care to explain the reasoning? I recently found a pristine T/C White Mountain Carbine 50cal that is tempting me. I like a shorter, easy handling rifle being a hunter. The faster twist rate of...
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    Recommend Universal Sling

    I recently bought a 1" leather "Simple Sling" from October Country that is great, plus very reasonably priced. Works perfectly on my rifles. http://www.octobercountry.com/categories/Slings/
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    Mink Oil

    That makes sense too, and I'll give it a go. Thanks.
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    Mink Oil

    Makes sense. So if I'm using a 50 cal jag in my 50 cal, and its a fairly tight fit (with a cotton cleaning patch), I should try using a 45 cal jag?
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    Mink Oil

    For what its worth, I'm a hunter. I may be hunting in 60 degree weather or 0 degree weather. I practice shooting, dialing in loads and such, to be a better shot for hunting (plus I enjoy rollin smoke too). So I experiment with loads suitable for hunting in varying weather temps. Thus far I've...
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    Refinishing CVA Stock

    Thanks gentlemen. I'm not so sure this is a "factory" finish anyhow. I can feel/see no urethane finish on the stock. It feels like it's just been stained and left at that, which makes me wonder if A) its a kit gun, or B) if someone replaced the stock on it at some point, because a lot of these...
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    Refinishing CVA Stock

    Newbie question: I acquired an older CVA Bobcat percussion 50 cal. I didn't really need the rifle but had a chance to pick it up for next to nothing. Didn't expect much out of it but when I took it out to shoot it some for the first time, what a surprise!! This little short rifle is very...
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    Mink oil on patches

    ^^^ Mine likes this also.
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    Dirty Patches

    Rem Oil has always done well with my modern rifles and shotguns, but I will change for my black powder bores at the suggestions here. Seems Barricade is well-recommended. I'll pick up a can asap.
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    Dirty Patches

    Yes, I always rinse with clean water. I use a hose with some pressure and squirt water down the barrel until it's coming out the bolster like a stream. This is after cleaning with soapy warm water. Then dry well until completely dry patches come out, then oil. I am using Rem Oil as the final...
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    Dirty Patches

    I recently acquired a used older CVA Bobcat 50 caliber percussion, wood stock. I got it relatively cheap so I figured I couldn't loose. ran a few cleaning patches down the barrel and they came out very brown. After about 20 patches they finally started coming our fairly clean. After a few days I...
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    Not the exact POI, but not enough to make me stay with one charge over another. I don't shoot past 75 yards with open sights...that's about as far as my eyes will stay in focus without optics.
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    Checksix, I'm interested to see what your results are also. I uped my charge to 90 grains and back down to 60 with no change. So I'm staying at my normal charge of 75g, where my rifle groups the best. Being a hunter, and prime hunting time as dusk starts to settle in, in the deer timber, I'm...
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    Yes. I tried everything under the sun, including lower and higher powder charges. My rear sight is still bottomed out and shoots high. Like I said above, my next step is to measure my current front sight and order a taller one.
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    Checksix, I have a T/C Hawken in 50 cal. I have ran into the very same issue. My Hawken rear sight is bottomed out and the rifle still shoots a couple inches high at 50 yards. I use a 6 oclock hold and my PRB hits at the top of the bull. Excellent groups, usually clover-leafs or touching, but...
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    Cleaning with brushes?

    That sounds like a good plan. Where are you guys finding nylon brushes? All I can seem to find in BP calibers are bronze brushes. I also need 10-32 threads.
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    .32 Troubles - Accuracy

    To update, I have tried everything I can think of to get this rifle to shoot a prb and it just aint happening. :cursing: Yesterday I shot for hours and tried ticking material cut at the muzzle with a semi-dry 7:1 ratio water/Ballistol combo lube and also a TOW Mink Oil lube to no improvement...
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    Curious

    I grew up a country kid where we could shoot our 22's basically anywhere we had a backstop or a suitable target. I still live on a small farm in rural country and I can shoot off my porch (which I did today), and can shoot out to 100 plus yards if desired. I grew up this way and really cant...
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    Gotta brag

    As already said so well, congrats on both...your improved health first and second, your win!
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