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    Patch lube

    Hi just made up a patch cutter, 1" pillow ticking round one`s for both .45 and .50, now I have olive oil, Alfa bran oil and soluble oil from my lathe. Which one would be ok for patch lube, :eek: AAhh, Pandora's box. I know every one`s got the best stuff, but this is what I have at hand...
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    Made a new .45 barrel

    Hi guys, as I have changed my system to a sort of sine bar rifling and now can get a right hand twist I thought a new improved .45 barrel for my plains Hawken rifle would be a good project. So I have, it`s 28" long, 1" round stock 12/15, bore .450" with .010" deep cut rifling and a twist of...
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    M/L Barrel steel

    Hi, I`m into making a few muzzle loading barrels and sorting out the best steel. I think the ones made in Spain are made of 12L14 steel as this is easy to machine and strong enough for black powder. Just up from that steel is 12/15 grade steel and this is what I was thinking of using. It`s still...
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    Rifling style

    Hi, I'm into making a few black powder barrels, mainly for .45, .50, for patched round ball with cut rifling. Now I see that Cold grain and Rice barrels are top of the range and have rifling that's rounded at the bottom of the groves, is this better than the square type of rifling for a P/B...
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    Useing lead shot

    Hi all, Im taking my Hawken plains rifle with .50cal barrel for a hunt, deer mainly . Its eight groves, 1-48" twist 20" barrel, now as we are not allowed .22 cal rifles in our hunting parks and i want to get a few rabbits as well, so can you shoot lead shot from a rifled barrel . How to load...
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    New .50 barrel

    Hi All, a while back I made up a new barrel for my .45 Hawken plains rifle as I thought I could improve my barrel making, I gave the old barrel to my mate who had a Traditions .50 cal rifle. He was rapped to find that the barrel fitted straight in to his Traditions stock. So I have just received...
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    Barrel bore size

    Hi, As I`m into making my own barrels would like to know the size of a .50cal black powder barrel bore. Is it .500" and then the cut rifling to .007'-.010 deep, or is it .500 after rifling. Just trying to get an idea of the gun drill size one would use for a .50cal barrel, .488" then rifling, my...
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    Hawken new barrel

    Hi guys, finally had a go with the new barrel I had made for my .45 Hawken, Kiwi made and still with a 1-33" twist. I started with 45grs of 2f Swiss , .440" p r ball, .010" patch at 50yrds, 10 shots in 3-1/2",but one flyer. Then went up to 50grs 2f sw with .015 pillow ticking patch and same...
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    Bore size.

    Hi Guys, I`m into barrel making and was looking at what is the standed size gun drill you would use for a .50 cal black powder barrel. My .45 bore is .457", The gun drill was .444" , .006.5" cut rifling brings it out to .457". So would a .50 bore be .490" and .005" per side for the rifling, this...
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    Casting R/ B

    Hi Guys, I had a go at casting with my new lee REAL and round ball mould using 75/25 lead/ lino mix. The reals came out good at 193grs, but had a lot of voids at the top of the R/Balls, what causes this , not hot enough lead or to hot?. I tried the bullets to see how easy they were to load in...
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    .45 R E A L bullet

    Hi Guys, I have just got a Lee combo 200gr r e a l bullet and RB mould for my Hawken rifle, so using 3f what would be a good hunting load. I have made a new barrel for it, still a 1-33 twist and bore is .457". First chance I get will be into some casting and do you candle smoke the mould?, I...
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    Hawken new barrel

    Hi, I was not happy with my first barrel I made for my Hawken plains rifle, it was ok with p r b but to hard to load a bullet. So as I had a 1m length of the same steel I set up my lathe and made a new barrel, but this time the bore is .457". Then had to make a new bullet mould, it came out at...
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    Black powder

    Hi, I was looking for some more black powder there in New Zealand, we have a company that makes there own, "Holy Smoke", price $120,per 1kg. They also have German Shuetzen powder at $60 per 1kg ,all in ffg and fffg. So is the Shuetzen power any good,. Can get Goex to , so just checking which...
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    Deer hunt

    Hi All, I have a deer hunting trip booked and I`m thinking it will be a good time to try my Hawken plains rifle that I made out in the bush. I will be flying in to the hunting block in the Ahimanawas staying in a hut and the deer are Jap sika. Will be trying a load in my .45 of 70grs fffg, 270g...
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    Hunting ram rod

    Hi, Have dress rod for my Hawken plains rifle, wood. Range rod is from a old fishing rod, fiberglass, works good now has anyone used aluminium for a hunting ram rod?, or is it to soft and will bend Easley . Just that I have a length of it and could turn it down to fit rifle, :hmm: but is it a...
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    Black powder power

    Hi Guys, I`m shooting my .45 Hawken with 70grs 3f and a REAL looka like bullet,270gr ,with a twist of 1-33",now does anyone know what the fps mite be?. It cuts a nice hole in paper ,but what I would like to know is how power full a .45 is with a bullet or prb. Has anyone cut a pine slab and used...
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    Patch and Bullet Lube, Don`t tell the wife

    Hi all, When I finished making my .45 Hawken I looked around for patch lube and bullet lube and found there`s more types of lube than a hound dogs got fleas, ticks, and hair. So was still thinking of this when my wife was away for a few days, having a shave in our bathroom I saw on the bench...
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    .45 P/B For Hunting

    Hi all, having second thought`s about p/ball for a hunting load on deer, I was thinking a 270gr bullet would be the thing to use, harder hitting. The .440 " p/b is only 130grs, but is a lot faster . My home made .45 has a fast twist, 1-33" and using a load of 50grs of fffg at 50yds it shot quite...
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    45 cal load question

    Hi, Have re done the Hawkins barrel out to .450"cal and cast some soft lead bullets, 260 grs,loading with 70gr FFFg goex black powder. Nice kick and on at 50m. after the shot the hammer is at half cock, is it a safe load?, any one using a load like it? I just heard that if the hammer is back...
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    felt wads

    Hi guys, thanks for the reply, The bullets are flat based, R E A L style, as I made the mold myself for a bore size of .450, but I also made the barrel my self and the bore turned out to be .447" so resizing to .447. The bad thing is they are cast in lino type ,hard to get down the barrel...
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