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    Just bought my first flintlock. What do I need to take it out shooting, and what do I need to know to have a safe and enjoyable time.

    If your rifle is new you may want to clean it since the barrel may have some form of preservative inside. If you purchased a used rifle check to see if it is loaded.
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    October Postal Match

    Shot the attached 10/12/2022 at the NRA Range, Raton NM. Used vintage 50 cal CVA pistol with 490 RB and 30 grains Schuetzen black powder. Patch was thinnest pillow ticking with spit lube. Distance was 15 yards. Legs and back are no longer working so well so my rear was pressed against a table...
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    Black powder shortage

    Why not just make your own black powder?
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    New Mexico Locals

    Just moved to Raton. Give me a shout at [email protected]
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    Loose 'clean out' screw on GPR rifle

    Thanks to Rusty and Lyman 54. I have the same problem with my 50cal GPR.
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    Centered patch question

    A loading block with the patch cut off by a sharp knife may be worthy of consideration. The ball will be centered. The patch will be centered.
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    non typical pistols

    Yep. I have a kit 45 cal Derringer percussion pistol that is fun to shoot.
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    Need a new shooting bag - Recommendations?

    Visit yard "tag" sales or thrift shops and look for a leather purse of the size you require. Turn the purse inside out and, if it has a adequate strap, you are in business.
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    Looking for a single shot percussion pistol

    All that I can offer is that I have a CVA Mountain Pistol in 50 cal that is about 30 years old. I built it from a CVA kit and must have shot several thousand rounds through the gun. At the range last Sunday I shot seven rounds offhand and made a ragged hole about 2 inches in diameter at 15...
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    Pedersoli Blue Ridge/Frontier questions

    I have the same rifle and have been told it is the same as the "Hatfield" type. Mine works well with a 490 PRB, 70 grains of FFF Goex BP, and a .18 (approximately) patch of pillow ticking. I use Crisco for a lube and spit for additional ease of loading when fouling makes it difficult to push the...
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    Help! GPR Shooting

    I have an older 50 cal. GPR and have shot at least 1000 rounds with it but was never happy with the accuracy. A few days ago I forgot my range rod so was obliged to use the gun's wooden ramrod. Since it is fragile, I used a lot less force in seating the ball. Accuracy immediately improved to...
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    Cleaning swabs

    My wife is a quilter. The batting she uses is 90%cotton and 10% poly. She saves the remnants for me and they work very well as barrel cleaning patches ONLY. It is easy to tear the material apart and I use a worn brass brush as a jag. I have never experienced any problems with particles of the...
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    Pedersoli Lock

    :hmm: Dang. I am 73 and counting so I looked again and, yep, the mainspring on my rifle is not a coil nor is the sear spring. Perchance, Cabellas sent me something other than what I ordered but a friend identified my gun as a Hatfield so I went with that since he is far more knowledgable than...
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    Pedersoli Lock

    So. I dropped the lock from my Pedersoli 50cal Blue Ridge (Hatfield?) .flinter and the mainspring with assorted parts popped off. I was thinking about an expensive mainspring vise or visegrips. However, the spring can be replaced if you partially assemble the whole mechanism, insert the tenon on...
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    Beginner (Dummy) needs help

    My first BPR was (and is) an Antonio Zoli 58cal Zouave which has faithfully shot well over 2 thousand rounds. I use both PRBs and Minis and mould all my own bullets. Minis work very well provided they are cast from pure lead so they are soft enough for the skirts to engage the musket's lands and...
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    Sear Spring Help

    I have an old caplock from a rifle sold many years ago by Cabellas and which, I am advised, is no longer available. The sear spring is destroyed. I have fabricated springs from wrapping metal and other material but, after about 10 shots they weaken and the rifle is useless. Does anyone have...
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    First Black Powder Rifle

    If you ever trek to Lancaster, The Gun Shop in that town carries black powder. It's on Sierra Highway. Call before you make the trip (661)942-8377) since they are out of stock at times.
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    Sear Spring

    The sear spring on my elderly 45 Tenn Long Rifle would become so weak after a few shots that the hammer would not lock at half or full cock. I cold formed a new spring from a piece of strapping tape like that used to wrap cardboard boxes around refrigerators etc. The material cut easily with a...
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    ball stuck in barrel

    Nope. If my suggestion had not worked a couple of times for me I wouldn't have made it. It also works rather well if a patch becomes lost in the bore. If trying to engage bristles of the lost brush with one well secured to the cleaning rod does not work, then blowing both out could well be the...
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    ball stuck in barrel

    Next time try twisting a much smaller brush past the stuck one and then pull both of them out.
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