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  1. amcmullen

    Friends unidentified gun

    Hmm, interesting, ill try to get some better pictures. I didn't take a great look at it, just snapped a few quick pictures. Its actually pretty long. I didn't capture that in the pictures
  2. amcmullen

    Friends unidentified gun

    Trying to help out a friend. He has this percussion smoothy and it has no marking other than what looks like a 10 in a bunch of places. My guess is its a repro from the 50-70s but figured I'd ask the experts. I'm just trying to figure out what he has and if it's (assuming everything else is...
  3. amcmullen

    OOPSIii ! what's your best/worst one.

    Guy at camp flashed on two deer. After that he tried and tried and couldn't get his gun to go off. Everyone looked at it, everyone tried somethingdifferent. Powder, lighter, matches. After about an hour someone ran a ramrod down the barrel, he never loaded the gun.
  4. amcmullen

    Weighing Swaged Round Balls

    You're on to something! Include a ballistic coefficient and they'll fly off on the shelves.
  5. amcmullen

    Weighing Swaged Round Balls

    ...you're entitled to your opinion, as am I. I don't think it's a waste of time and I enjoy it. I enjoy it even more when I reduce as many variables that don't involve human errors.
  6. amcmullen

    Weighing Swaged Round Balls

    I was really into accuracy a few years back. I bought Dutch's system, all the tools, patches, etc. I found that the patch thickness made the biggest difference, everything else helped to improve a bit. I weighed balls but also measured them with a caliper. Most of the time with cast balls if...
  7. amcmullen

    Petrolum products and black powder fouling....a chemical analysis.

    Regular oil, chemically modified. I assume that "synthetic " is more marketing than anything
  8. amcmullen

    Which state is the best for ML?

    I can't complain about Pennsylvania, an early, 7 day antlerless season. 14 day firearms and a 3 week flintlock season across the state. If you live in certain areas there are extended seasons. Plus lots of public land available. Public can get busy in the special regs areas, however the more...
  9. amcmullen

    T/C Hawkin HELP!

    I had a similar issue with my Hawken. Lower your rear sight all the way. If the factory rear sight sits lower you may need to swap it out. I had to file my rear sight to lower it even more. At 50 yds its still 2 inches high. This is all assuming you have the correct sight alignment
  10. amcmullen

    Cleaning - After Round Ball vs Maxi or Real

    Videos like that are why I DON'T want to buy one! I'd probably lose a lot of sleep!🤣 Pretty cool, thanks for sharing
  11. amcmullen

    Graf's powder

    Used it up years ago, only have Goex to compare but elephant was very dirty and seemed a lot less powerful
  12. amcmullen

    Priming The Pan

    Ha! Watched a guy several years back use straight pyrodex. The hang fire was incredible! Had electronic earmuffs and could hear it for several seconds before I looked up. Guy did a great job of just holding steady as it popped and fizzed. There was smoke shooting out of the touch hole, too! If...
  13. amcmullen

    Graf's powder

    Just bought a bunch myself. Never used anything but Goex and Elephant. How does Graf compare? It might be a year or two until I get to using it.
  14. amcmullen

    Anyone using the Hornady 240gr conical?

    Not posting this to brag, but to show that round balls can be pretty accurate. This was at 100yds with a patched round ball. This wasn't even my best load combination. Someone left a brand new 24" target at the 100yard range and I said "why not". The bullseye is 3"
  15. amcmullen

    Anyone using the Hornady 240gr conical?

    Can't go wrong giving them a shot! I wouldn't hesitate using them hunting, I just like the accuracy I've gotten with prb's now that I have a great load. If you like to tinker then playing with patch thicknesses can be fun. Now that I said that out loud, I think someone on here does the same...
  16. amcmullen

    Anyone using the Hornady 240gr conical?

    Agree, I've tried them. They were not as accurate as my roundball load. That said,, they were getting 2-3 inch groups at 50yds (bench rest) They'll definitely be flatter than the heavier conical.
  17. amcmullen

    What's the difference in an aluminum rb mold and a steel mold.

    When you say gauling, are you talking about the hole in the top of the aluminum mold? If so, mine did the same thing. It opened up the top of the round all mold. Aluminum is way too thin up top for a soft metal. I don't think any lube would have helped since it would directly effect the pour...
  18. amcmullen

    Dug out the Traditions Trapper pistol today.

    I bought the same gun a few years back. On mine I had to have them replace the frizzen right from the start. Traditions was very responsive and sent a new one out right away. Now it throws good spark and is reliable. I also had to shoot it a bunch to soften the sharp edges on the lands...
  19. amcmullen

    Dug out the Traditions Trapper pistol today.

    Love it! Here's mine, fun little gun!
  20. amcmullen

    PA Flintlock Only

    Thats for the firearms season for deer and bear in special regs. The flintlock regs are different. Nonetheless, confusing as can be
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