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  1. Howard Pippin

    There back

    I just got an advertisement from traditions, that all of their kits are available now, I checked out the website and by golly there's lots of guns on their and you can get a flintlock starting at $419. Lots of percussions too. I do own a traditions percussion and I like it, I know there are...
  2. Howard Pippin

    barrel rebored

    I have 3, 50 caliber Muzzleloaders and they are all one in 48 twist. I year ago I acquired a 45 with a one in 60 twist. It seems to be more accurate with less fussing around over patches and such, is it feasible to bore a 50 out to a 54 And what do think that it would cost, and is it feasible in...
  3. Howard Pippin

    Different lubricant

    After reading some of the glowing reports about Ballistol these last years, I ordered some and tried it on my firearms, both unmentionables and muzzleloader's, and it worked all right I have no complaints even about the odor, but then I never had a problem with what I was using before, just...
  4. Howard Pippin

    Rifle shoots to one side

    Someplace on here I seen some information about filing the end of the barrel to make a rifle shoot more on target. I have a 45 caliber percussion who shoots 6 inches to the right side out of the clean barrel at 50 yards. As soon as the barrel gets dirtied up, it shoots on target. The rifling is...
  5. Howard Pippin

    percussion rifle never cleaned

    While on a hunting trip a month ago, got into a discussion with a fellow that I see once a year and kind of know, and he asked me how I hunted besides archery and I said muzzleloaders. He said he had one he'd thought he would sell, seems he bought it in 1973, it's a Lyman 45 caliber. He had...
  6. Howard Pippin

    Six holer

    I've been shopping for a new mold, and have really been looking at the 6 hole mold made my Lee precision, diameter .490. Has anyone else ever tried this mold style? Did you have a problem of filling them at one time? How did the heat transfer? If you weighed them, how were they? Anybody can help...
  7. Howard Pippin

    Manufacturing flints.

    Having discovered that I'm very poor at knapping flints, I buy them, or try to pick up small pieces of chert which I can find sometimes. I have experimented with the cut flints, some did work better than others, so I wondered has anybody tried cutting their own flints with a rock saw? The idea...
  8. Howard Pippin

    New gun regulations

    I just saw in a paper on line that Pennsylvania is considering all gun registration. Does anyone have any insight into this? Will it include blackpowder people?
  9. Howard Pippin

    Homemade lead tester.

    Greetings. For years my thumbnail has been my lead tester. Different threads here made me wonder if this was good enough, so I thought, I need a lead tester, but I'm not interested in paying $80-$600 for a tester. Well, I made one set up under the idea that a sharp point would penetrate further...
  10. Howard Pippin

    Using Murphy's oil soap.

    Someplace on this site I read about using Murphy's oil soap for patch lube. It sounded quite interesting, so I tried it, and I can say I was impressed. Consecutive shots loaded very easily without cleaning in between and cleanup was a snap. Of course I use boiling water is the first pass in my...
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