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    BLACKEN BRASS

    I am curious about the opposite.... What will clean up brass? IE brighten it?
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    Buying A Used MuzzleLoader.

    I would like a bit of a clarification? "QLA?" I am not familiar with the abbreviation? Thanks
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    Someone Talk Me Out of a Howdah

    I have an antique from a gun show that has no real value... ($65) I was thinking of rebuilding it into a howdah. The muzzle is garbage... bent etc. But if cut down it would be good. Just wanting to be sure I didn't trigger one of those spooky raids over a cut off shotgun if I did.
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    Someone Talk Me Out of a Howdah

    I need to ask a question to be sure I know what I think I know??? Is it because these are muzzle loaders that they are exempt from short barreled or cut off shotgun restrictions? Or.... Is it legal to cut off an antique shotgun?
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    Minnie ball accuracy?

    I am not familiar with a pound swage? could you clarify? Thanks.... Jerry
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    Another decent Boar down, .54 cal patched roundball

    Hey guys.... if any of you all have a good spot for hogs and will let an outsider come hunt them please advise! I have been looking for a place to go hunt them. We don't have them in northern New Mexico! I keep hearing about hunting them, but all I can do about it is drool! I haven't been...
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    The Enfield shoots better!

    I have some original Enfields .... they all shoot high. So.... I got my wire feed welder out, taped off the area for spatter and added me a little/lot to the front sight, then filed it down to suit. Fixed the issue right up! If you get some of that browning chemical, it won't even show as non...
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    Maxi Balls Accuracy and tips?

    Did you have shallow or deep rifling? I am wondering about the rifling that has a bunch of thin rifling rather than the normal thick grooves. I don't know what they call that thin type... but I have one with it.
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    Maxi Balls Accuracy and tips?

    Hi I was curious about using Maxi Balls.... Anyone have any tips or thoughts on using them? Best lubes, loads? How accurate are they? 50 cal. Thanks Jerry
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    Minnie ball accuracy?

    so is the 3f safe in an older gun? I am assuming its internal pressures would be higher. Whether under a minie or a prb? Out towards the muzzle it wouldn't matter much, but up there by your eyeball, that might be important. As noted, I have a couple of 1800's rifles. Both a 58 springfield, and...
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    Minnie ball accuracy?

    I found a 58 Real here locally.... thanks for the advice! I am also wondering if there is a mold that is a counterpart to " "Hornady Pennsylvania Conical Muzzleloading Bullets 50 Caliber (512 Diameter) 240 Grain Box of 50" ...... It looks like these are a modified copy of a minnie but maybe...
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    Too Much Powder ?

    I get confused over the load and caliber... My understanding was 3f up to 45 cal but 2f over 45ca. You are talking 80 gr of 3f for 54. I generally have loaded out 65 gr of 2f for all of them. Am I missing something here? I have both 50 cal thompsons and 58 cal antiques (Springfield and...
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    Too Much Powder ?

    I would carry a pistol also if your going after bear. They shot single shots way back when but I'd like to have a follow up! I tend to think that why they seem to picture pirates with pistols tucked in everywhere! Hunters can become the hunted rather easily once they are out of ammo!
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    Minnie ball accuracy?

    You are noting the service load as 60 grains? I had read somewhere that it was 65... Do you happen to know which it would have been?
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    Penny Knife for Patches?

    Well .... I bought an original patch knife that was a part of the Nepal cache. They dated it to Napoleonic times. Possibly revolution, but more likely 1812 stuff. It was used and issued militarily for use with brown bess. I likely ruined its historic value when I sharpened it.... but it is...
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    Minnie ball accuracy?

    Is there a corresponding mold for these? I like to cast my blackpowder bullits.
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    Minnie ball accuracy?

    Doesn't a patch interfere with the minie's ability to expand out to fit the bore?
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    Minnie ball accuracy?

    This is a good description of where I'm at with the minies.... It doesn't tumble, fly off into space or anything, just way too big a circle for my liking. If I back off the the load to 55gr as advised above, will I have any humane issues for shooting things? Generally deer but possibly elk in...
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    Minnie ball accuracy?

    Oh... twist rates. That standard thompson 1:48 for most of them. I also have 1:60 in one of them. It doesn't seem to matter much with them though. I had read somewhere that the field load for the civil war was 65 grains of FF so I have copied that. Figured that was about the most field tested...
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    Minnie ball accuracy?

    Ok... my normal load for them is 65 gr FF in triple 7. I have been shooting from 50 and 54 cal thompsons, and occasionally investarms. I bought them originally to use in firelapping (I posted such in another thread). But... most of the civil war was fought with them and I keep trying to make...
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