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  1. mancill

    ball over shot?

    Thanks for the info gonna give it a try and see how it goes. Considering how much damage those hogs do on my ranch and the. hours is spend fixing holes in my hay meadows i would be more haunted by not putting some shot in one.
  2. mancill

    ball over shot?

    So between my son and my 50 cal flintlock i have 4 deer in the freezer, so the rest of this winter i will be hunting bushy tails. However on my land i have tons of hogs and i would like to be able to shoot one of those destructive beasts if i come across one. I was wondering if it would be...
  3. mancill

    SOLD The Plains Rifle

    is this book still available?
  4. mancill

    WANTED .480 bag mold

    Wanted, .480 bag mold.
  5. mancill

    Patent Breech trouble.

    Thanks for the reply guys. What i ended up doing is going to a thinner patch and ball. .480 with muslin patch. Goes down easy with no need to swab. Shoots exactly where my other combo did. Have tested it to 100 yards. Shot about 15 shots with out swabbing. Then i used some tow and alcohol...
  6. mancill

    Patent Breech trouble.

    The normal and no swabing was my smooth bore that doesnt have this problem.
  7. mancill

    Patent Breech trouble.

    So i have a pedersoli kentucky that never sees petrolium products and the breech is cleaned well with water and a shaped scraper. The problem im having is when shooting after the 6th or so shot the dang thing wont fire. I swab between shots and i end up with fouling inside the patent breech...
  8. mancill

    Managing that dang tar in patent breech?

    Well if I can work in it I can play in it. :wink: gonna try a that mix to clean it every few shots until it cools some.
  9. mancill

    Managing that dang tar in patent breech?

    Yep it's very gooey and liquid like. 9n a 60% humid or less day I have no problem at all. Also winter I can shoot for hours. Hot and humid. The temp was 95 with a 80% plus humidity with a thunder storm forming.
  10. mancill

    Managing that dang tar in patent breech?

    Thanks. How long should that be allowed to dry?
  11. mancill

    Managing that dang tar in patent breech?

    I have a new pederasoli Kentucky with a patent breech. It is very high humidity here in South East Texas. Like on my trade gun it builds up a tar like substance in the pan and breech. I usually wipe the pan and swab the bore ever so often to stop it from fouling the powder. Yesterday after...
  12. mancill

    Pedersoli or TVM

    I need some feed back. I am in the market for a flintlock rifle. I have 2 percussion rifles and a trade gun with a L&R lock, I love all 3. Now I want a flint lock rifle. Pederasoli Kentucky less than half of what a tvm would cost me. However the twist rate is 1:48 on the 50, and I only...
  13. mancill

    First Flintlock Deer!!

    :hatsoff:
  14. mancill

    Trade gun first.

    I usually don't shoot fox squirrels. That guy was looking at me threw a fork with the sun behind him so all I saw was a squirrel head silhouette
  15. mancill

    Trade gun first.

    Here is the total on the night. This season I will hunt all species available in East Texas. Squirrel, deer, hog, and rabbits. I killed a deer and some squirrels last year with a 32 and 54 caplock rifles. It sure is fun challenging myself.
  16. mancill

    Trade gun first.

    This season will all be trade gun. Got my first kill with one today.
  17. mancill

    pure lead

    Thanks guys. I ordered a bag mold from bagmold.com today just waiting on him to call me back. Should be fun making my own balls by a fire.
  18. mancill

    pure lead

    No we were not taught much in shop class my teacher was just finishing out to retirement.
  19. mancill

    pure lead

    I want to cast my own balls for my trade gun and was wondering if you fellas could direct me to a good source of lead. Preferably in bars that would be historical for the early 1800's. Thanks.
  20. mancill

    A real head scratcher help plz

    :headslap: Hey I think I found out the issue is operator error. I shot the 32 again with the same results. Afterwards I got out my 54 Lyman plains rifle. Now this rifle I harvested a doe with last season. Made a great shot. During season I was using the adjustable rear sight that comes with...
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