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  1. 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...
  2. mancill

    WANTED .480 bag mold

    Wanted, .480 bag mold.
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. mancill

    Trade gun first.

    This season will all be trade gun. Got my first kill with one today.
  7. 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.
  8. mancill

    A real head scratcher help plz

    Ok so I have a traditions crocket that I got in January that I killed 6 squirrels and 2 rabbits with. I have not shot it since February, but I got it out today just to play. Well it now shoots 6" high at 25 and 12" at 50. Bullets from same box, patching from same bolt of cloth, powder from...
  9. mancill

    40 cal uses?

    I was doing some reading on some of the first settlers that came into deep east Texas back in the late 1700's and the few descriptions of the guns used was that they were primarily 36 to 40 cal rifles. nothing was mentioned of fowlers just small caliber rifles since lead was hard to come by...
  10. mancill

    Who says they are hard to clean?

    Every time I tell someone I shoot muzzleloaders I hear how they are too hard to clean. Well with only 6 patches my trade gun is clean. The marks seen on the last two were from the jag not the bore. In fact BP cleans faster than my ar15 bore. Do you guys have simular results. I put hot water...
  11. mancill

    TOW to the rescue!

    I have a 62 cal that was just shooting bad low no matter the charge or ball fit. I was using wool, cut paper, Spanish moss and a ton of other things with no improvement. Well yesterday I got in some TOW. On a side note being a pilgram I had no idea how much 6 four ounce bags really is, won't...
  12. mancill

    Reusing lead bullets.

    Quick question. I am wanting to get a bag mold to make some balls for my trade gun the old way. I have some lead bullets (about 150) that are left over from when I was reloading for my 4570 which I no longer own. They are lubed. Could I use these? I have never molded any bullets.
  13. mancill

    Trade gun shooting low.

    My new to me North West trade gun. Shoot very constantly with round balls just really low. Like a foot at 30 yards. The shot patterns are right on. My set up is 90 gn 2f .600 ball with a paper wad or a felt wad with a paper wad over it. This is a bare ball set up. What can I do to bring it...
  14. mancill

    Lead ball over 6 shot?

    Where I will be squirrel hunting with my new trade gun there are also hogs. So if I saw a sounder would it be OK to load a ball over the shot and move into close range for a shot? I know it is OK with buck but what about 6 shot?
  15. mancill

    Historic definition of "Swan Shot"

    So I have seen two different definition of swan shot. One is large shot like #2 to 0. The other is shot crudely made that had a shape like a swans head. Basically the drops falling a short distance into water before they could form a ball. So which is right?
  16. mancill

    lead shot where to get it?

    There are no stores within hours of me that has shotgun reloading supplies so lead shot is not available. So where do you fellas get your shot online? I was wanting some #5 as a do all size.
  17. mancill

    First smoothie.

    My first smoothbore. What do yall think?
  18. mancill

    Trade gun frizzen care?

    I have bought a northwest trade gun that should be here next week. I was wondering how to care for the frizzen. I figure oil to prevent rust would prevent sparks. I have only shot percussion so this is new.
  19. mancill

    Tip Curtis contact info

    The phone number that shows up when you Google Tip Curtis frontier shop is not 8n service. Does anyone know a good number?
  20. mancill

    Black Friday shopping with my Crocket

    Headed to the river bottom for some shopping this morning and did quite well. :wink: BTW this was my first hunt with real blackpowder. I find that the real stuff is easier to clean up than Pyrodex.
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