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  1. M

    New lube.

    Wait, did I read this correctly? Shoot day after day without cleaning and only swabbing?!?! This is game-changing amazing!!! Question: before reloading after swabbing, do you run a dry patch and/or pop a cap to ensure the powder stays dry? Thanks for sharing this Brit!
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    To shoot or not to shoot? Unethical?

    I can see why you might feel this way. If you’re a stalking hunter and have nearly perfected your craft, it can almost seem too easy at times. But the fact is that if you can get into range and take a clean killing shot without the animals noticing, you earned it and/or got lucky. Isn’t that...
  3. M

    Unfired CVA 12ga SxS

    Hey I saw that auction last week. I almost bid on it too. What a great find. Congrats! Let us know how it shoots.
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    CVA Trapper choke

    Agreed. Chokes are a HASSLE in a muzzleloader. My next gun won't have chokes. I don't feel they do as much for a muzzleloader as they do on a breach loader. It's all about developing loads with different wads and different amounts and/or types of shot and powder. Also, if you go th plastic wad...
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    CVA Trapper choke

    I tried for a while to find a compatible choke for my CVA 12 gauge and never found anything either. I gave up and bought another gun. But my plan when I have time to revisit the CVA is to try different plastic wads/shot cups (possibly with hand cut slits/petals) until I get the desired pattern...
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    Wads For Original Smoothbores

    I've been cutting felt wads for my pedersoli 10gauge with the 20mm arch punch from here: https://www.bloomertool.com/Metric-Arch-Wad-Gasket-Punches.html I took the punch to an auto parts store to find a socket wrench that fit. The 18mm sixteen point socket was near perfect. I wrapped some...
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    Plastic Wad speed loads

    Yeah. Quite a bit of preparation to make them but the speed of reloading in the moment is fast enough to impress any Revolutionary/Civil War General. The plastic fowling is in the barrel. It always flushes out through the breech when the nipples are removed when I pour hot water down the...
  8. M

    Plastic Wad speed loads

    Thanks for the tip. I'm going to try some Crisco and see if that helps.
  9. M

    The Punt Gun

    These guns were amazing. There's a lot of neat books about them, the boats that carried them and the men that used them. After reading everything I could easily find on the subject and put it into practice, but with a 10ga shoulder gun, the punts/boats and skills of the paddler/oarsman/sculler...
  10. M

    Plastic Wad speed loads

    Thank you for helping to get those displayed. I'll find a better photo provider.
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    Plastic Wad speed loads

    Thank you for confirming this should NOT be used in original Damascus barrels. I have been safely using these in a reproduction Pedersoli 10ga with interchangeable choke tubes. My/my gun’s preferred load is using Remington R12H or RXP12 1 1/8oz wads and 75gr Pyrodex RS or RS Select. To help...
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    Plastic Wad speed loads

    I mean this as no disrespect to all traditionalist and just feel like I should share my few years of research and development to help any of my fellow shooters and hunters. These are in the spirit of the Eley muzzleloader shotgun cartridges and Col. Hawker’s paper/oakum cartriges, but with...
  13. M

    Pedersoli SxS 10ga bead

    Genius!!! Thanks for the great idea!
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    Pedersoli SxS 10ga bead

    Thank you for the stock raising suggestions. I have already been using a cheek pad comb raising kit and have used all of the shims it has come with. It’s raised the comb about 1/2” and that’s has brought it up to nearly 50/50 POI pattern. I suppose I could get a second one, add more Velcro and...
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    Pedersoli SxS 10ga bead

    I have a Pedersoli SxS 10ga that has a low Point of Impact. Can someone tell me what thread size Pedersoli uses for their beads? I want to experiment with smaller and/or shorter or maybe even no front beads so I can see my target better.
  16. M

    Waterfowl Hunting Loads

    I finally had a chance to get to the range and do some patterning. I think it may have caused more questions than answers. The load that seemed to be the best was a charge of 85gr pyrodex, over powder card, fiber wad, 1 1/4oz by volume ITX #4, over shot card. However. Is was still a much more...
  17. M

    Waterfowl Hunting Loads

    Thanks. I'm going to try the ITX #4's first. I like that you don't need a plastic shot cup to make it work. I may even try that "reversed wad" load from another post.
  18. M

    Waterfowl Hunting Loads

    Wow, you all have been so helpful in giving me ideas on where to start. Many thanks to you all for the advice and recommendations. I had a feeling that flapped bags and a gun cover flap would be the route needed but as you said brown bear, the old timers were doers not writers. Check out the...
  19. M

    Waterfowl Hunting Loads

    Capt. Fred. That is exactly how I hunt waterfowl. Have you found and best practices on reloading from a kayak and keeping everything dry? I found using a single paddle really keeps thing dryer and with a lower profile which is really important when it's cold enough to make ice from paddle drips
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    Waterfowl Hunting Loads

    Thanks brown bear! I've heard good things about nice shot but the ITX seems more easily available. I'm glad to hear you just load it very much like lead. My head was spinning that I might need plastic shot cups, buffer and all kinds of other things. I'm hoping to keep the reloading process on a...
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