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    Shallow rifling question

    I've located two Lyman Deerstalkers and am considering purchasing one or the other. One is .50 (.502" bore, .510 groove, 1/48"), the other in .54 (.542" bore, .550" groove, 1/48"). Lyman recommends conical or sabots due to the shallow grooving. Please educate me: are there good, multiple...
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    Pyrodex Select RS question

    I tried this powder in FFG last week and it left something like a damp, greasy residue in my Invest Arms .50 Hawken. I clean with moose milk per the System between shots and there was much more residue on the cleaning patch than with the other powders I have tried. I cleaned it as good as I...
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    Lyman Stainless Deerstalker questions

    I sometimes hunt in the saltgrass marshes of coastal SE Texas, a salty environment that can play hell with a gun's metal finish. I am considering trying to find a used Deerstalker in stainless to help deal with this. Before I invest the time to track one down, is the stainless used in Lyman's...
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    Twist rate on 1984 T/C Hawken and Renegade

    I am helping a buddy identify the twist rate of two T/C rifles he inherited from a friend who passed last year. Both bought on same day in Aug 1984. One is a Renegade .54, serial number 198959. The other is a .50 Hawken, serial number 343269. Any idea what the twist rate is on these? Thanks!
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    .50 loading jag that scribes RB the least?

    I have three .50 loading jags and I pressed them on three RBs. Each scribed the ball, all differently. Two left rings of different depth. The third, the one with the widest front radius flattened the ball on top, to the point that when it rolls and the flat spot ends up somewhere near bottom...
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    American Pioneer FFG granularity question

    The only FFG on the shelf around here was American Pioneer's Black powder replacement. It is of much larger grain size than the FFFG powders I have used previously, so much so that I cannot pour it out of the powder flask effectively. Is there some SAFE WAY to reduce the size of the grains, or...
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    ML shooting range etiquette?

    I've always done all of my ML target work at deer camp, but anticipate going to a local range in the near future. Please clue me in on what I need to do differently (if anything) as a ML shooter while there so as to be courteous to others, and safe. I can think of setting up on a downwind...
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    Patch thickness measuring question

    When measuring patch thickness what is the proper technique to get accurate thickness indications: How tight do you dial down on the micrometer? The reason I ask is that different people may get variation thickness readings on the same piece of fabric due to how tight they dial the adjusting...
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    Newbie question: lapping in a chromed barrel?

    Thanks in advance for reading this. I've searched quite a few threads already but cannot find one that deals with a chromed barrel. I've got a Cabela's/InvestArms Sporterized Hawken I bought new a few years ago. It has a chromed bore. Nearest I can tell from Invest Arms website it is their...
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    Howdy from deep in the Big Thicket

    Hello everyone. I've owned a muzzleloader for six or seven years now, and am finally getting the time to invest in learning how to shoot it well. I am semi-retired and have been hunting since the sixties. In the last couple of years I am just not as mad at those deer as I have been in the...
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