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    Brown Bess Ready for Action

    I do not see a reason (in the future) to make cartridges just to hold the ball. Instead of vials of remeasured powder, make real cartridges with ball and powder... You do not need to grease them. Regular copy paper works very well.
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    Smoothbore rate of twist?

    Geez, I thought this was common knowledge: Smoothbores have no "rate of twist", which is something imparted by rifling. Does that mean the ball is not rotating? or Spinning? or turn? NO. The ball MIGHT and depending on how it is loaded. For instance, in a loose, military load in a Brown...
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    Blunderbuss- Middlesex or Veterans or ????

    The "India" guns are actually Pakistani. From what I have heard, they are safe- but quality of the locks and fit varies. I would not buy any without seeing it in person first, so I could check it out. Nor would I consider the company that sells fully complete, fully functional but non-firing...
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    How Much Powder Is Too Much

    I have a T/C renegade in 54 cal, and T/C recommended no more than 120 grains of FF I have used RB and maxi hunters conicals on deer, and gotten pass thru with both. I always used 100 grains of ff. BP will not necessarily give better speed with more powder- and the maximum accuracy load will...
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