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    Back in the saddle again….

    Aint been around in a while, but i’m back. Just bought a flintlock that i need to work up a load for. Last time I was here, I got a book from an old timer who wrote it, about dialing in a ML charge. The cell phone I saved it on has long since gone to the big swimming hole in the sky and taken...
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    So what’s the difference...

    So what’s the difference between a trade rifle and a muzzleloading rifle? I understand the difference between a rifle and a musket I think... the rifle has rifling and the musket is a smoothbore, but what’s the difference then between a smoothbore musket and a Fowler?
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    American East Coast Guys

    My wife seen a Facebook post on the expected cicada 17yr plague expected to emerge over there this spring. I’ve never lived through something like that. What are you’re thoughts, concernes, experiences with those buggers?
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    Another idea I had...

    Always thinking about useing what I have, to modify into what I think I want. I’m thinking about modifying my 58 Remington army BP revolver, into a smoothbore revolver to load with shot, for grouse. Thought I’d run the idea by you guys for comment/critique/advice. On one hand I don’t think the...
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    Casting round balls

    Just cast my first batch of .535 round balls—and weighed them. I got : [email protected] 10@230gr [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] I’m useing an RCBS balance type powder scale, so rather than sliding the weights back and forth I set them and slid the 1gr weight and grouped them. I double checked my max...
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    Making soup stock

    Boiling up some soup bones like mom used to, but I forgot how to preserve the stock. We just butcherd a deer and threw the bones in a pot. I guess I kinda jumped the gun, shoulda figured out what I was going to do first. Thought I knew.
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    So I been thinking...

    So I been thinking... There are areas I hunt where deer seem to hang out, that are so brushy the farthest shot I’m likely to get in there is maybe 30yds. Seems to me a muzzleloader would be a great brush gun, ‘cept for the weight and length. So my DIY nature suggested to my practical nature to...
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    .54 CVA Mountain rifle

    i got a new lock for my rifle last spring and finally got a chance to try it out. Now my caps (CCI no.11) Fire reliably, but in order to get the gun to fire, every time, I had to pull the nipple and prime it w/black powder in the bolster. Didn’t used to have that issue unless my powder got wet (...
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    ‘58 Remington grips

    i have a ‘58 Remington .44 kit gun I built years ago when I was in high school. It has walnut grips that I finished with umpteen coats of linseed oil. Now the grips are looser than I remember them being, the screw runs through them further than it used to, and there’s a bit more slop. I suspect...
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    Smoked venison

    i just got a good smoker and have been playing with it with fish, but I’m looking foreword to hunting season, and smoking/jerking some venison. Any flavors that clash with venison? and what are some good woods to use? Got a couple apple trees in the back yard that need pruning so I’m looking...
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    12ga ball size

    why is a 12 ga ball mold .662” when the 12ga bore is .73”? That’s a patch .034” thick, or about.
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    Smoothbore accuracy

    what is good accuracy with a PRB in a smoothbore, and is there much difference between a musket and a shotgun shooting a PRB?
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    Checking my procedure

    i been doing some shooting lately, and at this point, it looks like 95 gr Goex FFg, .013” denim spit patch, .535 ball, is my best load, (with FFg, haven’t tried 3f yet). 5 gr above was a bit bigger group, at 50 yds, when I quit for the day. I’m thinking about lubing that patch material with...
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    Since Muzzleloaders can be loaded weak...

    has anyone “accidentally” found out how weak a load or small a powder charge, would be minimum and still take game? Someday it may be nessesary to keep it subsonic. Back in the Cold War days, it was one of my original reasons for getting a muzzleloader. I always planned on heavy lead, light...
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    Kids moving out..... eventually

    i got a couple kids that might actually move out in the next couple years. I’m thinking in terms of home defense.... or apartment defense, whatever the case may be. If they’re under the age of 21, they would be restricted from owning / possessing a pistol. What about a BP revolver? Since the...
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    Velocity chart

    anyone know of a velocity chart for different charges? Much like a CF reloading manual would have?
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    Rifle condition

    Was cleaning my rifle today and probly because of something I read on this site, I noticed a spot in my bbl, about 8” from the breech end, where my jag with patch on it slipped about an inch. Tried it a couple times, with a couple different patches (2x2, 30 cal cotton patches). Each time in the...
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    Practical corosivity of BP

    i know BP is corrosive. The sulfer in it becomes sulfuric acid when moistened by humidity, or liquid, and the caps used to be made with mercury fulminate, I don’t know about now. Practically speaking, we clean our rifles immediately after a target shooting session, then foul them before hunting...
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    Preparing for accuracy.

    Ok, so I did some cramming and jammin before the season, to get a load worked up, and at least I know my limits now. Got a few more days left to make mistakes and learn from them. (Cleaned and lubed my lock...duhh) After season, I’m gonna hit it as hard as I can and get me a good load worked...
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    CVA percussion lock interchangeability

    there are some different lock styles on eBay. I’m thinking about replacing my lock, as the fixes I had to do to get mine working included removing the half cock safety. The style of the lock I have is this:
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