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    Teach me about overpowder wads/cards

    Hi guys. My wife is asking about Christmas presents so that renewed my interest in finding a conical bullet to shoot out of my GPR. I posted a thread 2 years ago about it and never got around to buying some molds! I understand the rifling isn't designed for conicals so I might just be wasting...
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    Found some musket caps

    Well after reading the post about no.11 caps finally showing back up, I decided to call the gun shop here in town to see if they have any. They don't have any black powder stuff so I wasn't expecting them to have any. To my amazement they had a bunch of cans of RWS musket caps! He said they just...
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    Check your BP suppliers

    I traveled through the neighboring town yesterday for work, which happens to be the only town within 4 hours from me to get black powder. When I read that Goex was closing I bought there remaining 2 pounds. Just for fun I called to see if they had any. To my shock they did! He said his supplier...
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    Specific bullets for cold weather hunting?

    A friend and I are thinking of doing a late season Idaho elk hunt next year. My friend has a buddy who currently does this hunt, and mentioned he makes "special" bullets for when the weather gets below 20 degrees. He only uses them if it will be that cold. Is this a real thing? I don't know if...
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    My 2020 Oregon Mule deer

    I was lucky enough to put down a nice public land oregon buck in mid-October. I spotted him early on the second morning, and made a plan to get ahead of him as he headed towards where I thought he might be going to bed for the day. I dropped down off my glassing location, and got to where I...
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    Help picking a 54 conical mold

    Hey guys. Last year I worked up a great round ball load for my 54 GPR. This year I'm interested in trying conicals out of it to see how they shoot. I understand the rifling is designed for round ball, but from my research guys have gotten good accuracy with some conicals with the 1/60 rifling...
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    My 2019 oregon elk hunt

    This was my first year ever elk hunting with a muzzloader. I've been deer hunting with a muzzloader for 10 years and usually bowhunt elk, but decided to cash in my points for a muzzloader elk hunt. Knowing I would draw the tag, I spent the last 2 years developing a load, and practicing like...
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    Sling attachment

    I'm looking into adding a sling to my GPR. I have looked at a few slings that slide off/on, but don't think I can use the gun with it on since my front sight sits fairly low. I was thinking of replacing the screw on the bottom of my butt stock that holds the metal butt plate on with a sling...
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    Wind drift?

    I was out shooting my 54 at 100 yards today, getting it fine tuned for my elk hunt this fall. The wind was blowing from left to right 0-5 constant with gusts up to 10 (my best guess). My impacts were a consistent 6 inches right. I tried to shoot only when the wind was not blowing (not sure what...
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    Thoughts on my elk load?

    After a year of barrel break in and load testing, I'm close to settling on a load for my bull elk hunt this fall. Unless my next round or two of testing produces amazing results, the load I'm going to use in my 54 GPR is 85 grains of 3f, a 535 hand cast ball, and a ticking patch with 1:7 ratio...
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    Peep sight mounting height?

    I installed my lyman 57 sight on my GPR. I lined it up with my Buckhorn sight I took off, so hopefully it's close on paper. I noticed that when I line up the sights, my cheek doesn't make much contact with the stock. I would like to have much more of my cheek on the stock, like you would with a...
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    Round ball casting question.

    I'm just getting into casting my own round balls. Using a Lee 530 mold. I've got a Lee melting pot and have been ladle pouring. I've been using wheel weights (I know they aren't the best choice, but I'm experimenting with them them). They have been running anywhere from 218-220 grains, and have...
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    Making progress!

    Over the last couple months I've been in the process of breaking in my GPR barrel so I could start load developing for this year's hunting seasons. I have asked a few questions and gotten great help, so I thought I'd post about my progress. I posted about my patches being torn and ripped. The...
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    School me on jags!

    I've got a 54 GPR. I have two cleaning/loading jags for it. One is a lyman 54 caliber jag and the other I bought from TOW. Anyways there is a noticeable size difference between the two (diameter). The larger one is from TOW. Is it normal for jags to be such different sizes even though they are...
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    (Update) What do these patches mean?

    OK I got out again today so for those who helped in my last post here are the results today. First I changed my blade on my patch knife. My first 5 shots were with a .530 ball and the same 1:5 patch. The recovered patches are similar to the ones I recovered using the .535 balls. The next 5 were...
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    What do these patches mean?

    I got in a little shooting today. I decided to pick up a few used patches just to take a look at them. I only found a few but 4 of them were pretty nasty looking while the other 3 looked normal. The top 3 are the normal looking ones and the bottom 4 are the ones that I'm concerned about. For...
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    Lifespan of ballistol/water strips?

    what's your guys experience with ballistol/water strips dying out over time? I have some strips that are coming up on being one year old, and I can no longer feel or smell the oil. I keep them in a ziploc bag. I went shooting yesterday and my groups were considerably larger than normal. It could...
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    How does head on wind affect round balls?

    I went shooting yesterday and had a steady head wind of probably 15-20 mph. I was wondering what affect does head on wind Jane on a round ball? I ask because my groups at 100 yards were considerably larger than normal. I hadn't changed anything in my load. I myself felt very steady, though there...
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    Ballistol/water patch question.

    I am in the process of making some test strips in mixture of 6:1, and 8:1 water to ballistol. I mixed them together and made sure the mixture was thoroughly mixed before I soaked the strips. When I laid them out on the rack to dry, I noticed there were areas of the strips that looked different...
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    Lyman rear peep

    I'm looking at getting a Lyman adjustable rear peep for my GPR and wondered what your guys thoughts were on that sight? I also am looking at getting a new front sight to go with it and wondered what you recommended? This will be used for hunting only. Thanks
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