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  1. Paddywonka

    Parker-Hale serial number time again.

    Parker-Hale Musketoon 1861 Ser. No. 1668 Crossed Septors YB Parker-Hale 2 Band 1858 Ser. No.1858 Crossed Septors ZB
  2. Paddywonka

    Percussion V Flintlock?

    Not sure if I would call this hunting, seems more like shooting at sheep grazing in a field.Then watch them taking a nap, and resuming the hunt. O My, quite challenging that.
  3. Paddywonka

    Parker hale 1858 2 band

    Nice rifle, they are great shooters too. Cheers
  4. Paddywonka

    Am I the only one in the Great Lakes Region?

    Down here at the very southern tip of lake Michigan,Potawatomi Indian country. A lot Black powder muzzle loading shooting around here. My son & his friends are just getting into it after I let them set off a Harpers Ferry Pistol and a Parker Hale Enfield rifle on the 4th of July. Men in there...
  5. Paddywonka

    Ballistol

    He is a great source to watch someone who enjoys shooting guns, maybe not an expert but who of us is. Like you I mix 3 to 1 for cleaning, finishing with full strength for protecting & it goes pretty far. Buy it by the gallon from Wisemen Trading & Supply in Alabama. Goes for $91 a gallon...
  6. Paddywonka

    Ballistol

    Saw this shooter,s video a couple of years ago. Never heard of Ballistol before, now it is all I use for my Parker Hale 1861 & 1860 rifles, Harpers Ferry pistol, Lymann Deerstalker, Pedersolli .45 Pennsylvania flinter, 1891 Trapdoor, 4 cap & ball revolvers,& half a dozen other black powder...
  7. Paddywonka

    Fire sale

    My friends house burned down a couple of years ago. His entire collection of firearms, including 7 muzzle loaders were inside. Sick at the lost he checked with every gunsmith in the area,as well as most of the manufacturers, they all agreed "the firearms are no longer firearms, at best...
  8. Paddywonka

    what oil to use?

    Would never think of putting CLP in my cars crank case, so why put Mobil 1 Synthetic in my gun?
  9. Paddywonka

    Parker-Hale 1861 Enfield musketoon?

    David, On the Musketoon No 1668 under the barrel near the breach it has what appears to be two crossed flags? with the letters Y & B.
  10. Paddywonka

    coon fat for tallow?

    Learned so much from this post. Thought I had really discovered something when I went from Bore Butter to Old Trapper's MCM lube. Guess I have a lot to learn & try.
  11. Paddywonka

    Parker-Hale 1861 Enfield musketoon?

    My 1861 Ser.No. 1668 Musketoon came with all the original paper work, manual & Parker Hale's version of "Instruction of Musketry'' which shows the proper front blade in rear sight position. Otherwise would never of thought of moving the front blade in the V of the rear sight to match the range...
  12. Paddywonka

    Elmer Fudds Revenge

    Thanks, have a better chance of hitting that waskly wabbit now.
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