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    Dry Lubed patching ?

    Like many, I use the Dutch Schoultz ballistol and water method for patch lube. I have 2 questions that I'd like to hear some feedback on. 1. Once treated and dry, how long should a strip last? I keep treated strips in either pill bottles or zip lock bags. I'm guessing the ballistol, an oil...
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    Neck knives

    Ive seen folks carry their small patch knives in a small sheath around their necks. Ive seen others carry bigger knives in beautiful quill sheaths around their necks too. Are "neck knives" historically accurate?" I'm thinking about getting a small patch knives and carrying it that way. I have a...
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    Powder charge question

    With my .50 flintlock, I've worked up "the load" for it and generally charge it the exact same way everytime, regardless of whether in fun shooting, hunting, etc. I use 80gr of 2f Swiss. So, given the powder shortage, if im just shooting for fun offhand at 25-50yds, I'm guessing I can use less...
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    How much powder do you keep?

    Not wanting to make this a too personal question, let's break it down..... A) 1 to 5 lbs B) 5 to 15 lbs C) more than 15 lbs My answer is B. While I keep MUCH more actual non-BP ammunition, I've always been leery of keeping TOO much black powder. I store it in its original plastic container in...
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    Dry lubed patches

    I use the Dutch method of patch lube. Ballistol and water 6 or 7:1, soak the strips of cotton fabric, lay them flat to dry, once dry roll them up. I store them in a ziplock bag inside another ziplock bag. My question...do they have a "shelf life?" Theoretically, the water has been evaporated...
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    Need help, flash hole liner stuck!

    Went shooting today, shot well! Me and my brother got to talking on the range, and I dryballed it. I take tge lock off, go to take the liner out and its stuck! I didnt push the 8ssue, got 3-4 gr 4f thru the touch hole, shot tge ball out, kept shooting. Im home, getting ready to clean tge gun...
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    1795 Springfield

    My son and I are both into black powder. We have 6 traditional BP guns between us, and 2 inlines(that collect dust). He's currently at Ft. Benning, GA about halfway thru Army Infantry training(done with Basic Training, 3 weeks into Infantry school). He wants, for his next BP gun to be a 1795...
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    Flash hole liner question

    My rifle has one, it works, great ignition, nothing wrong with it. I was placing an order for some stuff and decided to get a new one/spare one, just in case. The threads are correct, it screws right in. But its noticeably longer than the original(which I dont know is THE original since I got...
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    Spent/shot patches

    I've read here that you can tell a lot about what's going on with your gun by looking at your fired patches. I recovered a bunch after shooting yesterday. The patching is 100% white cotton, I measured it .014 with a micrometer purchased from Joann Fabrics. Its drylubed with a 7:1 mix of...
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    What group size makes you happy?

    Was a nice day, I was off, so I hit the range to burn some powder. I've been working the Dutch Schoultz method, had 2 different loads I've narrowed it down to, took them both to shoot three 5 shot groups each to see which came out on top. The winner was: 80gr 2f Swiss powder, .495 ball, and some...
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    New front sight???(Zoli Zouave)

    My son has a Zoli Zouave rifle from the 1980s(Navy Arms). It shoots way high at 25 and 50yds. He filed the rear sight notch down some, no help. He got the gun used, and it looks like the front sight has been filed on before. With Minie balls, it's like a foot high at 50yds! But it groups great...
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    Avg # of shots per flint

    My gun takes small flints, the 5/8" × 3/4" ones. I prefer the black English flints to the French Amber flintd. Tried both, black Englisg seem to spark a little better. My lock sparks GREAT with a new flint. I shot the gun today at a blanket shoot, took 40 shots which for me is a lot. Pretty...
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    Best cap and ball revolver under $500?

    Less $$$ would be nice($3-400). My so is interested in one. Wants stout and reliable, .44 cal. I'm guessing Pietta or Uberti, but are there any other halfway decent ones?
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    Best inexpensive BP pistol

    Title says it, I'm gonna start looking for one. I dont want to build a kit, but am not opposed to a kit built gun. My only hard and fast requirements are that it be .50cal and rifled. I'd like it to "kinda match/go with" either my Hawken percussion or my TN Mtn flintlock longrifle. Not too long...
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    Seized nipple, any removal tricks?

    My son just bought a Navy Arms, Antonio Zoli built .58 cal Zouave rifle. It has an AC date code; he thinks it's a 1973 gun. Its percussion nipple will not come out! It's the skinny one; the gun came with the larger one for musket caps too. So far, a nipple wrench and PB Blaster and a Vise Grips...
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    Burnt some powder today

    Had some range time today. I'm still working up "the load" for my old. 50 cal flintlock Dixie TN Mtn rifle. Today I shot 2 powders, three patch lubes. I shot 9 three shot groups: 70gr 2f Swiss, 80gr 2f Swiss and 70gr 3f Swiss powder. Pillow ticking patches lubed with mink oil, Mr Flintlocks...
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    What to buy next???

    My son and I were both bitten hard by the blackpowder bug a couple years ago, and have been building a little collection of BP guns. So far, we have: -2 scoped CVA inlines -I have a .50cal percussion Hawken -I have a .50cal flintlock TN Mtn rifle -He has a handbuilt .54cal flintlock KY rifle...
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    Pillow ticking

    Last year, before we REALLY started getting into traditional muzzleloading, me and my son bought a bunch of good pillow ticking for patch material off Amazon.com. Like, YEARS worth. Its quality, 100% cotton made by Santee Printworks. Thing is, I dont know the thickness. I reached out to them...
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    Gonna give it a try this season!

    I've been deer hunting for @15 years. I've killed deer with a .30-06, 12ga slug, my Hoyt compound bow and my CVA inline, but never with a traditional ML. Ive been bitten by the blackpowder bug and over the last couple years and now also have a Hawken percussion and a flintlock TN mountain rifle...
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    Finding your rifle's "favorite load?"

    How do you guys do it? Heres my plan. Gonna shoot off a bench, as consistently and as controlled as possible. Gonna swab between shots. I'll be shooting .490 balls with .015 pillow ticking patches. I plan on using both 2F and 3F Swiss powder, with 4F Swiss to prime. Gun is a Dixie TN Mtn...
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