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    Spitfire nipples

    Does anyone have experience with Spitfire nipples? Are they as good as hot shot? I am having trouble locating hot shot and flamethrower but plenty of places have Spitfires.
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    Unreliable ignition Traditions Hawken Percussion

    Picked up my Traditions .54 Hawken several months ago used but in good condition. I used the number 11 nipple it came with until it wore out. With this nipple I had good reliability. When it came time to switch I got a Traditions musket nipple with the correct thread. Reliability went to manure...
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    Channel Flash Rust

    I was using real black powder the other day for the first time. Up until then I have been using substitutes. Apparently my cleaning routine was inadequate for black powder. I encountered flash rust for the first time. I was able to get the barrel under control as well as the area under the...
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    Historical question regarding combat with muzzleloading rifles

    Something I have been pondering is how it they fought with rifles back in the day. I know from experience with my rifle I can get two maybe three shots without cleaning. One time I did an experiment to see how many shots I could fire without cleaning. By shot number three the barrel was so...
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    Pine Sented Bore Butter

    Does anyone else really love that fresh pine smell? I loved it so much bought one of those wax sent diffusers and melted pine bore butter in it to aromafy my gun room. The smell brings many memories. Anyway I am having a hard time finding my beloved pine sent . Has anyone else had this trouble?
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    Traditions Hawken Rusted Clean Out Screw

    Hello I recently picked up a .54 Traditions Hawken pawn shop special. It needed some TLC for some minimal rust. The one problem I have run into is that the clean out screw under the nipple is rusted shut. I have tried using as much force as I care to as I don't want to strip the screw creating...
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