• This community needs YOUR help today. We rely 100% on Supporting Memberships to fund our efforts. With the ever increasing fees of everything, we need help. We need more Supporting Members, today. Please invest back into this community. I will ship a few decals too in addition to all the account perks you get.



    Sign up here: https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/account/upgrades
  • Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.

    We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.

    Use this link to sign up please; https://membership.nra.org/recruiters/join/XR045103

Search results

the hawken shop
muzzle loading side side shotguns
Muzzleloading Forum

Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. RicM

    SOLD Springfield Musket

    You may be correct regarding the stock being from a Trapdoor, but everything else looks good. I see a diamond in the ruff, still worth the asking price. My 1864 was in similar condition and with a lot of TLC cleaning with nonabrasive cleaners and brushes I got mine looking in great shape and she...
  2. RicM

    Bum shoulder, help me

    THats a tough one. about 5 years back while cutting logs I over extended my right arm while putting a heavy log down and injured my rotator cuff to the extent I couldn't even lift my arm up above my head let alone reach into my back pocket. Exray should nothing and was going to for an MRI, Dr...
  3. RicM

    GET OFF YOUR BACKSIDES

    Hunt n Peck when Im between a plan to attend any gun show. Well in socialist NYS & Jersey forget them wont waste my time. Guns are air soft rifles and pocket knives fishing and loads of camping stuff maybe a few shotguns. So being an hour from PA and soon to be living there, all the gun shows...
  4. RicM

    Hi from Down Under

    Welcome from NYS
  5. RicM

    To cool

    Very cool find!!!! Here is an update with a caption that fits Americans to a T when fighting for freedom
  6. RicM

    How old are ya?

    I'm 64 always was a small collector of War Time rifles and had a few when I was in my early 50's. Then started playing with muzzleloaders during the Covid manure. Had an old 410 ball ML long gun got a few years prior the plandemic in a thrift store for $80 its called a Monkey Gun. Was bored out...
  7. RicM

    1861 US Springfield ?

    Great project rifle to restore as a shooter. If you havent already done so carefully remove the butt plate, sometimes though rarely an original owner left information hidden there. Like the above post try those places and his advice.
  8. RicM

    Brown Bess Ready for Action

    Sometimes doing something you love is the best medicine of all. Enjoy every moment when out with your BB. Wishing you all the best, so get out there and enjoy what you love to do!!
  9. RicM

    Brown Bess: I gots me some questions...

    Thanks!! Great advice, will do what you suggested
  10. RicM

    Brown Bess: I gots me some questions...

    I bought my Pedesoli spring 2022, used in the box w/all the paperwork never fired, the owner a reanactor bought it a while back as a spare, decided to let it go thru referrals for $1,200 with a soft case too. The photo below is the muzzle when I bought it, does look like a steel liner. Anyway I...
  11. RicM

    Stuck Nipple

    I have an original 1854 Aston/Johnson single .54 cal ball shot pistol thats in excellent shape but the nipple while still in good form is forever stuck, I tried soaking the barrel in "you name it I used it" even for two days. Tried heat too. Finally gave up, cleaned it and made sure there is...
  12. RicM

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Cool video Dale!!
  13. RicM

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Here is a regular speed on the third shot lag time was almost nil shooting unsupported . Its one heck of a cold day today, but well worth the fun. All total shot her 12 times had to wipe the barrel after the 6th round. Shot at only 50 yards, its only my third time shooting it, gotta start off...
  14. RicM

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Today decided to take out the Pedesoli Brown Bess for a few rounds along with my Krag Jorgensen and of course the out door range temp was in single digits. The Bess at first was showing a long lag time from pan to ignition. I was using 4F in the pan and 2F for ignition. I did shoot supported...
  15. RicM

    REALLY DIRTY bore!!!

    I know this is a BP Muzzle loading site, but a barrel is a barrel. I acquired a few years back a Great Plains Indian Tac Trapdoor 45-70 carbine. It hasn't been cleaned or shot for eons and was told it was a wall hanger because the barrel was severely clogged with BP crud over decades, the rest...
  16. RicM

    Safety inspections

    Pietro you nailed it👍. Ive done the same. Also a bore scope will help too. I went one step further on one small PC .410 ball rifle that I just wasn’t 100% on yet. I mounted it in a wood vise, the old string on the trigger routine with a light blank load and took cover. All was good.
  17. RicM

    Original 1863 Springfield Musket

    Hawkeye2 is correct. No serial numbers on any of them. Can you get some closer shots of it, your 1863 is a gem!! Barrel bans look like screwed not spring loaded. My 1864 which is sometimes called a 1863 Type 2 is 100% original, here are some points to check on yours which is a real gem in...
  18. RicM

    Renaissance Wax

    I have it too! Its the best!! A bit pricey but its well worth it!!
  19. RicM

    Any Info On Cannon Mounted on Bicycle

    I still wouldn't mind having something close or like that. Heck that would go right on my front yard for display until I get the balls enough to try a extremely light blank load for the heck of it lololol
  20. RicM

    Cleaning products

    I agree what was posted earlier. It first depends where and how they are stored. Next is how often are they used. With me all my firearms are in constant room temperature low to no humidity. Every so often I’ll take one out for inspection and light cleaning read up on it, admire it. Then the...
Back
Top