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  1. Dreamhawk

    Goex (again 😀 )

    I sure don't know about BP shortage because of Ukraine, but I do know that DOD is buying up all the black powder just like awhile back they were buying up all the .556 ammunition. Shoot, up until about 5 months ago, I was able to stroll into my favorite store (Mountain Man, Manitou Springs...
  2. Dreamhawk

    What is a Hawken?

    Yip There's Hawken rifles - made by Dan or family. Then there are Hawken style rifles. It's kinda like Bowie knives. If it's the true Bowie (very rare) it was made by James Black, the blacksmith that James Bowie had make his knife. But everybody and their sister make "Bowie" knives. Most don't...
  3. Dreamhawk

    Weaker first shot

    Something is crappin on your powder definitely. I've never used alcohol, but I run a couple dry patches down the bore, and in my cap locks , fire a couple caps to make sure all is clear. In my flinters, I run a couple dry patches down, then trickle about 10 grains of FFFFg into the bore, prime...
  4. Dreamhawk

    Field/Farm Use of Cap & Ball Revolver

    I carry a . 44 caliber Griswold & Gunnison all the time at home unless we're havin bear trouble. When I fire the G&G, I very carefully clean the fired cylinder and the carried empty cylinder, using great care to leave the unfired ones high and dry. I also clean the barrel assembly, and the rest...
  5. Dreamhawk

    Do you prefer 3F or 4F for priming ?

    That making "soup in the pan" is interesting! You must live in a very humid place! I'm here, high in the Colorado Rockies, and that has never been a problem. I've always used FFFFg, for nearly instantaneous fire. I dump and re-prime every morning when I'm out, but even at the range, I've never...
  6. Dreamhawk

    Need some help with handgun value

    YUP, I'd say Remington 1858 New Army Model. Value depends on who made it. Pietta made it, it'd go new for right around $360. Unless you buy from Cabela's, then it will be higher. Don't get me wrong, if you can't find something anywhere, Cabela's may have it. They just aren't the cheapest. My...
  7. Dreamhawk

    Lee REAL bullet lube issue

    Years ago (1970's) when I was playin with that stuff, I tried all of em that were on the market at the time (there were 3). I just couldn't get the tack drivin performance I wanted out of my Hawken rifle. I played with different loads, patches, mixin different amounts of time into my balls 😳😁...
  8. Dreamhawk

    I Hope To Meet With Lead Casting Folks

    And lead furnaces
  9. Dreamhawk

    Carrying pre lubed patches

    I use .10" precut patches for my .50 cal. I've soaked them in a 50/50 mix of beeswax & buffalo suet. I carry them in an old cap tin. Works really well. All I have to do is peel one off. And my .50 flintlock Tennessee Mountain Rifle is dead accurate using 90 grains of FFg and these patches. The...
  10. Dreamhawk

    I Hope To Meet With Lead Casting Folks

    S SIc em!
  11. Dreamhawk

    I Hope To Meet With Lead Casting Folks

    ... .... and iron breast plate
  12. Dreamhawk

    I Hope To Meet With Lead Casting Folks

    Gu Guess I was always laid back when casting. The heating process was always part of the "casting religion" since the days I cast in front of a campfire.
  13. Dreamhawk

    Favorite Muzzleloader sayings

    Muzzle loaders have muzzle odors!
  14. Dreamhawk

    I Hope To Meet With Lead Casting Folks

    I've used a ton of wheel weights over the 45+ years I've cast bullets for my Sharps .50/140, I've never had a problem. Steel floats up after the melt. I skim it and the cross off. Then skim the dross off one more time. I put. Small cube of soap in after the second skim, and mix it in good. Then...
  15. Dreamhawk

    Another mystery

    With my .50 caliber Hawken, I tried all sorts of combinations. Finally, I tried using a .10 muslin patch with a .490 round ball. It loaded fairly easy, so I expected a poor pattern, but it was closer than anything I had tried! Finally, I lubed with 50/50 beeswax and buffalo suet (from kidney...
  16. Dreamhawk

    New Member in Montana

    Welcome from the high country of Colorado! Beautiful country up there around Missoula! Colorado Trapper/Dreamhawk
  17. Dreamhawk

    New here from Colorado

    Welcome from another Coloradan! Colorado Trapper/Dreamhawk
  18. Dreamhawk

    How many use a .50cal for elk?

    I Have never used anything but a .50 cal for elk. I live in the high country in Colorado, have hunted with a muzzle loader since I was 16 (I'm now 64), am a purist (I'm a rare bird nowadays), so I've hunted with a flintlock Tennessee Mountain Rifle for the last 40 years, and have always shot...
  19. Dreamhawk

    Most Prevalent Calibers?

    I did contract work as a trapper/predator controller for Colorado Division of Wildlife (before they combined with Parks dept). I carried a .50 Hawken . Not because I had to, but because the rifle was a tack driver out past 200 yards loaded with .490 round ball, patched with a .010 patch coated...
  20. Dreamhawk

    Most Prevalent Calibers?

    Smoothbore is only very accurate to 50+|- yards. After that, many things come into play that you don't have to worry about with a rifle until >150 yards.
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