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  1. 1BadDart

    A little more shooting

    Today was another unusually warm day with high humidity. After helping my boss (wife) with some honey do's (shampooing the carpet) I was free do as I pleased. A couple days ago I started a thread on my experiences shooting Schutzen 3F and Swiss 3F off handed. The rifle had been zeroed off a...
  2. 1BadDart

    A little shooting today

    I haven't shot my muzzleloader well over a month, been shooting air guns indoors instead. The weather hasn't been good, snow and bitter cold for a week or so. The last few days we've had a nice warm up, so today I got my .40 out and shot a little. The rifle was built for 25 yard offhand...
  3. 1BadDart

    Pistol bullets in a muzzleloader?

    I asked this in the "everything .40 caliber" thread but didn't get any responses, so I'll ask again. Has anyone ever shot hollow base pistol bullets in a .40 caliber rifle? I have a bunch of Berrys hollow base, .40 caliber (.401") copper washed lead bullets that I load for my (modern) pistols.
  4. 1BadDart

    My crude little flint wallet

    I'd been rubbing on an idea for a simple flint wallet and came up with this. I did change it a little mid stream. With the little ball bag I made a while back.
  5. 1BadDart

    Flint question

    Does oil affect flint?
  6. 1BadDart

    New to me casting equipment

    A couple months ago my 86 yo Uncle stopped by to pick up a little project I'd worked on for him. I had just finished cleaning my muzzleloader and was putting my stuff away when he arrived. He looked my rifle over and asking a few questions. He picked up a box of balls and I explained that I had...
  7. 1BadDart

    Light loads

    After reading here about some folks shooting light loads, I decided to try some in my .40. It was a beautiful day here today, so I got everything out and set up the shooting bench. The rifle I built earlier this year, .40 caliber, 42" straight 7/8" Rice barrel, large Siler percussion with a...
  8. 1BadDart

    My Little Ball Bag

    I'd been rubbing around on the idea of making a ball bag for a bit now, so I did. It's not very big, my balls aren't large, not small either, .40 caliber, so kind of middle size. Since I have smaller balls I made a smaller bag, I'm guessing it'll hold 150 or so. It doesn't follow any period, so...
  9. 1BadDart

    Graf's has Schuetzen

    https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/category/categoryId/3501
  10. 1BadDart

    Load development today

    I've been working with my .40 Virginia build and was having issues with holes in the patches, a thicker patch cured that. Since the load I was shooting, 45gr of FFF was worked up with the thin patch. Today I set the bench up and went through load testing again. The rifle was built to shoot...
  11. 1BadDart

    Question for offhand match shooters

    I've been practicing for this falls 25 yard offhand matches with my recently built .40 caliber Virginia rifle. The rifle is 9.5lbs and has a 42" straight 7/8" Rice barrel. The balance point is 27" forward from the butt plate, about 4-4 1/2" in front of my offhand. The rifle is a little more...
  12. 1BadDart

    Success!!!! (caps)

    This AM I had to take my sister to have eye surgery. The surgery was supposed to take an hour to an hour and a half, so I ran a few errands while I was in town. Since I was close, I stopped in the wal-mart on that side of town to see if they had any caps, they didn't last week. Well, this time...
  13. 1BadDart

    WANTED WTB, .390" round balls

    I'm working on loads for my recently built .40 rifle and would like to buy 15-20 .390" lead round balls. If anyone has a few they'd sell, please PM me here. Thanks, Justin
  14. 1BadDart

    Questions for the guys that can "shoot all day" without swabbing

    I didn't want to muck up Troopers thread in flintlock rifles, "swabbing between shots", so I thought I'd start a new thread here. What patch lube are you using? Bore and ball diameter, patch thickness? Some may have seen my .40 build thread a couple months ago. The rifle is purpose built for...
  15. 1BadDart

    Pillow ticking patch material?

    Wash or not to wash? I picked up half a yard today, my muzzleloader mentor says not to wash it, says washing loosens up the threads. Most of what I've read says to wash and dry it, that it will wash the sizing out and tighten the threads. Maybe I'll do half and half and check the results...
  16. 1BadDart

    Lead too hot?

    I've had a couple ball pouring secessions, the first went well, for my first time pouring balls anyway, but the second things went down hill. I'm using a Lee 10# bottom pour hot pot, a six cavity .395" Lee roundball mold and lead from sail boat keel weights, no thermometer. The lead was made...
  17. 1BadDart

    A little preparation to pour some balls

    Today I melted and poured about 60# of ingots, still have about 100# to go.
  18. 1BadDart

    Weighing (lead) balls

    I started last night and finished this AM, almost 2 1/2 boxes of Hornady .395". I used two sets of older Ohaus made beam scales, one being a Lyman D5 and the other a three poise RCBS 505. The scales were zeroed with 93 grains of test weights. The balls were segregated, <93.1, 93.1, 93.2, 93.3...
  19. 1BadDart

    Long Rifle Cases

    I'm looking for a good case for my rifle. Has anyone used a musket case from Unique Cases? If you have, how much padding is in them. The matches I'll be attending are about a 1 1/2 hour drive and I don't want my rifle getting beat up. I'm not interested in anything that isn't well padded...
  20. 1BadDart

    Load development?

    I've built a .40 Virginia rifle for 25 yard offhand matches and need to work up an accurate load combination. What's you load development process? Thanks, Justin
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