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  1. Ed C.

    Teflon as a patch lube?

    I met a man at the range yesterday who was very accomplished in big bore long range (200-300 yard) bench shooting. His loading procedure was to spray patch material with teflon, let it dry. Use the thickest patches possible. Use the largest load possible to the point where the gun is throwing...
  2. Ed C.

    Shootout..Beauty vs The Beast

    Had a shootout today between my new super duper SS target model '58 Remington and my old trusty '47 Walker. Looks like I could have saved some money. But then in offhand shooting all the guns shoot better than me.
  3. Ed C.

    Shooting in the rain

    I tried to research this and find conflicting reports so I'm going right to people with firsthand experience here. In shooting a .50 cal Hawken 50 or 100 yards how much effect does a light to moderate rain have on accuracy? Normally I wouldn't be shooting in the rain but this weekends match...
  4. Ed C.

    New '58 Rem S/S Target-kinda disappointed

    The devil made me do it! Impulse buy. While browsing around at about 1AM I came across target models of the '58 Remington with adjustable sights and thought how nice it would be to just adjust the sights on a BP revolver rather than replacing sights, filing and all the fussing you have to do to...
  5. Ed C.

    1851 is getting ugly

    My 1851 Navy (Pietta) has been a pretty accurate pistol but lately the groups have been starting to open up so I took it out and bench tested it today. It was terrible! No grouping at all. Bullets going everywhere. Left and right. All low. Off hand shooting strangely was a little better but not...
  6. Ed C.

    Do you adjust your load or POA for distance?

    I have a .50 cal Investarms Hawken that shoots very well at 25 and 50 yards with 60 grains of FFFg. At 100 yards it is about 6-7" low. I don't want to be adjusting the sights and by aiming high I can't see the target anymore so it becomes a guessing game. I did try to research this on the forum...
  7. Ed C.

    Ease and accuracy of shooting. 1851 Navy vs 1858 Remington. Thoughts?

    I've had both these guns for 2 or 3 years now and have done some tuning and parts replacement on the 1851 (Pietta). Sights, hammer, bolt spring, adjust mainspring, replace nipples, and install action shield. The Uberti 1858 has been good right out of the box. Replaced nipples on it. Both guns...
  8. Ed C.

    Can brass bore guides cause damage?

    This is kinda in the dumb question category. We hear about fiberglass ramrods damaging barrels, delrin rods are ok, but dirty delrin rods are not, wood can pick up dirt, steel for sure is bad unless using a bore guide. So my question is can any damage happen from using a brass bore guide at the...
  9. Ed C.

    Advice on a test load.

    I'm cleaning this .50 cal. Traditions up for a friend. It belonged to his grandfather who took pretty good care of it when he was alive. The bore started to rust due to neglect after his death. Using PB Blaster and scotch pads it now looks pretty good. Cleaned the trigger and lock assemblies and...
  10. Ed C.

    One thing leads to another.

    On my Pietta 1851 Navy I increased the tension of the bolt tail spring against the hammer to help prevent it from slipping off to the side of the cam and cutting it. Evidently that slowed down the hammer drop as I started to get one or two caps not going off on the first hit each cylinder. So I...
  11. Ed C.

    Action shield

    So as to not highjack the oven thread I'm posting this one. On suggestion from Mike, 45D, and others, I decided to install an action shield on a defective hammer I had on hand for a trial run. Rather than drill the hammer I wanted to slot and solder the shield in place. It was easy, using a...
  12. Ed C.

    Is this rare? Dart 1858 Remington replica

    My daughter inherited this gun from her Dad's estate several years ago not knowing what it was. I told her to bring it over and lets take a look at it. It is a Dart 1858 Remington replica. From what I can gather these were imported by EXCAM, a Hialeah, FL. based company that stopped imports in...
  13. Ed C.

    Some FYI on CCI lot numbers

    Looking over some very dark discolored # 11 CCI caps I just received I was curious as to when they were manufactured. Here is what I learned about reading the lot #: The first letter is the month, A=Jan., skipping the letter I. The next two numbers is the day of the month. The next letter is...
  14. Ed C.

    Help. Scared. What to do.?

    I recently purchased a "new" Investarms Hawken from Dixie Gun and the barrel had a date stamp of 2017. I thought that was strange at the time but the barrel looked fine. Now I have come across this post from mmull56, "Lyman GPR's are no longer available from Lyman and this has sparked a lot...
  15. Ed C.

    Everything new needs fixing?

    I got my .50 cal. bore light in the mail yesterday. It wouldn't light up. Battery was OK. I cleaned up the contact points on the battery and on the tiny printed circuit board that holds the miniature light. I got it to light but now every time I'd slide it down the barrel (even gently at an...
  16. Ed C.

    Ever shoot a stuck ball...what happened?

    It didn't take me long being lazy and not swabbing the barrel often enough between shots to get a ball stuck halfway down the barrel. The delrin ramrod was too flexible to move the ball even with a "T" handle and hammering. I figured I'd break the hickory rod so I didn't even try using it. No...
  17. Ed C.

    Olde Turkey Track?

    I know we just had a long thread on patch lubes but I don't remember any mention of a solvent from Taylors called Olde Turkey Track Black Powder Solvent. It was listed as a solvent and patch lube. I was getting some parts from Taylors and figured I'd try some of this but the bottle I got does...
  18. Ed C.

    How to prevent this?

    This is the cam or pin that the tail of the bolt rides on located on the hammer of my 1851 Navy. The spring end of the bolt has cut it away to the point where the bolt would sometimes not disengage the cylinder at half cock. I probably have about 150-200 rounds fired. After each use the gun was...
  19. Ed C.

    Will I have to fit a new hammer and bolt?

    After less than 200 rounds the bolt and cam on the hammer are worn to the point where the bolt just skips past dropping down at half cock on my Pietta 1851 Navy. I have the parts on order and my question is will I have to do any filing or polishing to get the timing right on the gun?
  20. Ed C.

    OP wads and load 'n clean, same stroke.

    I am brand new to percussion ML rifles and between this forum and experimenting I am trying to find my way. Being that the wads I made for my revolvers (1/8 durofelt soaked in a 1:1 beeswax/olive oil mix) worked so well I thought I'd start out using them in the .50 cal. Hawken. Mistake. Should...
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