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    Accuracy of an 1861 Springfield

    So I had some local kids at the club shooting today on the rifle range and I brought out my 1861 Springfield to show them why the Civil War was so deadly. Both of these targets are shot from the sitting, supported position. I shot a .57 round ball with a lubed patch, 65 grains of 2fg powder at...
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    Made myself a revolver stand!

    So I had some extra and left over wood sitting around, I decided to make myself a loading stand for the range. I have a reproduction Remington New Model Army, so I made the stand just for it. No plans, just winged it. Any thoughts?
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    Cabelas in Hoffman Estates, IL

    The Cabelas in Hoffman Estates, IL just loaded up on B/P supplies. It has Remington #11 Caps, some off brand #10 caps, lots of pyrodex, 209, and 777 in stock. Still no real B/P, but just about everything else. They also have hornady swagged round balls now in .32 to .54 caliber. I picked up...
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    Rare Revolutionary War Flintlock Rifle

    I saw this rare flintlock rifle at a local Civil War Show this past weekend. The gun is going up for auction soon. The auction housemaid only a few of these are known to exist. They believe it was either a Colonial Soldier battlefield pick up or a British soldier deserter as the crown markings...
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    Range Report Veterans Arms 1740 Long Land Brown Bess

    Hi all, I took my new flintlock from Veterans Arms to the range today. I put 10 rounds through the smoothbore and I learned a lot, including the fact I have to learn much more about flintlocks. I had targets out about 50 yards, standard NMLRA targets. I put 4 shots on the paper of the 10, none...
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    British Table Musket

    This past weekend I attended a Revolutionary War re-enactment and they had a "British Table Musket" is what they called it. I've never heard of this type of firearm ever. It's a 100 caliber flintlock smoothbore. It is so heavy the soldiers carried it on a table with a hole in it. When they...
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    My New 1740 Brown Bess

    My new 1740 Model 1 Brown Bess came today. Quite a beauty! Made by Veterans Arms LLC.
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    Veterans Arms LLC

    Hi all, Does anyone have any insight into Veterans Arms? They seem to have stopped communicating with me and I am getting worried. They communicated well when I had questions, so I ordered the 1740 Long Land Brown Bess 3 weeks ago. They sent me an email 2 weeks ago with a proposed shipping...
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    Acceptable Lube for Minnie Ball

    I saw a thread in which it was said that one could use Crisco as lube for a minnie ball from a civil war reproduction rifled musket. Would this be accurate? The thread said to make sure you just put it around the minnie ball in the groves be careful to not get any on the bottom or around the...
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    New BP shooter question.

    Hi all, I recently purchased a reproduction 1861 Springfield and I am very much looking forward to shooting it someday soon. I am having some trouble, as I imagine many are, of finding powder and musket caps here in the Chicago land area. It would seem that we have a good supply of Pyrodex...
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    Hi from Northern Illinois

    Hi all. Longtime modern shooter and newbie black powder shooter here. I recently purchased a reproduction 1861 Springfield and I am looking forward to learning and shooting BP rifles. Thank you!
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