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  1. nick_1

    LePage fun and games

    I mostly shoot steel but i hung a piece of paper the other day. My first shot was one of the two in the bullseye, white circle. 25yrds off hand but two hand grip. my second shot was kind of loud and kicked a bit.. it was in the black circle to the left but Shure did look like two holes and...
  2. nick_1

    gun safes and cap and ball stories...

    came home from work friday and found this. office trashed dumb losers worked on the safe for awhile with a splitting maul, hatchet and ice ax. they broke the house door open with a splitting maul. not smart enough to grab an angle grinder out of the shop. missed an 1858 that was under my...
  3. nick_1

    2024 North east primitive Biathlon schedule?

    Does anyone have info on the 2024 primitive Biathlon schedule for the North east? Thanks, Nick
  4. nick_1

    Pedersoli woes....

    So this arrived yesterday. beautifully made pistol. too bad it doesn't work :( The set trigger lock is non functional. The way it came from the factory the set trigger was so light that it clicks off just by shaking the pistol or slapping it against your palm yet it wont actually drop the...
  5. nick_1

    Brasser Durability

    broke out the Bison yesterday. its been loaded without firing for two 1/2 weeks. I did have one missfire on the 2nd shot but that cylinder fired and scored a hit when I re capped it. despite the massive cylinder to cone gap I could not miss. notice how that gap seems wider at the top than...
  6. nick_1

    Pedersoli .44 Lepage casting?

    It seems like the Pedersoli .44 calls for .435 ball ? their mold with the handles is $200.00 Lee makes a .433 mold $39.00 with handles. anyone have any experience casting for the .44 Le page? Thanks.
  7. nick_1

    Bison dealbreaker

    So I got the Bison dialed in yesterday so that I could consistently hit 6" steel at 40 yrds. super happy with it. oiled it with baristol and put the real cleaning off for this evening. after the soap and hot water scrub I took it out in the shop and hit it really good with the air compressor...
  8. nick_1

    Pedersoli Le Page

    Has anyone had or have this pistol and how accurate was it?? thanks, Nick
  9. nick_1

    Track of the wolf capper

    Pros. Well made, sturdy. made in USA, The cappers nose holds the caps very securely and they cap easily. Cons. the cappers nose does not allow you to use all the caps effectively reducing the cappers capacity by at least 3 caps. and the BIG one. The side loading slot really Sucks. the caps...
  10. nick_1

    Cast or Swaged?

    When I first started competing with Muzzleloaders I thought I had to shoot swaged balls simply because they are more consistent and precise. Then I started casting my own roundballs and using them for practice. they seemed to work just fine. When competition came around I felt weird switching...
  11. nick_1

    My first pistol 1977

    I bought a kit very similar if not identical to this from an add in the back of Field and Stream when I was about13 yrs old. .44 cal smoothbore. Obviously not accurate. I don't think I knew enough to patch my ball? certainly did not know to lube the patch. I recall being able to hit a piece of...
  12. nick_1

    #11 caps and scams

    Why is it that every time I actually find #11 caps supposedly in stock it seems like the website selling them is super sketchy only accepting bit coin or some other weird payment method?
  13. nick_1

    Out of Round balls.

    My aluminum Lee .490 mold is casting out of round. I cleaned it as best that i could with wire brush. still when you hold it up to the light while holding it shut I can see light through the seam. the balls have a noticable seam around them. I promptly oredered a new mold but rather than toss...
  14. nick_1

    Bad CCI caps

    just opened a bad can of CCI caps. I had several cans in my last batch that the caps were a dull color. they all seemed to work fine so i didnt think much of it. this last can that i just opened the caps were dull color. looks like copper instead of brass. i was getting failure to ignite...
  15. nick_1

    OOPSIii ! what's your best/worst one.

    Couple days ago I seated two .490 round balls in my Trapper pistol. I suspected that i might have but it was seated tight and i figured two 147 grain round balls are not even as bad as one 370g maxi ball so i pulled the trigger. 25g of 777 3f. it kicked pretty hard and I missed the steel plate...
  16. nick_1

    old casting stuff

    friend of mine found a really cool old casting pot and ladle in a 200year old house he was demoing. the ladle was really big like soup pot big. The big rusty chunk of lead came out of the melting pot. you can see on top of it what came out of one of the ladels. big ladle. what would they have...
  17. nick_1

    Set trigger adjustment Safety

    This most recently happened with my trapper pistol but since set triggers are mostly a rifle thing I am posting here. I had a similar incident with my TC hawken a decade or so ago. I didn't have an AD with the hawken but it was close. I was teaching my lady friend Isa how to shoot my trapper...
  18. nick_1

    Do I really need to lube my balls?

    Is there noticeable reduced leading from lubeing your balls in cap and ball revolvers? or does it just make a mess and is harder to get clean at the end of the day? i am not concerned with chain fire as I had a fair amount of experience with that as a teenager and INMOP it comes from...
  19. nick_1

    casting question

    do any of you folks wear a vapor respirator/black filter OV when casting? I am heating up lead now and it ust occured to me that the last time I wore that rig was about two months ago when I had covid... its probobly safe to wear but No way i want to get that sick again! also don't want lead...
  20. nick_1

    cleaning question

    I have been shooting tripple seven in my pistol and rifle and its dead easy to clean the barrel but I get a really tough varnish build up around the nipple. any tricks to clean that off? Thanks
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