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  1. J

    Help getting started. Molds and loads. TC 50cal.

    Stepping up a caliber to the .54 T/C Hawken, and being a hunter of elk and moose with my rifle, Lyman's conical design (I don't have the mould in front of me as I write) from their combo mould that casts both a round ball and conical, that conical design is freakishly accurate with maximum...
  2. J

    Any conical lovers here.

    I bought my one and only muzzleloader, a T/C Hawkin .54 cal kit rifle, back about 1990 as a "why not try it" venture. I chose .54 as elk and moose are the primary pursuit here, with whitetails and mulies being incidentals while out hunting. My hunting rifles at the time were (and are) 30...
  3. J

    .45 vs .50 vs .54

    I've lived most of my life on the Continental Divide where, depending on which direction I went after leaving home, I could be hunting Bighorn sheep, Shiras moose, grumbly and black bears, elk, mulies and whitetails within about an hour at the most. I am a casual muzzlestuffer hunter compared...
  4. J

    '62 Po-po?

    Starting in 1974, I did 11 years in policing, back when it was a S&W Model 10 in .38 Special. Then a friend who went high speed full drag convinced me that jumping out of airplanes at night in the military, with far more and bigger guns than I would ever see in police work was the place for...
  5. J

    Virgin Thompson Center .54 Hawken

    That's my rifle, right there. Except I bought mine as a "put it together yourself" kit in the 1980's/early 1990's. Been trying to wear it out ever since. You DO know that if all you do is allow it to collect dust at your place, like the previous owner did, you're committing a crime against...
  6. J

    .36 caliber drop in barrel, interrupted...

    I don't know about monsters like that. After getting the specs for those .36 T/C conicals (.610" long), I went and played around with twist calculations. Depending on original Greenhills formula, or the newer versions with constants adjusted to provide better results when applied to modern...
  7. J

    Anyone have a T/C .36 conical mould? Measurements?

    Well, from elsewhere, THAT particular T/C mould: .361" base band .365" top band .610" length 133 grains Close enough to keep the prospective barrel maker happy. It is a LOT easier for me to fit the cast bullets to the barrel rather than to ask a barrel maker to change the barrel to fit some...
  8. J

    Anyone have a T/C .36 conical mould? Measurements?

    So I have two of these moulds and am in the hunt for a barrel to shoot them from: Not a lot of luck with a drop in barrel yet, but one barrelmaker said he might be able to do it in the future. He asked me for the diameter and length of the conical these moulds cast. As this project might...
  9. J

    .36 caliber drop in barrel, interrupted...

    Thank you; the gentleman there and I finally connected. The short story is he said they're so backed up with their bread and butter round ball barrels in the most popular calibers that he probably won't even be looking at other stuff until at least the new year. And so, contact him in January...
  10. J

    .36 caliber drop in barrel, interrupted...

    Thanks for the response. I use some of the Lee Shavers inserts in my Anshutz and Lee Enfield. I gather that rear aperture mounts using the existing screw holes? I wonder how accurately rear apertures would return to zero while being changed back and forth along with barrels. That sight of...
  11. J

    .36 caliber drop in barrel, interrupted...

    I took the time to watch your video. Well done and pretty impressive groups - did I miss the distance you shot them at? I assume 100 yards? You have some other videos I see that also look interesting - I will give them a look when I get the time. Thanks for taking the time and effort to...
  12. J

    .36 caliber drop in barrel, interrupted...

    That's interesting to know - Montana Gold is just down the road in Kalispell, and I have about 5,000 of their 148 gr. HBWC still sitting under my reloading bench. It would have never even have occurred to me to try that. Thanks for sharing! I have contacted Rice about such a barrel, and I'm...
  13. J

    .36 caliber drop in barrel, interrupted...

    I put 30 years into the jumping out of airplanes biz in the military. I think I might be okay with a rifle that weighs well less than half as much as humping a machine gun or some of the other toys they gave us to walk around with. I'm also not shy about carrying it with a sling. As for...
  14. J

    .36 caliber drop in barrel, interrupted...

    So I was in the process of getting a .36 caliber drop in barrel for my .54 cal T/C Hawken many moons ago, as I had decided that .54 for thumping gophers and bunnies around the place was a bit much. Awesome caliber for hunting our local elk and moose... not so much for hunting gophers. I had the...
  15. J

    Thank-you to Walks Alone

    So... a big public thanks to Walks Alone. I was looking for a couple of maxi-balls to measure up for a mould maker. He not only did that, but he took the time to pick what he had over for some good samples, and sent enough for a full day at the range to boot. A was expecting two or three in...
  16. J

    .36 cal drop-in barrel for T/C Hawkin?

    Oh, VERY NICE, walkman. See Swampy, isn't that rifle a thing of beauty for bumping off unsuspecting sod poodles, starlings, etc? I never even thought of a scope on it. hmmmmm... nah... make it too much like my centerfire rifles. I'll stick with the peek 'n squint method. The whole idea is...
  17. J

    .36 cal drop-in barrel for T/C Hawkin?

    Ah... well, fair enough questions there, Swampy. The main reason is I just discovered one of the guys I work with has a ton of .36 caliber moulds and other related stuff. Which instantly solves the issue of moulds if I were to stick to the original .32 plan. And the small caliber is because...
  18. J

    Shooting Smokeless In A Green Mountain Barrel

    Well, you look like you live pretty close to me. If I do decide to follow through on this and come up with useable results with pressure levels everyone can agree are safe - do I get to keep your guns? We call an outcome where I come up with nothing useable but don't get a scratch on me a...
  19. J

    Shooting Smokeless In A Green Mountain Barrel

    Well, it is a percussion ignited muzzleloader, not an inline or centerfire, and it does involve shooting a patched ball rather than a sabot or something different, and I did see discussions of other powders other than true black powder. However, I see your point. It wouldn't be traditional...
  20. J

    Shooting Smokeless In A Green Mountain Barrel

    I very much agree that John's bringing up the subject of burning characteristics is particularly important. The hole in the nipple certainly is a consideration - in your experience, do you think as an "escape route" it is significantly worse than the gap in a center fire resolver between...
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