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  1. CWKNOX

    Help with cast bullet sizing

    Thank you all for your insightful info
  2. CWKNOX

    Original cones vs new type

    new nipple small hole shoot that new nipple 100 time than look at the size of the hole. Are you familiar with plasma cutters?
  3. CWKNOX

    Home made caps

    I have no issue with the compound coming out or loose. I use 200 proof denatured alcohol and pack tightly after a 5 minute wait, dry in the oven for 20 minutes than mist with extra hold hair spray than back in oven for 5 minutes. Works for me, no misfires yet.
  4. CWKNOX

    Help with cast bullet sizing

    Thanks for your input. Will sizing over .501 make it difficult to push the bullet down the barrel?
  5. CWKNOX

    Help with cast bullet sizing

    Thanks I have an rcbs that will work for that. So, my question now is, when ordering a casting mold should I specify a .501 or slightly larger and size to .501?
  6. CWKNOX

    Glad I got a Cap making kit

    Made a board to hold 100 caps. caps sit flush to board and dry mixture is easily brushed into caps and 200 proof denatured alcohol eye dropper in. than packed with a match stick after a 5 minute wait. Than put in oven set at 170 degrees for 20 minutes. Out of the oven sprayed with a mist of...
  7. CWKNOX

    Is this pure Ballistol, moose milk, or other?

    I have used Ballistol for years to clean my firearms. I just discovered it works as a patch lube also.
  8. CWKNOX

    Help with cast bullet sizing

    This dark side is dragging me deeper down the rabbit hole. I now want to start casting bullets and was wondering what size sizing die dia. would you recommend for my T/C .50 cal.? at the muzzle it measures .501 on the lands and .512 in the groves. Accurate mold # 50-350E or 50-350 V is what I'm...
  9. CWKNOX

    shipping revolvers

    I ship from cali-woo and its always a tool
  10. CWKNOX

    Dry-Fire Nipple Saver Tip & Safe Loaded Carry option..

    It certainly can happen, I've been witness to two occasions, one no injury the other an elbow blown apart both from pistols sliding out of holsters carried on a shoulder after a day in the field.
  11. CWKNOX

    Everyone's thoughts about these rifles ?

    I was looking for a .50 cal and a friend suggested a T/C Hawken would be a very good starter gun. So the search begin and Track of the Wolf had one for $650.00. I almost pulled the trigger, than saw one out in idaho for under $400.00. My brother lived nearby and I had him take a look, he said it...
  12. CWKNOX

    Another rainy day

    So, what to do when the rain comes down and drops over 2' in a day? Kick back and make caps is one thing, and do research on muzzle loading techniques is what I did today. I want to thank IdahoRon and others for sharing there vast experience on this forum. I made a jig that holds 100 caps and is...
  13. CWKNOX

    Can't see sights

    you might try the Williams fire sight bead for a front sight. https://shop.williamsgunsight.com/ecommerce/p/beads--firesight--wide-widths-059083
  14. CWKNOX

    First Outing with T/C Hawken .50

    Good morning to all. There was a break in the rain here Saturday so I went out for my first time shooting a ML. I had make a batch of caps the previous week and secured some Hornady .490 balls and some 3F BP. I set up at 50 yds and and fired a couple rounds off just to get a feel for how it...
  15. CWKNOX

    Hello from Ohio!

    Welcome from So. Cal.
  16. CWKNOX

    FOR SALE .50 TC Renegade

    Where is the front sight?
  17. CWKNOX

    Lee REAL bullets

    i'm new to ML but have many years of shooting center fire in long range competition. every barrel is different just like fingerprints. both of those will have an accuracy with the right load development, one may shoot a tighter group. i have t/c hawken also and have only shot 3 prb out of it so...
  18. CWKNOX

    Making Caps

    yesterday was a rainy day here so i decided to make caps with the kit i received the day before. i made 100 caps and placed them in the oven for a quick dry, didn't want to wait 24 hrs to test them. they work extremely well. got the kit from dixie gun works. i also had an old box of Eley CB caps...
  19. CWKNOX

    Hello From North Carolina

    welcome I too am new. just receive my t/c hawken last week.
  20. CWKNOX

    Percussion caps

    I paid $21.50 for a tin two weeks ago while I was waiting for my rifle to come in. Yesterday I received my number 11 prime all kit. Today it was raining so I spent the day making 100 caps. I put them in the oven at 170° for approximately 45 minutes to dry them out so that I could test them...
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