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  1. J

    Roundballs

    I put my round balls in a rock tumbler without medium and roll them for 1 hour. It really evens the surface on them. I got the rock tumbler at Harbor Freight. I am tumbling all am different calibers now. Jim :grin:
  2. J

    Round Ball Weights?

    I will borrow my Friends tumbler and try that. I have a 50 Cal. Half stock with an 1 1/8" GM Barrel I bought from Ohio weights about 15# and I built a 1" copper sight-er tube with saddles that set over the sights. Hopefully it will make for an enjoyable and accurate shooting gun. Jim
  3. J

    Round Ball Weights?

    I am looking at some scales for my needs. My Lee mold is .498 and depending on where you measure them run up to.500. I haven't shot any yet. We got some much snow you can't shoot for the snow drifts around here. I got hooked on Chunk guns at the Iowa Chunk Gun Shoot last year.
  4. J

    Round Ball Weights?

    The reason I am measuring in Grams is I am using a scale from where I work. I am going to do some Chunk gun shooting this year and want to reduce any bad balls I may have pourd in the batch. I make enough mistakes. Jim
  5. J

    Round Ball Weights?

    I have some .498 RB I ran and am sorting them by weight. For a match grade how close should they be in grams +- to keep them flying fairly close? Jim in SE Iowa
  6. J

    Zouave front sights loose

    I will try the silicone caulking and see if it causes some drag on the leafs. as they are right now they will fall forward or back as you put the gun up or lower it. Thanks for the idea! Jim in SE Iowa :D
  7. J

    Zouave front sights loose

    I guess I better fill in the blank about the sight. Yes it is the back leaf sight. The rifle was made by Zoli- C.Gardone. The leafs are held in with a screw. I don't see any worn metal on the parts. What do you think? Jim SE Iowa
  8. J

    Zouave front sights loose

    The front sights on my Zouave are loose and want to flip up or down when you don't want them to do it. What are some ways to tighten then up with out causing damage to them? Jim in SE Iowa
  9. J

    Dixie Tennessee Rifle

    I have a Dixie TMR with Flint and Cap locks. It is muzzle heavy but works well. I need to put better triggers in her and it would be fine for me. You could do worse with some other guns. :m2c:Jim :D
  10. J

    Zouave Shoots high right 6 inches

    I have replaced the standard front sight with a dove tail and taller front sight. I also removed some wood from the stock under the back barrel band. It was very tight and putting some down force on the back end. I took it out for to shoot. With a load of 60 g pyrodex rs and 570 ball and .020...
  11. J

    Zouave Shoots high right 6 inches

    The load and charge was one set up by some civil war shooters. I figure if I increase it it might really fly high. Jim in SE Iowa
  12. J

    Zouave Shoots high right 6 inches

    My 58 caliber Zouave shoots high and right 6 inches at 50 yards shooting 35 grains of 2 F and modern minneys bullets. Any idea on what needs to be done to the fixed sights to get it on center? Jim in SE Iowa
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