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  1. Dr5x

    DELAYED SHOT EXPERIMENTFOR

    FOR SOME UNKNOWNED The question ofmy Dry Lubrication has always been questioned with a Yabut Ya it works great but how would it work if the gun were loaded during hunting season but not fire for a few days before Bambi came along as a target. Well Dave K and I have conducted an experiment...
  2. Dr5x

    COACHING

    Coaching A lot of people seem to have all things connected trifles. pistols and the whole smokey world of those things confused with masculinity. This is. of course. ridiculous but there it is. So if you see someone struggling with his new smudge creating smoke pole do not come at them as though...
  3. Dr5x

    FIRST MUZZLELOADERFirst

    First Muzzleloader You just bought it. Didn't seem right at first. There was no way to insert a cartridge but then the guys at the range had told you about all the rigamarole that these old style rifles required about putting in powder and then wrapping the lead ball with a pice of cloth...
  4. Dr5x

    Pedersoli using Cekote

    A recent Subscriber bought a Pedersoli flintlock that was coated with ceramic coating called Cekote which the manufacturer claims d--m near permanent. Has anyone out there run into this product? Is it some sort of permanent bluing? I never liked bluing on an antique style rifle as it is like...
  5. Dr5x

    South African Muzzleloading

    No black powder IS IMPORTED INTO S. AFRICA So the good folks there are making their own which they say needs additional work but is still good enough to use. My correspondent says his town only has a 10 member groups. They are really at rock bottom. If the anti gun party takes over here we won't...
  6. Dr5x

    THROWING KNIVES

    THROWING KNIVES A few days ago Zonie's inquired about information about throwing knives. My son hand forges them from quality steel for the not so kindred spot of throwing knife competition. He sent me a picture of a bunch of red practice knives and one finished one. They are 12 inches long and...
  7. Dr5x

    GAME WARDENS

    GAME WARDENS I recently had a subscriber who I am pretty sure was a game warden. This got me thinkinking about the Good Old Days when if you wanted a snack you didn't have to aim or anything difficult like that. You just fired whatever you had straight up and a rain of dead and dying passenger...
  8. Dr5x

    THE INVISIBLE ENEMY

    THE INVISIBLE ENEMY This is a tough one to explain because it's invisible.You can see its effect when it shakes and swayed the trees but you can't see its effect on a ball you fired until it shows up on the target away from the point of aim having been moved to the right or left in the direction...
  9. Dr5x

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? I am continually greeted with the moans sadness of these Old eyes caused by the cataracts that form like a hazy curtain over the front of a persons's eyes progressively dimming both the near and far views of all things and in particular the view of the distant target...
  10. Dr5x

    A COMMON PROBLEM

    A COMMON PROBLEM I have so many instances of good guys coming to me for advice on what size ball to use with a new rifle and I have come to think of it as the Half Caliber Question You have a .50 rifle and the choice of the 490 ball or the .495 ball, or the choice of .53 ball and the .535 ball...
  11. Dr5x

    BALL WEIGHTS

    WHAT IS THE IDEAL WEIGHT OF A .490 LEAD BALL SWAG?ED? WHAT IS THE IDEAL WEIGHT OF A .490 CAST BALL WITH SPRU? WHAT IS THE IDEAL WEIGHT OF A .495LEAD BALL SWAG?ED? WHAT IS THE IDEAL WEIGHT OF A .495 CAST BALL WITH SPRU? I'm doing some math and all my static information was put aside and lost...
  12. Dr5x

    THESE OLD EYES

    THESE OLD EYES As so many of us seem to be feeding at the Social Security trough it would appear that as a group we are getting older on a daily basis.The second thing to go is usually your eyes.. Shooting over open sights is a skill hard to achieve for many but easy to lose as the calendars...
  13. Dr5x

    A CONUNDRUM

    A CONUNDRUM Is a puzzle that no easy think is going to solve. Just about everybody including me considers the steel of our rifle barrels to be SOLID. It's all steel and there is nothing that can get into it, penetrate it because there would be no space or spaces for this penetrating substance to...
  14. Dr5x

    A SMALL TRICK

    A SMALL TRICK With the Lyman rear aperture sight you eye automatically centers as it seeks the most light The front Globe sight comes with a number of insert displaying posts or rings. There is on ring that at 50 yards is the exact same size as a black 3 inch target. If your sight picture shows...
  15. Dr5x

    SHOOTING GUN RESTR

    I MADE SUCH A REST CONSISTING OF FOUR SHORT BOARDS THAT COULD HAVE BEEB DESIGNED AND BUILT BY A 7TH GRADER, BUT IT HAS A GIMMICK THAT MAKES IT VERY HANDY ON GUSTY DAYS,IF ANYONE WOULD WALK ME THROUGH THE STEPS INVOLVED IN SHOWING A PICTURE I WOULD LIKE TO PASS ON THIS VERY SIMPLE WIND BREAK. DUTCH
  16. Dr5x

    GETTING TO KNOW YOU

    GETTING TO KNOW YOU Getting to know all about you as the old song said. When you first get your rifle a great elongated barrel heavy awkwardness, particularly so to us under ten footers. As you work up your first loads it becomes more comfortable to handle. It's probably your muscles are...
  17. Dr5x

    WHAT'S MY DAMN PROBLEM?

    WHAT'S MY DAMN PROBLEM? Several good people have asked this question so while the book of of you are sin church or St. Mattress I'll sneak this in as briefly as possible. in this inappropriate forum. Kidneys keep your blood clean and your water content down by making you gazelle off to the the...
  18. Dr5x

    SIMPLE IDEAS FROM COMPLEX OBSERVATIONS

    WEe all know why the big rig trucks have so many wheels. You don't? It is to spread their great weights on to so many pressure points that none of them would be destructive or either the road surface or the truck itself. Folks walking by my shooting bench might wonder why I have somewhat large...
  19. Dr5x

    BUYING A PREOWNED RIFLE

    This is mostly intended for Folks not on the ML Forum. I doubt many riflemen would happily sell a deadly Accurate rifle. Reasons for selling a rifle: Have a more accurate rifle Cannot get accuracy out of this rifle Reasons for no Accuracy: Ignorance of any idea what is required to produce any...
  20. Dr5x

    MODERN POWDERS IN MUZZLELOADERS

    FOR THE IDIOT who doesn't feel black powder has enough kick I suggest he review the photos taken at Gettysburg right after the battle. Muzzleloader barrels were made to handle the pressures created by the slower burning old time black powder. The modern powders are quicker and more powerful than...
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