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"Swivel handle not necessary but if it's yer thang, go fer it. Ox Yoke sells some fine brass rods."
I have plenty of range rods with pinned handles, the reason I'm looking for one with a swivel handle is it'll be used as a loading/wiping rod for my original Whitworth & the jag is hexagonal to...
I'm looking for a one-piece range rod, brass, steel, or aluminum with a swivel handle. The only ones I'm finding online are by Treso, & they look suitable, but are unavailable at present. Does anyone know what companies sell a suitable range rod?
I used to have one of the Nepalese-made 'Brunswicks' with the 2-groove rifling. I had a local m/l gun building friend remove the breech plug for me, as I'd heard all kinds of stories about the quality. We were both pleasantly surprised by the quality of the thread as it seemed to be machine cut...
Cleaning out the cupboards & found ten pounds of Hornady 000 (.350" diameter) buckshot. This is alloyed lead, so quite hard. Asking $50 plus $10 s&h. Payment by Check or Money Order.
I have three unopened boxes of Hornady .535" roundballs that I no longer have need for. Now asking $36 plus $10 s&h for all three boxes. Payment by Check or M/O.
I have three unopened boxes of Speer .535" roundballs that I no longer have need for. Asking $40 plus $10 s&h for all three boxes. Payment by Check or M/O.
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The lock is off a Snider, & not a good fit to the mortice, but the rest of the musket appears to be an Indian-made copy of an EIC percussion musket. If it were an EIC (or British Ordnance, ie P'42) musket it would have visible proof stamps on the left-side of the barrel at the breech.
Not real close to you, but there is quite a thriving muzzleloading community in S.A. within the S.S.A.A. Many members of the Australian Muzzleloading Team hail from the Adelaide area. There are three clubs in Adelaide (Para, Castambul, & Southern Rangers), & another in Monarto (near Murray...
I have an original. Not fancy just ordnance grade, the barrel was relined & a new breech plug made & fitted by John Taylor of Puyallup, WA. I haven't shot it much since the reline, but seem to think it was shooting high, so may need some sight adjustment.
Either the Lyman or the RCBS ladle are the best way to go, they're very similar in design. The largest bullet I cast is a 700gn .69 caliber conical, & the RCBS fills that with ease.
I can see the Indian influence in the style & mechanism, but have my doubts that they were "Used by the British", which would presumably be referring to the HEIC (1612 - 1858).
I played with a pillar breech (Systeme a'Tige) rifle for a while. Here's a thread relating to it:
http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/238366/post/764593/hl/tige/fromsearch/1/#764593
and here's another, that goes a bit deeper into the origin of my rifle, the bullets &...
I've been pan lubing for years. I melt the lube (50/50 Beeswax/Crisco) in a saucepan that is sitting on top of another with a little water in it (poor man's double boiler!), & have the bullets sitting in a shallow container. When the lube is melted I pour it around the bullets up to the desired...