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    Dutch Schoultz and Blackpowder Accuracy

    Here's where the alleged error can be located: Starting on your web site home page, click on the Tips button at the top of the page, then click on 'Sighting in your new (to you) black powder rifle' in the list that comes up. On the 'Sighting in your new...' page, fourth paragraph, second...
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    Pillow ticking

    So, do you load the ball with the stripes across the bore sideways, like a two-seam fastball, or across the bore vertically, like a four-seam fastball? I seem to be throwing knuckleballs....
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    In-ear or behind-ear muzzle blast protection

    Why would you use a-weighted instead of c-weighted decibels? A-weighting is only valid for low levels or pure tones.
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    777

    On a volume basis 777 produces higher pressures (and thus higher velocities) than real black powder or Pyrodex. The relationship is approximately 1.15:1 777:bp according to Hodgdon's web site.
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    Let's Talk Loads

    Any discussion of 'loads' should include the projectile and the patching (if using round ball). The best load is a combination of powder, patch and ball. Get a copy of Dutch Schoultz's Black Powder Rifle Accuracy System and follow his suggestions. The best $20 you'll ever spend on...
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    carry a '51

    I would have thought that someone who had 50 years experience with black powder weapons, and who espoused responsibility, would know that black powder guns are not toys. They will kill you just as dead. I'm not advocating bp revolvers for personal defense. I AM advocating NOT calling bp weapons...
  7. M

    Walker

    By the time I get finished getting them all out I'm too tired for any 'MAN' time. :idunno: :(
  8. M

    Lyman 57 GPR!

    Some of those deer come equipped with their own bayonets, and they're well trained in using them. :shocked2:
  9. M

    Walker

    All 4 of these take a 1/4x28 thread nipple (Treso p/n 11-50-01, TotW catalog number RST-A), measured using Brownell's thread guide, which is very accurate: The DGW catalog is, in my opinion, seriously in error by specifying a '6mmx0.9mm' threaded nipple. There is no such thread in any metric...
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    New Lyman GPR?

    Yep. And it must be done. WD-40 and Hoppe's No. 9, and obviously mineral spirits (paint thinner), will work. Any universal solvent for oil based compounds will do the trick. I used brake cleaner (NOT fluid) and had excellent, fast working results. Others have used carburetor cleaner or...
  11. M

    Ruger Old Army...

    No. But it's a good idea. keeps fouling soft and is a layer of protection from chain fires. Yep. With corresponding negative effect on accuracy. Some feel that seating the ball close to the chamber mouth improves accuracy. The theory seems to support that. I can't see any difference. Recoil...
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    what ball to use...?

    Yeah, lots of ideas, but we'll need to know more to be sure... Revolver or single shot pistol? How do you know it's a .44 cal? IF it's a '.44 cal' revolver, then it can likely shoot any of the 3 sizes you've seen - assuming they were .451, .454 and .457. A revolver does not use a patch; the...
  13. M

    First Shots fired in my new GPR

    :thumbsup: Well done, sir. You got a rare one, for sure.
  14. M

    CVA Mountain Pistol Manual?

    Aye, that I do. Although 2a applies as well.
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    First Shots fired in my new GPR

    Agree with the Davis trigger, it's an easy install and worth the money. But, you can get the Lyman trigger to work pretty easily and it's a good trigger. Hey guys, it's a brand new GPR. Has ANYONE EVER gotten a brand new GPR barrel to group acceptably in the first 50 rounds? The...
  16. M

    CVA Mountain Pistol Manual?

    I was poking around in the detritus this morning and out popped the original booklets that were in an old 1970's vintage CVA Kentucky Pistol kit. Two booklets, one with assembly instructions (quite general, applicable to any of the CVA kits, flint or cap) and the other with 'shooting'...
  17. M

    CVA Mountain Pistol Manual?

    I don't believe CVA published any manuals for their guns, other than a generic, "You can build it. You can shoot it" booklet that had some very general build instructions in it.
  18. M

    Inspecting a used rifle

    Uh, first of all, make sure it's not loaded....
  19. M

    Rear Sight Notch Shape

    square
  20. M

    need help with Rogers & Spencer

    I was out of town yesterday and didn't see this thread until today. The good news is that the method you finally succeeded with is exactly what I've done with mine for the last several years. Before that I used to install the spring in the grip frame, place the free end under the hammer roller...
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