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    Plains Pistol Leather

    I got two requests for pics of my Plains Pistol holster, so I'm going to just post them on this thread. The holster works very very well, so I would like to share it with y'all. Important things to note is the angle of the cant on the belt loop, and how the leather comes between the hammer and...
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    Shipping Barrels.

    Any complications when shipping just a barrel UPS? TIA
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    Remington Navy-two powders, two groups.

    Comments, observations? Shooting 24 grains of fffg under a ball, with wax wad, group is strung vertically. 24 grains of ffffg, again with wax wad, I got a round group. The ffffg was noticeably "hotter", but not substantially so. With either load, that .36 is one soft recoiling pistola...
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    Plain's Pistol .50 ready to ROCK for hunting season.

    She'll be my sidearm for deer and elk. Gave her a work out the other day, this thing just puts them where you aim. Shoots ball and slug to the same POA. Made a bunch of ball "cartridges" for when I get attacked by that pack of rabid wolves. They shoot almost as accurately as a patched ball...
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    Free TC Hawken.

    Ha ha, no I'm not giving it away, I got it for free. Got your attention. I was going to fix her up, and let my son use it to encourage him to hunt with me more often, but the bore is pretty bad. I was thinking, no problem, send it to Hoyt for a re-bore to .54", but I'm seeing that some won't...
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    Hunting loads for the 1861, final chapter!

    The deed is done. Going with Spark's two-shot method, instead of my usual three shots, to simulate that first shot on game, and then the follow up shot(s) I spent quite a while today with the Springfield. The target above consists of firing a .562" roundball, with a .020" patch, over a wonder...
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    Sometimes things do work out right, 1861 Springfield.

    I was able to try the .562" balls, with .020" patch, and it did shrink my group, from 5.5" to 4" on average. For hunting, I'm more than pleased, and the 1861 is mostly my "back up" rifle when hunting, in case of extreme wet weather. Otherwise my Jeager is my go-to rifle. And I do like to get the...
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    Range report, Armi Sport 1861 with round ball.

    This may not look like the best 100 yard target you have ever seen, but I was out back throwing some REALs down range, trying out the wax wads in it, and was curious as to how well the Armi Sport 1861 would do with round balls. I've fired a few balls through it before, and they seemed to go...
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    Fun and experimentation with Bess.

    Mixed results with Bess today. I set out to try a patched chewed ball over a wax wad and a wonder wad. Then I found I had no more wonder wads, just wax wads or "biscuits". The first shot fired, which is the patch and wads in the middle, hit the paper plate dead center at 50 yards. That load had...
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    The Pocket in the powder.

    When I first started shooting flint, for a time I used to put a feather in the touch hole, then loaded, remove the feather and prime, on the theory I had read somewhere that that created a "pocket" in the main charge, which helped ignition, or made it faster, because then the flash could ignite...
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    The Jeager Speaks again.

    The poor Jeager has been sitting, loaded, since last November. Been dying to try out my wax biscuits in it. So...I did. She was loaded last year with two wonder wads under the ball, it did indeed positively weaken the powder charge. first shot went low and left. I think it would have still been...
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    "Lyman" 1851 Navy. ??

    I thought I knew my way around the Colt replicas, but just received, for free, a really nice '51 from a person that is VERY un-mechanically inclined, to say the least. I don't know what was originally wrong with the pistol, but this person tried to "fix" it. Cylinder is loaded, !!!! but pistol...
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    Stock for Mirouko/Ultra High 1863 Remingon Contract Rifle

    Would anyone know where I could find a stock for one? I have an old one, my first black powder rifle, and in my youth and insanity cut it down to resemble one of those Navy arms "Buffalo Hunters". Which I now very much regret. Got to thinking, after looking at that PH Musketoon, if I could...
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    Wax Biscuits a Success in 1860 Colt.

    In the past, I have found that my revolvers, left loaded for extended periods of time, with a wonder, or lubed wad under the ball, would go "soft". Remember I shot the boat, with "old" loads in it, and the balls did not even penetrate the hull. Some bounced off. Recoil was noticeably light. So...
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    Today's fun with the Plains Pistol. (and wax biscuits)

    I did a bit of experimenting today. Thought I would try some light loads, and as you can see 40 grains of Goex fffg, (one shot was with 30) didn't do so "great". However this was 32 yards, and shooting casually from a lawn-chair, using my knee for a rest. No shots left the paper plate, and of...
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    Small game handgun hunting.

    On "Handgun Hunting", the topic of small game handgun hunting came up, but the thread was about big game hunting. However, the topic of small game handgun hunting is interesting methinks. My favorite small game handgun is a Remington Navy, (Uberti) and it has done very well on grouse. My main...
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    I'd sure like to replicate this.

    Anyone know who this used to belong to?
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    Loads going soft.

    I shot my 1860 today, at the side of an old boat, which did not penetrate, which surprised me. I could tell however, that the loads were "soft". The pistola has been loaded for a long time. Sure got a nice group though. This pistol is a shooter. A year or so ago, I shot this pistol at a...
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    Who made it/Southern type long rifle

    I have a rifle that's been in the family forever, I wonder if the maker can be identified. The rifle has been in the family since 1846 for sure. Don't know how new it was then. An ox was traded for it, with someone in the Donner party, whose ox had died. I'd call it .40" or .41 caliber, shoots...
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    Reboring/Re-rifling.

    I have a rifle with a pretty rough bore, not rusted but the barrel was obviously not bored by skilled hands. I have searched the internet, but I'm not having luck finding anyone who re-bores and re-rifles barrels on muzzle loaders. Quite a few I find that re-line modern guns. It's a .58...
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