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  1. K

    Hard Red Fouling

    I only get the red stuff when using FFg. When I switched to FFFg in my .54 flinter, I stopped getting it. The rifle also shot a tad better. :confused:
  2. K

    Effects of Lee R.E.A.L. bullets on game?

    I noticed that TC maxi-balls do some acrobatics inside a deer's body as well. Shot one on level ground, bullet entered in the front quarter then took about a 45 degree turn and exited the bottom of her chest. Strange stuff to be sure. That said, I just got my first round ball kill, and it...
  3. K

    First Cannon

    DD, what kind of angle should our friend be needing? 5 or 10 degrees? And a good coating of high temperature anti-seize on the threads would definitely be a smart thing to do.
  4. K

    Anyone use 777 Powde for Revolvers?

    Don't worry Capper, you aren't the only one of your breed. I'm 24 and would just as soon give all my guns away and join hands singing "koom bay yah" as defile my gun cabinet with an inline contraption shooting "substitute" powder.
  5. K

    First Cannon

    Welcome to the site! I'm no cannoneer, but my bosses do seem to think I'm a machinist. (I'm really not, by training, but one has a way of picking up a few things, then getting thrown into the deep end of the pool.) You've come to the right place, to be sure. Someone will be along shortly to...
  6. K

    With no prime in the pan!

    It's happened to me. Tried to fire a shot and my flint crumbled on me. I blew out the priming and wiped the pan clean, then put in a new flint, tightened it down, pointed my rifle downrange and fired to check my spark. I had heard it could happen, luckily, so I was ready when it did. Still...
  7. K

    T/C Customer Service

    TC's customer service has always been great to me. I recommend them to everyone who mentions wanting a muzzleloader, traditional or inline. What they're doing really is good business and worth every penny. They treat one guy right, then he goes on the internet or to the shooting range and...
  8. K

    Breaking in a lock

    The lock on my TC seems to be getting better with age. It is my first flinter. Not sure if the lock is actually getting better or if I'm just getting fully initiated in the hoo-doo magic needed. :grin:
  9. K

    range test of salvaged mountain rifle

    I've got a .50 TC percussion barrel that I gave the same treatment, sorta. Bought it online (last time I buy a muzzleloader without handling it!) with assurances that the bore was good, got it home and the bore was BAD. Dirty and pitted to hell. I plugged the nipple, filled it with Kroil...
  10. K

    Flintlock's killing power

    I think that people who have known nothing but copper jacketed, high velocity rounds tend to underestimate the damage that can be done by a dead soft lead round ball within the limitations of range. Copper jacket and hard cast bullets need lots of velocity to expand and transfer all that...
  11. K

    Beating the snot out of a rifle!

    Heck, just loan it to me with instructions to be very, very careful with it. :surrender: I'm really not that bad, but I don't own a gun I don't use, no safe queens in my house. I hunt with my flinter, and that involves being out in the woods with it. It's going to get the occasional...
  12. K

    Black Powder RANGE...

    I think in that case, my pride would force me to pony up for a mountain howitzer.
  13. K

    Black Powder RANGE...

    Good to take a page from the book of old time artillerymen... First shot is deliberately low, then they adjust from there. If your first shot goes high, ya just don't know where it went or how much to adjust.
  14. K

    Historical Lecture Required: Grape Shot And Volley Guns

    I've got nothing to back it up, but.... My guess is that it would likely be fired only once in most battles. Clear the enemy top with it, then focus your musket fire on the enemy deck, picking off officers and gunners. Checking it for misfires and cleaning it would likely be done later, in...
  15. K

    CO2 load discharger

    The ball comes out with authority. At my range, we've got 2X4 frames with sturdy plastic sheeting on them to staple your targets to. The closest line is 25 yards. When I've shot a ball out with the CO2 discharger, the ball comes out fast enough to fly downrange and hit the 25 yard target with...
  16. K

    coyotes...

    Sounds to me like you ought to get yourself a .40 cal flinter and an open reed call and set to work. If N. Dakota was a little closer to home I'd be happy to come up and help. :v
  17. K

    TC Firestorm?

    I built myself a nice elevated shooting house for those rainy days. :thumbsup:
  18. K

    Dreaded Chain Fire

    Not to nitpick, (Well ok, I'm nit-picking. So sue me. :surrender: ) but if your BP revolver was producing plasma, it would be quite remarkable. Hot gasses are what cause chain-fires. Plasma is created in stars and nuclear bombs and Tesla coils and fluorescent lights.
  19. K

    TC Firestorm?

    Nothing personal meant by my remark, of course. I cold have guessed that it would be more reliable with real black, but how bad was it when you tested it with the pellets?
  20. K

    TC Firestorm?

    I think that the Pyrodex pellets still come with a little bit of the real Holy Black on the tail end, but triple seven pellets do not. Everything I know about flinters (which ain't much) tells me that this thing is all hype, but with real black powder users being so few and far between, we may...
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