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    TC Firestorm?

    In light of the coming Obamanation, I figure we've got a fair to middlin chance of Goex and other real black powder becoming highly regulated. The first time some snot-nosed kid utters the words "pipe bomb" and just happens to have a 30 year old can of DuPont in the basement, there will likely...
  2. K

    Slow weekend hunting...

    So I spent Saturday, Sunday, and Monday sitting in the woods with my TC Renegade .54 cal flintlock. I saw a few scrawny does... nothing I wanted to spend the time butchering. You know how it goes. Anyway, Saturday it was spitting rain and sleet and just overall nasty, but I sat with my...
  3. K

    Metal file to knife- where to start?

    I've got it in my head that I would like to take a file and turn it into a nice little fixed-blade knife. I've got some deer antlers for a handle, and access to all manner of grinders, saws, drill presses, lathes, torches, etc. I've got time and patience, and I've got a willingness to learn...
  4. K

    Torn patch quandary

    I've been fooling around with general plinking loads lately for offhand work with my .54 flinter, and have found good 50 yard accuracy with .530 ball, 70 grains FFFg Goex, .010 patch. The paradox though, is that the patch is totally destroyed, torn and burnt. Obviously too thin, but it's...
  5. K

    Hand rubbed finish

    I've been thinking about stripping the finish off of my TC and replacing with a hand-rubbed linseed oil finish. Now, I was originally just going to sand down the finish and start going at it, but a fella told me about a pretty interesting way that he prepped his stock. He said that he took...
  6. K

    Brass round stock... any potential?

    I've happened upon a piece of 3" brass bar stock, about 16" long. Is there any potential for turning this into a safe scale cannon? Or is the brass too soft to be useful?
  7. K

    Shotgunning on a budget?

    I've been looking over gunbroker and around the web for a while now, and by the looks of it, a fella has to lay down a pretty good chunk of change if he plans on getting into the smooth bore business without putting a second mortgage on his home. Is there any way a guy could get into a 10 or 12...
  8. K

    Conicals in my '51 Navy - problem!

    I bought a box of conical bullets from the local gun store, they carry some home cast bullets. They're 200 grainers, .451. The problem I have is that they won't fit into the loading port! Can't get the loading lever on them. Now, I can get them loaded just fine if I take the cylinder off and...
  9. K

    Short session with the .54 and a chrono yesterday.

    Only had time to run three shots over it before things got too dark. Average velocity was 1820 with .530 ball and .020 patch over 110 grains FFFg Goex through 32" barrel. Thought maybe someone out there might find it useful. This is my full-house hunting load, shoots better than I can see...
  10. K

    Which brand of round ball mold?

    I'm getting set up to cast round ball, and the price difference between these molds is really astounding. I've got a guy wanting to sell me a brand new .535 single cavity Lyman mold for $43 delivered, but I look on midway and see double cavity Lee molds for sale for $19. What gives? Is the...
  11. K

    Holy Carp Batman! Big Ball!

    Was looking over on Ebay and found a .987 round ball mould. What bore would that be? How many grains would that size of ball weigh? Here's the auction: (not mine) .987 round ball It's pretty reasonably priced but I don't shoot anything near that big so I thought I'd pass it on.
  12. K

    1851 Accuracy?

    Since I've gotten my Pietta 1851 (.44) I haven't had time to put it on paper and work on the accuracy yet. I know for a fact that it doesn't hit point of aim, but I don't think it's too far off. My question is, is it worth it for me to start fiddling with this thing and file the sights? Do...
  13. K

    Pietta 1851 wedge giving me fits!

    I bought it today and took it out to the range and had a wonderful time, but now it's time to clean and the dang pin just doesn't want to budge. I've been hammering away at it with a wooden dowel rod and then I tried an empty brass cartridge case. So far I have succeeded in marring the finish...
  14. K

    Uberti 1858 Target Carbine -- Any experience?

    I fondled one in Cabelas.... looks neat. Anybody shot one? Looks like it might make a good woods gun for close range work during deer season in addition to being a hoot at the range.
  15. K

    MY first flintlock experience...

    I just recently got my first flinter (actually just a barrel and lock for my TC Renegade, from one of our members, an upstanding fellow named Jim Snow) thought I'd post my flintlock story here, since I think it differs a bit from others. Barrel is a .54 Green Mountain, slow twist and deep...
  16. K

    Maxi-ball modification

    I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to drill out a maxi-ball (not maxi-hunter) to impart a more drastic hollow-point characteristic to it for use on thin skinned game like deer? I would think that if you made a jig to hold the bullets and used a drill press, you could make them very...
  17. K

    Pitted bore

    Well, the TC Renegade I bought on Gunbroker came in the other day, and it was dirty as sin and pitted. I gave it a good cleaning and shot it at 25 yards, and it was shooting decent groups as far as I could tell being as I had limited time to work up a load and shoot, on top of the fact that...
  18. K

    Looking for a .50 maxiball or similar bullet mould...

    The old caretaker on the place we hunt does a lot of scrapping, and he gave me 15 pounds of lead in 5 lb ingots, and has plenty more where that came from, and with the price of those maxiballs, I think I'll take him up on his offer. I poked around online, but naturally before I spend money I...
  19. K

    Oklahoma Leather products?

    Has anyone ever used any of the Oklahoma Leather line of accessories? I'm thinking of putting an order in on Midwayusa.com for their lace-on sling, possibles bag, and maybe even the leather gun sleeve. They get decent reviews on midway, but I thought I'd ask if somebody on here has used them...
  20. K

    Couple of questions....

    I'm as green as can be to muzzleloading, but I've always had an interest. I'm going to be getting my first paycheck from my new job next friday, so I'm going to reward myself and go get a muzzle loader and try to put a deer on the ground with it this year. I took a trip to Cabelas, and found a...
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