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What Ho Chaps and Chappesses….
Middle Earth, Oceania. Otherwise known as New Zealand, hiding in the South Pacific and I am here because I used Aunty Google to search for “Black Powder loads for Muzzle Loaders.” Aunty sniffed, said “ too easy,” produced a link to your splendid site, then wandered off to console a paranoid relative, Marvin, who was prone to make similar remarks, such as, “"Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they tell me to take you up to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? 'Cos I don't."…….Phew.
My interest in Black Powder was first aroused in wanting to reload and fire BP in a 1903 303 Magazine Lee Enfield.....which was how they started life before moving on to nitro. At that time I was active in "re-enacting" and it was but a small wander, backwards in the time continuum to more casting and reloading black powder delights for an Enfield Pattern 1853 followed by a Martini Henry and then finally, a Snider.
Sobering reality kicked in before flintlocks.........One can only cope with so much time travel, 'tho Dr. Who seems to have managed quite well. Probably has a good agent /manager.
On the non military side, first was an I Hollis & Son’s side by side black powder 12 bore cartridge gun. Of course there was nothing for her to chew on so it was another learning curve which branched off last year when I came into possession of not one but two “front stuffers” as some of the locals here refer to them, A 180 year old, English, Joseph Williams 10 bore, sbs, twisted steel barrels, muzzle loader which came bundled with a 20 th century Pedersoli replica.
The previous owner, had used the Pedersoli but never fired the Williams, which is the exact opposite of my intentions as it seemed too sad to leave her, unused in the gun locker, so after several bore scoping inspections and cleaning exercises she had the opportunity of going Boom this week with 1 oz of #4 and a matching scoop size of 2FFG. Such fun, such fun.
Starting, safety wise, with small loads, the patterning was very good, to my surprise so here I am, warts and all hoping to glean knowledge on some more Tailored “ loads as I have read that the muzzle loaders prefer heavier loads.
End of long boring aside….
Middle Earth, Oceania. Otherwise known as New Zealand, hiding in the South Pacific and I am here because I used Aunty Google to search for “Black Powder loads for Muzzle Loaders.” Aunty sniffed, said “ too easy,” produced a link to your splendid site, then wandered off to console a paranoid relative, Marvin, who was prone to make similar remarks, such as, “"Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they tell me to take you up to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? 'Cos I don't."…….Phew.
My interest in Black Powder was first aroused in wanting to reload and fire BP in a 1903 303 Magazine Lee Enfield.....which was how they started life before moving on to nitro. At that time I was active in "re-enacting" and it was but a small wander, backwards in the time continuum to more casting and reloading black powder delights for an Enfield Pattern 1853 followed by a Martini Henry and then finally, a Snider.
Sobering reality kicked in before flintlocks.........One can only cope with so much time travel, 'tho Dr. Who seems to have managed quite well. Probably has a good agent /manager.
On the non military side, first was an I Hollis & Son’s side by side black powder 12 bore cartridge gun. Of course there was nothing for her to chew on so it was another learning curve which branched off last year when I came into possession of not one but two “front stuffers” as some of the locals here refer to them, A 180 year old, English, Joseph Williams 10 bore, sbs, twisted steel barrels, muzzle loader which came bundled with a 20 th century Pedersoli replica.
The previous owner, had used the Pedersoli but never fired the Williams, which is the exact opposite of my intentions as it seemed too sad to leave her, unused in the gun locker, so after several bore scoping inspections and cleaning exercises she had the opportunity of going Boom this week with 1 oz of #4 and a matching scoop size of 2FFG. Such fun, such fun.
Starting, safety wise, with small loads, the patterning was very good, to my surprise so here I am, warts and all hoping to glean knowledge on some more Tailored “ loads as I have read that the muzzle loaders prefer heavier loads.
End of long boring aside….
lol
