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    Pietta or Uberti

    Thanks for your thoughts. My wife has always leaned toward the brass frame guns just because of the looks, and I have a 1858 now that looks great. I know that you can't or should not super charge them but as old and weak as I am now I down size loads anyway. Two reasons, 1- less recoil, 2-...
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    Pietta or Uberti

    Have been looking at the Pietta 1851 36cal at Caleba's which is on sale now for $199.00 while the Uberti is listed on other site for around $250 +/-. Is the difference in price worth while, concerning that I don't do a ton of shooting and mostly want the gun just to put in a collection for when...
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    Wad punch

    Punch set I have is a cheaper set from Harbor freight but they work fine. Only problem I had was the edges were not super sharp, but that was easy fix. Then to keep from hammering in my work room and getting the ankle bitters running to the door thinking someone was knocking at the door I...
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    Plains Rifle by Hastings

    BriR thank you for the info you posted. I talked with a gentleman today that asked me to find out what I could on the 54cal rifle. He picked one up last week thinking it was a cheap reproduction model. Can't wait to tell him he hit a home run.
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    my little squirrel rifle

    Your rifle has really made me decide to look at going this route on my Perdersoli Frontier. Doubt if anything I could do would ever come close to the beauty of yours.
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    Browning on finish

    In defense about not remembering if patches were available or not I always fall back on an old saying "Hey I've slept since then". I do remember making all the newbie mistakes and somehow lived thru them. A friend loaded his rifle and ball stuck halfway down the barrel, we had no ball puller...
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    Browning on finish

    Only in the last year have I used the pre-cut patches and then just because they were in a box of miscellaneous items. When I started shooting Black Powder in the 70's don't even know if the pre-cut patches were even available or not. Thanks everyone for replies.
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    Browning on finish

    Thanks for the info. Color was not a real issue but just curious if it needed or not. Never thought about the sharp edge but going right now to check it out. Thanks again
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    Browning on finish

    I picked up a beautiful Pedersoli Frontier 36 this weekend. The barrel is browned and looks flawless but on the muzzle of barrel the metal is in the white. Should this be browned also or just leave it alone?
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    Molding Boolits

    I have in years gone by cast my own bullets but they were all round ball for my 45cal. I now have three 50cal that I love to shoot, and only at paper targets. I have been giving thoughts to buying molds and cast mini balls or maybe some other. Basically what I was wondering was which would be...
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    Swapping barrels

    That's the recommendation I was looking for !! Any excuse to buy another one even its needed or not.
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    Swapping barrels

    I have a TC Renegade percussion, and a CVA Flintlock. I have been looking for a 36cal rifle preferably flintlock and had the idea that it might be worthwhile to invest in additional barrels in different calibers and just swap them around on what I have now. Question is are there replacements...
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    Question about Trip7 or Pryodex

    Zoar that was more or less what I was asking about, I didn't want to order more BP than I will use in what time I have left. Mostly when I do shoot its in the back of property and then not as often as I did. Today I was lucky in that I made the rounds of a local flea market and picked up two 1...
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    Another question on Flints

    When everyone gets tired of me asking what may seem like unnecessary questions just throw a rock and I will sit down. I went ahead this weekend and picked up a CVA Hawkins flintlock rifle that was built several years ago and never fired. The gentleman did a great job and I am very pleased with...
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    Question about Trip7 or Pryodex

    The last flintlock rifle I fired was somewhere around 1973, and we shot black powder then. After several rounds we had to wipe down the frizzen, and the flint to clean oil residue in order to reduce flash in the pan. I have been contemplating the purchase of a beautiful CVA Flintlock but now...
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    CVA Flintlock Rifle

    This description is more like the one I looked at. I didn't know for sure if the CVA had indeed produced one with these features or not. Hopefully I can get back to the flea market and catch the man this weekend, he was only asking $175.00 for it and like I said it has never had a flint put in...
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    CVA Flintlock Rifle

    I looked at a CVA flintlock this weekend and from what I could gather it is a Mountain rifle. The gentleman said he had built this from a kit some 15 yrs back. My question or concern is the rear sight is a fully adjustable type,(windage and elevation). Also the touch hole had a new(new to me...
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    1858 Nipple removal

    The threads did not have the deeper color of bluing and one was indeed bare metal. It stood out like a sore thumb. Coated each with anti-seize and snugged the in.
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    1858 Nipple removal

    Guess today was my lucky day. I have left the cylinder soaking upright in a glass container in penetrating fluid for the last several days. I had taken the one nipple that I could remove and using digital mics. cut a socket to .173", using the two dowels in vice as suggested by MYKEAL I tapped...
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    1858 Nipple removal

    It was new, have been giving thought that I might just send in the cylinder and let their gorilla break them loose. Tried just about everything I know how to do execpt VOODOO or mobo jombo. Hey that might work.
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