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  1. M

    casting bullets

    I use beeswax as a flux too. I really enjoy casting my bullets and balls and I want to get into casting other stuff, like statuettes or something. I wonder if there is anything else that is actually useful that a can cast from scrap lead. What about lead spoons and cups :rotf: ?
  2. M

    casting bullets

    Did a Google on the gold film. It appears we are heating our lead way too hot: "When the molten lead is hot enough, about 200°C hotter than its melting point, a gold-colored film will form on its surface." So we are heating our lead up about twice as hot as it needs to be. I usually crank...
  3. M

    Traditions double rifle

    Traditions is a Spanish company.
  4. M

    casting bullets

    I too am using a Lee melting pot and I had the same question about the gold film on the molten lead surface. I was working in my unheated garage in about 20 degree F weather and I thought maybe the colder temps might have had something to do with it. I was using plumbers lead I got from the...
  5. M

    NAVY ARMS FLINT

    I have a Navy Arms .54 flinter and I really like it. I had to clean some burrs from the patent breech but after that it shot like a dream.
  6. M

    first post season cleaning, arrrgh rust!! assistance requested

    I take the vent liner out every time I clean my rifles. It makes it easier for the water to flush out any leftover soap or particles of fouling etc. Somtimes I have to run it under hot water to make it easier for me to unscrew it. It often needs a good soapy scub before it will come out...
  7. M

    RB's, conical, or sabot?

    According to the Greenhill formula, the 1:20 twist will stabilize a .50 cal bullet up to 1.875" long and the 1:48 twist will stabilize a .50 cal bullet up to 0.78125" long. My own .50 cal 1:28 twist will stabilize a bullet 1.34" long.
  8. M

    RB's, conical, or sabot?

    I just finished doing a bit of reading on the subject of bullet shape and one source mentioned that tip shape has little effect unless your bullet goes supersonic, simply because the shock wave that makes such a tip necessary do not occur otherwise. The same source claims that at common black...
  9. M

    RB's, conical, or sabot?

    "Some have experienced difficulty in getting the sharp-or pointed-nose bullets to perform satisfactorily, especially in barrels with a rifling pitch slower than one turn in twenty inches." A quote from lrml.org .
  10. M

    RB's, conical, or sabot?

    Basically, I was thinking about a Minie ball with a much pointier ogive tip. I am surprised nobody is making something like this as the muzzle-loading world seems to have a great population of handcrafters and amateur machinists. I figured a boat-tail could be managed by putting over-bore...
  11. M

    RB's, conical, or sabot?

    I tried PRBs in my .50 cal, 1:28" twist Mountain Rifle the other day and they shot suprisingly well, grouping much better than the Hornady PA Conicals I was shooting earlier. I started with chrages of 60 grains FFg then backed it off to 40 grains and there was almost no change in grouping. The...
  12. M

    What if they ban lead?

    It will never happen. Even if they did try to ban lead projectiles, there is nothing the powers-that-be could do because ball and bullet casting equipment is so readily available. There are millions and millions and millions of pounds of lead in scrapyards across North America. I bought about...
  13. M

    Navy Arms parts

    My Navy Arms rifle has a Pedersoli barrel, so I would guess that e-mailing them might get you some answers.
  14. M

    Ball Bearings???

    I think shooting steel balls would be a terrible idea for several reasons: A) You would have remarkably less retained energy at the target because the ball would face the same wind resistance but with 2/3rds the mass to carry it along, even with equivalent powder charges. Accuracy would...
  15. M

    Remove Old Linseed Oil Finish

    Maybe try turpentine first, as it is made from wood, and if that does not work then go with the paint stripper or Varsol, which is made from petroleum. If it is a light coating and not very dirty you could probably just sand it off with some 120 grit or similar.
  16. M

    what is everyone shooting

    Navy Arms .54 cal Mortimer slow-twist, Austin & Halleck .50 cal Mountain Rifle fast-twist, both flinters
  17. M

    cold weather

    I shot in freezing weather for the first time just a couple of days ago, and I did not notice any differences, but that does not mean there were none. Common sense would tell me that freezing temperatures would change the way your rifle behaves compared to the warmer afternoon temperatures...
  18. M

    Green goop in barrel when cleaning?

    It probably comes from your patch lube reacting with the black powder residue. I had green stuff too until I stopped lubing my patches and now the fouling is all black.
  19. M

    Flashpoint

    Some sites I have looked at say black powder ignites at 400 deg F, and others say 400 deg C (which is about 680 deg F), and one site said both!
  20. M

    measuring barrel flats

    Is 7/8" the diameter of the barrel from flat-to-flat or from corner-to-corner? I can tell you how to calculate the width of each flat, but I need to know this info first. I can give you some hints right now though: 1) Think of a circle. The octagon can be drawn inside a circle, with each...
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