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'42 Springfield Question
They were using Alox..I had good luck with my minie balls lubed with 2 parts paraffin, 2 parts lard, and 1 part beesswax by weight in the .55" Mississippi rifle. I never got around to tryng out ball and buck.- wittzo
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- Forum: Smoothbore
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Steel shot
I've been shooting my MVTC .62 Howdah pistol with BB's with and without regular plastic wads (with the shock wad and over powder wad cut off) with no ill effects that I can tell, but they're not hardened steel shot, just Crosman copper plated BB's. I only use 30-40 grains of FFg Triple Seven...- wittzo
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- Forum: Smoothbore
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another buckshot questionI
Traditionally, you load equal amounts of shot and powder. If you use less powder than shot, you get a tighter pattern, if you use more powder than shot, you get a larger pattern. I learned a lot from your post, Mr. Vanlandigham, I already hit my tobacco store for rolling papers to make paper...- wittzo
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'42 Springfield Question
I've got a Euroarms '42 Springfield smoothbore, and it's undersized a tad. Euroarms recommends using a .678 ball with a .010" patch..The closest I could afford was an Indian made .680" mold which casts ovoid balls that are about 500 grains and can be tight if I don't drop them in just right. I...- wittzo
- Post #17
- Forum: Smoothbore
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.62 load for O buck
I wouldn't use anything larger than #1 Buck with that bore diameter, it might "bridge" where two pellets try to go out the barrel next to each other and get stuck in the barrel and block the bore. Traditionally, you use the same volume of powder as shot for a shotgun load. If you use less...- wittzo
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New member from Saltillo, MS
Frog Island, specifically.. I cut my teeth with a Pietta "replica" '58 Remington NMA in stainless casting my own balls after the first hundred store bought. Making my own lube, wads, lubed wads, and grease pills using Gatafeo's formula from thehighroad.com forums. I then bought a .62" double...- wittzo
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Cast some balls the other day, made paper cartridges
I heard of that, it might even have been you talking about it on THR's forums. :) It was so weird buying rolling papers, but the dude that owned the tobacco shop believed me, he actually has an 1850 Colt replica. That size ZigZag are too big for my Remington .44. I used another name brand, but...- wittzo
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Cast some balls the other day, made paper cartridges
This is my third time to cast, ever. It's been a year since last time, almost. I cast a couple hundred .454" balls and some .60" last time to last a while. The second time produced hardly any wrinkled balls, I haven't experienced frost. I had a time of it with my stove a week ago, I had a bad...- wittzo
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Cast some balls the other day, made paper cartridges
The results of the other day's casting. Now I'm figuring out how to store them. Tupperware for now, but I made another ball pouch out of a leather pouch kit I bought at Hobby Lobby. It's so easy, I'm going to wait for a sale on leather crafts and load up on tools and components and make...- wittzo
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What diameter should my patches be?
It amazes me that those CO2 rigs produce enough gas pressure to blow a ball out of a barrel. I ruined the tip of one of my (cheap) ball screws after trying to hammer it into the ball...- wittzo
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- Forum: Shooting Accessories
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From Northeast MS
Lee County, between Tupelo and Saltillo. I've been shooting cap and ball for only two years, but I have done lots of research online and experimented with a lot of the suggestions and ideas I've found. I have a Pietta 1858 Remington New Army .44 in polished stainless with the standard barrel...- wittzo
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Who owns a MVTC pistol?
I've got the MVTC double barreled Howdah pistol as well. I've gone up to 50 grains of 777 and 90 grains of #7 shot or a .60 ball with no problems. The rear trigger wasn't heat treated properly and gave me some trouble when it bent, but I mailed it back and they got it back to me quickly. It's...