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  1. sethwyo

    August 19 is National Potato Day!

    Used up most of my powder and patches practicing before the final target shoot, then did worse on my final shoot than I did during my practicing, broke my ramrod, tried to use my 36 Navy for the pistol shoot and it broke. wind started blowing.
  2. sethwyo

    tick treatment

    But you're doing all right today? That tick didn't cause you the disease? Still keeping your fingers crossed or you figure you're far enough along you didn't catch it
  3. sethwyo

    CLOSED Roger and Spencer replica

    Made in the mid to late 1970s. Used condition probably 50% to 60% Takes about a 452 diameter ball Looking to trade for a colt style 1860 army
  4. sethwyo

    Rifle plug removal, field removal

    What is an OCD ?
  5. sethwyo

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Did you order that from the sportsman's guide? Seems to me he used to have a surplus military vehicle you could mail order it and they deliver the vehicle to your house it was from some foreign army surplus
  6. sethwyo

    Rifle plug removal, field removal

    Never say never
  7. sethwyo

    History, stories , folklore & tales

    Search for the stash of equipment and firearms as well as uniforms and other things taken from the 7th cavalry and buried somewhere in a cave. That would be quite an interesting find all of the equipment uniforms and other things taken off of the 7th Calvary at the Little bighorn
  8. sethwyo

    Rifle plug removal, field removal

    Reason to remove the breech plug is for maintenance , it would be to clean the gun, And in some cases to remove a stuck ball
  9. sethwyo

    tick treatment

    Just wondering how you got it off? Did you try to forcefully pull it off? Or did you dab something on it that caused it to let go?
  10. sethwyo

    tick treatment

    That's one of the reasons I started this thread was to help people watch out for these, no reason to get sick and die when you can prevent it.
  11. sethwyo

    tick treatment

    I've never gotten to visit the South, but thats sure a strange thing of him to say 'we don't have Lyme disease here in the south'
  12. sethwyo

    tick treatment

    Just wondering if somebody can explain why it's better to use a crowbar to pull a tick off when it might leave part of its stinger stuck inside of you ? when I've pointed out that if you dab a bit of petroleum oil on it it will let go without the risk of getting part of its head stuck inside of...
  13. sethwyo

    tick treatment

    Number one diesel fuel is kerosene. works great.
  14. sethwyo

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Opend a package from Midway today, I got some molds to cast some bullets for my muzzleloaders, Going to be trying this 130 grain conical bullet for My 51 Navy
  15. sethwyo

    History, stories , folklore & tales

    No it wasn't on YouTube, this was something I read I think it was in an old west or true West magazine from the '60s . It kind of reminded me of how wild Bill Hickok got so famous because of newspaper reporter happened to start talking to him and did a story on him, and whether any of it was...
  16. sethwyo

    Between smoothbore and twisted rifling

    Thank you for sharing 🙂
  17. sethwyo

    Between smoothbore and twisted rifling

    A lot of reproductions available of smooth bores, and also rifles, that is twisted rifling, But where are the muzzleloaders that have straight grooves that were not twisted as we know rifling today? These had to have been in use for some time, before someone decided to twist the rifling...
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