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  1. DementedMindOfJac

    .36 caliber

    First, I lost one, then I dealt with Elisa. I lost another one when I replaced the barrel, but I had 7 left still at that point. This is not a gun you break down often. Cross-treading one of them is not going to make you happy.
  2. DementedMindOfJac

    .36 caliber

    Sorry. Bidenitis moment. I evades the question. I'd increment half that. 2 1/2 gr. I got a tiny brass priming flask that'll throw about that.
  3. DementedMindOfJac

    .36 caliber

    Ferrules are the brass pipes the ramrod sits in. Normally, with longrifles the barrel is pinned to the stock. With the Frontier the barrel has dovetails with threaded blanks in them. The screw basically clamps the stock twixt barrel and ferrule. Here's a link to a diagram. #13 is the lucky...
  4. DementedMindOfJac

    Traditions

    An' here I was thinkin' 1859 or 1863 Sharps... 'Prolly right too.
  5. DementedMindOfJac

    Barrel Condition

    That's EXC - VG condition. Hold off on selling her a while.
  6. DementedMindOfJac

    Traditions

    I think I started Ack Basswards. I leaned the formula for BP, built a bomb, then built a dam across the creek, The bomb destroyed the dam more efficiently than my father trying to destroy a horsewhip on my buttocks. I got into BP guns 'cos it hurt less. Then addiction took the wheel.
  7. DementedMindOfJac

    .36 caliber

    With RB, you'd be fine with ~20gr. Them intermediate rate of twist barrels really open your groups with heavier charges, IMHO. Increase your load gradual like, till your groups start to open up then back off a scoach. I used to have one of those Frontiers in .50. It was part of a consignment for...
  8. DementedMindOfJac

    Tungsten Powder

    Well, commonly a RB is good out to 40 rods (220yds.) That's because RB has absolutely the worst resistance footprint. The denser ball will carry better, but it will still have the same bearing surface in the barrel. The difference in weight would be so insignificant that it doesn't make enough...
  9. DementedMindOfJac

    Traditions

    I'm saying I put more money into a Lee Shaver sight than I spent on my first 3 NIB front-stuffers. I learned more with those, and had more fun with them than learning how to Adult. Y'know, taxes, divorce, credit scores, showing up for work... **** that those with custom guns have under their...
  10. DementedMindOfJac

    Who makes a Hawken style rifle?

    Pedersorry? I take it that you have ordered parts from Elisa, then? Oh, yes, you have!
  11. DementedMindOfJac

    BEST CALIBER TO HUNT DEER W/ FLINTLOCK RIFLE

    The parameters are so broad that I'll take the liberty to shrink them to my thorax of the woods. Whitetail, and pretty small. Slaughter out about 100lbs average. Anything .45 up, at the range I'm liable to shoot at, under 50yds, with patched ball. From .45 on, it only really matters of you...
  12. DementedMindOfJac

    Traditions

    I won't take that bet with odds. I don't hunt no more, but if'n I was a few years younger, D'you 'spose I'm gonna drag my custom Bucket List through the brush, or one 'em other ones? I 'spect that's why.
  13. DementedMindOfJac

    Traditions

    When my budget was Traditions, my eye was sharp. Now my budget is Custom, because I need all the help I can get. How 'bout that?
  14. DementedMindOfJac

    Stuck Bore Brush

    Still don't like the look of that breech plug. Very dishonest face.
  15. DementedMindOfJac

    Stuck Bore Brush

    Yup. Boretech Eliminator. It'll be ok on steel, but don't touch anything brass with it. I lost a repro Civil War compass when a bottle of that stuff leaked in a box when I was moving.
  16. DementedMindOfJac

    Stuck Bore Brush

    that's exactly why I wanted a picture of the vent. That half-bubble off plumb thinking.
  17. DementedMindOfJac

    Stuck Bore Brush

    I don't like the look of that breech plug, very dishonest face. I'd not be eager to mess with it even after sitting in penetrating oil for a week. If it were me. I'd see if I could find a replacement, but that's one I'd not be looking forward to putting my name on that job sheet. I'd say you...
  18. DementedMindOfJac

    Open iron sights or peep.

    Peeps, twice on Sundays. But... If I'm shooting 50 yds, short range, I prefer v-notch. I pick 'em up quicker. For me, in the end, the choice comes down to $$$. The tang-mounted mid-and long range sights can burn a 24 pounder size hole in your wallet. Else, more than likely, all my smokepoles...
  19. DementedMindOfJac

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    This is not California. Guns don't 'slop' toes off, march in BLM rallies. or run about shooting cops. Here in Real World, guns have a lot less autonomy.
  20. DementedMindOfJac

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    optical illusion. Ball don't come within half a foot of the foot. Heavy vent bleed off got the phone guy the first time though.
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