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Lube In The Hollow Base
The Enfield (Pritchert) bullet which has no grease grooves was one of the very earliest hollow based conicals. The lube for this bullet was contained in on the cartridge paper which was supposed to be wrapped aroud the bullet to prevent direct contact with the bore. This was all very cutting...- Bob E
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Lube In The Hollow Base
sure you dont mean a .579 bore? I dont believe a .575 minnie wiil obdurate to fit a .589 bore no matter what lube you are using. Just my humble opinion. Also, the lube is used to keep the fouling soft, making reloading easier, shot after shot. If you want to prevent bore leading and skirt...- Bob E
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Lube Recipe
I like your idea of using a condiment bottle but I dont think it will realistically work . I think I would mix a lube that will withstand summertime temps. My formula for everything(BP cartridge, Patched RB and minnie rifles) is lard and beeswax starting around a 3-1 mixture. Toss in more...- Bob E
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.58 Rebore
Goodcheer, The 1-60 twist is the exact twist used by R Hoyt for folks shooting the .575213 Lyman bullet in thier Civil War military rifles. I have several of these and they are all capable of shooting cloverleaf groups at 50 yds with 50 gns of fff. The Springfield minie rifles had a 1-66 twist...- Bob E
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- Forum: Flintlock Rifles
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Touch Hole Vent
DCP, I dont know if its necessary to remove the vent liner or not but I understand why you you might feel the need to. I also am cursed with a Bubba-esque curiosity that just has to fidget with things so I say slather on the Kroil and if you need to, get a bigger screwdriver! The only way you...- Bob E
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- Forum: Flintlock Rifles
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Lube In The Hollow Base
I have shot and lubed minies for many years and lube only the grease grooves. If you are using a good lube then you shouldnt need to put anything in the base cavity. The English Pritchert (Enfield) round had no grease grooves. The lube was on the paper that held the cartridge together and was...- Bob E
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"Hog" Rifle
While we are reminiscing family lore I have a tale from my ex-inlaws who live deep in West Va. coal country. I used to visit these folks in the 1970-80s. They had in thier family a muzzleloading rifle that they used in meat shoots. This rifle was stocked in plain maple with grease hole, brass...- Bob E
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- Forum: Flintlock Rifles
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Where to use 2f vs. 3f?
Most of my shooting over the years is N-SSA using 58 cal military arms. Good results can be had using either granulation of powder. I use 50g of 3f and also at times use 50 of 2 f and get the same results in the same rifle. I cant see any change in the POI with either powder at 50 or 100 yds...- Bob E
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Lead
This is the Holy Grail of bullet casting! Once lead is alloyed with another metal it is impossible to un-alloy the mixture. The addition of tin, zinc, linotype etc makes the metal harder than pure lead and melting the mixture and hoping that the lighter metals will rise to the top of the pot...- Bob E
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History In My Hands
I reviewed my source at the Contemporary Longrifle Assoc.'s virtual museum and they state that it was Henry Sheetz who operated out of Shepherdstown in the late 18th century. They have a rifle attributed to him pictured on the site that has some similarities to Semisane's rifle but it has a...- Bob E
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- Forum: Flintlock Rifles
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History In My Hands
For those of you with a historical or collectors interest in Long Rifles try the Kentucky Longrifle Association-links-virtual museum. Scroll down to Library&Museum Index by state,area,school and maker. Here you can find data and photos of almost all known makers and enough information to start...- Bob E
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- Forum: Flintlock Rifles
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History In My Hands
The Sheetz clan was origionally based in what is now Shepherdstown WV.,( Virginia at the time) just across the Potomac River from Maryland. I cant keep the names straight but the elder Sheetz was gunsmithing before the Revolution and supplied, or at least had contracts to supply, Committee of...- Bob E
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New to flintlocks, would like information and advice!
Ryan, Smoothbores are a lot of fun to shoot. Dont underestimate thier performance either. I am an N-SSA shooter and we have team competitions with smoothbores, most commonly percussion and flints converted to percussion. At 25yds we are expected to be able to hit 4" breakable targets from the...- Bob E
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New Marylander
My shooting obsession is Civil War (N-SSA) and I have recently been exploring the world of patched round ball shooting. That should take care of what little hair I have left! I will post on occasion. Thanks, antbee- Bob E
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