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    How loose should minie balls fit?

    Both my Lymans are 1:42, a Trade rifle and a Deer stalker so I may not find a good shooting combination for them in minnie balls.
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    brake cleaner or alcohol

    One oil I will not use on guns is Break Free. If you leave it on for a few months it dries and leaves a waxy residue. It does prevent rust but it is quite a chore to clean up before going shooting again.
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    How loose should minie balls fit?

    Thanks for the replies fellows, I will play around with the Lee molded bullets a little more, I never tried to many different powder charges yet, and if I can't get decent results I will try the Lyman mold. I was thinking of getting a Bison tag this fall and was leaning toward the minnie...
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    How loose should minie balls fit?

    I cast up a bunch of .54 Lee minie balls the other day and were trying them out in my Lyman. They didn't group as close as my patched round balls and I was wondering if they are too loose. You can easily push them down the bore with very little drag, is that what a person should expect? I was...
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    How critical is patch size?

    Once you seat the ball flush with the muzzle cut off the excess patch with your knife, then they will all be the same. That's what I do. If you pre-cut your patches round how are you going to get the ball centered exactly in the middle of the patch? I don't understand the idea of pre-cut...
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    New Lyman Trade Rifle

    I forgot to mention that the tips on the ramrod on the Trade rifle became loose after using it a few times. They are merly threaded on the wood rod and not very secure. I unscrewed them and expoxied them on with JB weld.
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    New Lyman Trade Rifle

    I recently bought a Deerstalker and a Trade rifle and both touch hole liners are as you described. The Trade rifle had badly mangled threads on the touch hole so I drilled it out and tapped it to 5/16" dia. and made a new touch hole liner. Both rifles shoot fine and as long as I don't put in...
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    good news - bad news

    Check the threads in your touch hole. I bought a Trade rifle last week and it had badly mangled threads. I drilled it out and tapped it 5/16 NF and made a new counterbored touch hole liner out of 4130 crome moly. Also the frizzen didn't seat exactly flush with the pan. A few minutes work...
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    checking recovered patches?

    I have noticed that wasps nest seems to be consumed in the bore. When I use toilet paper you see a few sparks plus it blows a few shreds out, however the patches suffer no burning at all no matter what the load. Plus the toilet paper allows me to be more consistant, ie 1/2 square or 1 square...
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    Looking for lead source

    I forgot to mention I have got a few stick on ww that were cast out of zinc or something. They are easy to spot as they are brittle compared to lead. I understand that zinc is the last thing you want to melt in with your lead.
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    Looking for lead source

    When I scrounge ww lead from tire shops usually about 1/3 of the wheel weights are the adhesive stick on kind. They are pure lead and not hardened with atimony like the clip on wheel weights. I used to be disapointed to find the stick on wheel weights as I was casting for centerfire rifles but...
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    .54 Mortimer

    That is a beautiful rifle. How tight does it shoot?
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    checking recovered patches?

    Your third patch looks like mine do, except I cut my patch off after seating the ball flush with the muzzle so the recovered patches end up being circular. I use crisco for lube with an over powder wad made from 1/2 square of toilet paper. For some reason the wad tightened up the groups...
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    Hammer Falling SHORT

    Check to see if the sear is hitting the fly, maybe a chip of wood or some crud built up in the lock.
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    Shooting birdshot in rifle

    Thanks for all the replies.. I understand about rifling affecting shot as I have shot bird shot out of pistols and .22's. I thought that at close range, 50 feet or so, it would probably work. When I get a chance to try it I will post the results.
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    Canadian question

    In Alberta they have to have reasonable grounds to believe a crime has been commited. In Alberta sustinance hunting any time of the year is also legal if you live in a very remote area. That law is a moot point as the liklyhood of seeing another human is extremly rare. You can legaly carry a...
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    Shooting birdshot in rifle

    I was wondering if anyone has tried shooting birdshot in their rifle and if so what tips would they have. Specificaly I have a couple of 54 Lymans and thought maybe they could do double duty on upland game. Lead shot is still allowed here for upland birds.
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    How long can you reliably leave rifle loaded ?

    Thanks for all your responses. I will make a frizen cover for safety so I don't have to remove the flint, good tip. Plus plug the vent with a feather. When I asked about leaving the gun loaded I only meant for a couple of days at most.
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    group size

    I agree, plus they look out of place.
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    How long can you reliably leave rifle loaded ?

    I was wondering how long can you leave a charge in a rifle and expect it to function reliably? I am refering to hunting of course. Suppose after a days hunting you dump the pan and remove the flint. The following morning would it be safe to assume the charge would be "fresh" enough? I am...
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