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    .380 spruless ball?

    I also use a lee mold, and all though you can where the sprue was my balls are nice and smooth.
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    Volume of shot vs weight

    I'm going to be doing some load development this week. I haven't been able to shoot this gun much. What I have shot though is a 70/70 pattern that had some holes in it. The gun is a Lyman trade rifle flintlock that I found a .58 barrel for and had Bobby Hoyt bore it out as big as he could safely...
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    Volume of shot vs weight

    Thanks for the info! You guys are great!
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    Volume of shot vs weight

    Did some poking around, but didn't find the info I was looking for. Does anybody know what volumes on a powder measure equate to the weight of a charge of shot? I was able to find that 70 grains of volumes equals about a 1oz charge of shot. Basically I have a 21 gauge smoothie I'm going to use...
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    What size wads and cards?

    So I should be ok with 20 gauge wads?
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    What size wads and cards?

    I had Mr. Hoyt ream a barrel for me and it came out to .607 caliber. TOTW has wads and cards at .615 and .579....would either of these work?
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    What calibers did they use in the mountain man era?

    I always see new and older production rifles in .50 caliber and .54. Is that because they were actually popular back in the day or is it because of modern standardization and ease of manufacture? Has anyone handled any original examples?
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    Any of you guys make your own flints?

    That's pretty cool, the stuff I have been finding is only 2 or 3 inches wide at most, and after watching some videos on YouTube I doubt it will fracture nicely enough to make a useable flint out of it. It however works fine with a firesteel, and I broke that out today to start a fire to burn...
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    Any of you guys make your own flints?

    For some reason I think it would be cool to make my own flints. I've done some research and there is a really cool chert in this area called normanskill that is green, but hard to find. I've made a couple of rock hunting treks and did manage to find some spark able material....works with my...
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    Lyman trade rifle touchole

    Thanks everyone for your input, good reading!
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    Lyman trade rifle touchole

    Yeah, but how do I know if I have a problem or not? It's my first flint gun, maybe I'm just not used to the lock time yet?
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    Lyman trade rifle touchole

    Thanks for the replies guys, I guess I won't sweat it.
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    Lyman trade rifle touchole

    Ok, my touch hole is about 1/16 of an inch further back from the center of the pan. Can I shim the tang out a touch to correct this? This is my first flintlock, and I can hear the frizzen open before the gun fires. I've enlarged the vent to 1/16th and I'm using an English flint bevel down. I do...
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    Is Radius-Groove Rifling the culprit?

    Have you checked the muzzle crown to see if it was cut properly? Is the barrel firmly fitted to the stock? Have you tried a different lot of powder? Just a few things off the top of my head.
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    Funny stories

    LOL, buck lure nasal spray! I can barley stand the smell of it on the ground, let alone up my nose! Anyone ever go hunting and forget your rifle? I have!
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    Funny stories

    I thought it would be fun to see what some of you have to share. I've had plenty of mishaps, and I thought I would share one to start off with. I had been hunting the past few days with my father and grandfather without much luck about 15 years ago. I was new to muzzleloaders and this was...
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    Hello from Albany NY

    Hello ladies and gents, nice site here a lot of very helpful info. Got my first flintlock today, a lyman trade rifle in .54. I've been shooting muzzleloaders since I was 14, my father and grandfather gave me a traditions deerhunter percussion gun as a kit. We built the kit together and I killed...
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