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    .690" ball and a Pedersoli Bess.

    if it helps i have a .708 mould you can try ,just pm us if you want to give it a run out atb :thumbsup:
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    Loading Muzzleloaders in the field

    why gentlemen i smell sarcasm :nono: :blah:
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    How did you get into the BP Sport and why choose Flintlocks

    obsessive interest in the Wellington/Napoleon era.then 2 years ago at the Yorkshire show the MLAGB had a has a go stand ,like WOW.the following year another go at the local show.pecker pecker the bug was tapping at my head so i talked the missus /boss into me buying 1 .now i mould my own balls...
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    Pot cleaning advice please.....

    im using a ladle ,to melt and some lead leaves a brown dirty ,dry powder in after melting .it just spoons off the pool of molten lead.try a melt see if the "rust"just floats spoon it away as you would other impurities atb
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    Another quirky load for dense patterns

    is this an advert for Confused.Com :headslap: :surrender:
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    Baler twine tinder

    +1 for jute ,also fine shavings ,just trim a small stick into feathers or use pine needles.absolutely dripping with resin ,spit a bit but burn when wet atb
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    Types of Lead?

    it,s got antimony in it ,to make it harddddd.so itl melt in your pot but be a bit tougher when moulded.it ,s popular here for making shot for reloading cartridges .atb
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    6 weeks 'til squirrel season!!!

    lucky fellers ,my local shoot wont let me on till November,2 locals have it stitched up till then .cant wait ,theres squizzers,rabbits and roe deer and crows gazillions of crows .just counting down the days
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    Olive Oil Wad Lube?

    thanks for this gents ,i now have a way to speed soak wads.thanks again Brown Bear and irishtoo.didnt fancy eye droppering them 1 at a time ,the jar overnite soak is ideal i can do my bag of 500 whilst catching some zzzzz,s :hatsoff:
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    traditional muzzle loader culture

    hope so,im looking forward to my father in law having a go ,bless him he,s 88 and still loves guns ,ex Worcester n Sherwood Foresters.he was once taken home by the village bobby for blowing up a fishpond with home made gunpowder.so loves blackpowder with its flash bang wallop.and theres a couple...
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    Loyalist Arms & Repair...

    we used kasenit in the forge at school,35 years ago.no masks no extractor fans nada ,nothing and im fine :youcrazy:
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    Jeff Tanner moulds

    we use mould release and it just burns off after 3/4 mouldings at work.have you tried aluminium fishing moulds,ive got a 15mm x 7 slot mould bored out using a ball end mill to .62thou by a kind man in our machine shop.so i can do about 70 balls an hour and the lead doesnt stick.doing 7 balls in...
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    traditional muzzle loader culture

    im a total novice to muskets,having just bought my first an india pattern brown bess in .69 cal.the interest from people at work has been amazing ,got shotguns and deer rifles yeh whatever no interest from them at all.but now ive got bess theyre all intrigued .what do you fire,wow theyre bigger...
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    stain old couch leather?

    silicone also wrecks plastic ,where i work is a silicone free zone.when your making crash resistant carparts from abs the last thing you need is silicone weakening the strength of said parts .silicone isnt quite the super product theyd have you believe atb
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    Lead thermometer

    the cheap thermocouples we are suffering at work means the thermometer is used more and more as your lucky if 4 out of ten dont lie.so as a back up a thermometer is a good investment imho.And totally agree english is dying as a spoken language .our factory is 70% eastern european so pidgeon...
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    Cartridge template

    draw a "square" on a piece of stiff card.6"x6".then on the rhd side measure up 3"then draw from the 3" a line across to the top left corner this gives you your template shape.cut above the 3" line so your square now has an angled top \ like so .you can use this shape to cut around on newspaper...
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    stain old couch leather?

    well done my ball pouches and flint bag are all retired leather welding aprons ,2mm thick and as soft as cheese.recycling old leather saves money to buy more shooting n fishing gear cos i need it :grin:
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    Range Box suggestions?

    in the same way as my daughter,s hair is strawberry blonde,not GINGER :rotf: .any man including the son in law calls her ginger when they went to eat food through a straw :haha: .
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    Hog hunting in Alabama

    saw some BIG hogs in the walmart on honeymoon in florida.did wonder if some of them remembered what their feet looked like :haha:
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    Loading Stand

    long time ago in a far off galaxy ,put a lid on that and it was a school desk for infants in jolly old england.what a great idea ,il be looking for one of those to convert :thumbsup:
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