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    Uberti Walker range report

    Took my new Uberti Walker to the range last Saturday and was impressed. I loaded it up with 40 grains of Goex FFFG, a felt wad with a little bore butter on it, a .454 round ball and #10 Remington caps. The balls went in easy, just a little ring of lead was shaved from them. I set up a target...
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    First time out

    My Pedersoli Kentucky rifle is just fine. It is reliable and shoots straight. It was my first flintlock, and before I shot it I read everything I could about the rifle and flintlocks in general. It led to information overload, which made me take longer than I should have to go to the range...
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    First time out

    Finally got out to shoot the used ( new to me ) Pedersoli Kentucky rifle. Wow!! I might be hooked on flintlocks. The guy I bought it from said he couldn't get it to work, so he sold it to me for a hundred bucks and said "good luck". The flint that was on the rifle was a black one that looked to...
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    Homemade FFFFG powder?

    I just got my first flintlock and can't wait to shoot it. I don't have any FFFFG powder for priming the pan. The guy I bought it from said he made his own by putting some FFFG in a 35mm film container with a couple of round balls and just shook it up until he got a fine powder. Has anyone...
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    White powder on round balls

    I was given a container with about 200 .490 round balls. They had been stored in a garage. Most of them are covered with a white powder ( corrosion? ). Are they good to be used as is, or do they need to be cleaned. If they need to be cleaned , how so? Thanks
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    TC Hunter Style Peep Sight

    Thanks for the info. A couple of questions though. Do you have to change the front sight? And does the rear sight have to be removed? My renegade will shoot a 3" group at 75 yards. I know the rifle is capable of better accuracy, its just a matter of tweaking the shooter. Thanks again.
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    TC Hunter Style Peep Sight

    My eyes are getting old. I,m thinking about a peep sight for my .50 cal renegade. What kind did you get, and where did you get it from. I,ve seen that Cabellas has a peep for T/C rifles listed in their catalog. Is anyone familiar with this sight?
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    Goex prices

    $25.00 a pound for GOEX at one place, $14.00 a pound for Graf&Sons at another.
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    Dumb question?

    The nipples on the pistol are new ones that I just got from Dixie Gun Works. I took one of the nipples to the local gun shop and they let me try some #10 cap on for size. Still too loose. If I'm going to have to pinch caps I might as well just pinch some of the hundreds of #11's I allready have...
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    Dumb question?

    #11 caps fit loosly on my 1860 Army. I have to pinch them so they don't fall off. Are #10 caps smaller? If so, are they significatly smaller or just a little bit? I would like to be able to use a capper to load the pistol rather than fumble around with my bare fingers. Thanks for any help.
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    1860 Project update

    My rusted pile of parts is now ready to shoot. I ordered nipples, a wedge and a main spring from Dixie Gun Works. VTI wasn't much help since they don't stock Euroarms parts. The wedge took a couple of minutes of file work to fit it to the pistol. The mainspring fit perfectly. The knipples were...
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    CVA double gift

    Ditto, I have a CVA Kentucky rifle and pistol both .45s. I bought them as kits for my father back in the seventies. He had them as wall hangers until his death. They came to me about six years ago and I finally shot them last fall. The rifle is a tack driver with 40 grains of Graf & Sons FFG...
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    1860 project

    Thanks, great info, I'll start the autopsy tomorrow. I determined that was was made by Euroarms. Their mark was hard to find. I checked out VTI's site. I'll call them once I have the pistol disassembled. Do you know off hand if Euroams uses a .451 or a .454 ball. I don't remember what size I...
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    1860 project

    I have an 1860 army that I bought in the late 70's. It needs a barrel wedge and three nipples. It is in time with a good lock up. I tried to pop some caps with it and it was a no go. I figured the mainspring was weak. Went ahead and backed the knipples out a half a turn and got perfect ignition...
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    Hey from Illinois

    Wow all the way from Germany. I visited your country when I was in the Navy. I also when to school with some German sailors at the Naval Gunnery School here in Illinois. Even took one of the guys rabbit hunting. Are there many black powder shooters there? I thought the gun laws were very...
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    Hey from Illinois

    I sighted in there once about 15 years ago. I didn't know they had a separate black powder range. Come spring I'll cross the chedder curtain and check it out. Thanks for reminding about it.
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    Hey from Illinois

    I'll be the one looking downrange for his ram rod :redface: . There'll probably be a big guy with me laughing. He claims to be my friend. Hope to run ito ya.
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    Hey from Illinois

    I've been to the Buffalo shooting park twice. Its a two hour drive from me but alot of fun. Love that plinking pit. Its just on the outskirts of town.
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    Hey from Illinois

    Hey Jerthro, I'm in the Chicagoland area. Up north in a town called Mundelein. Since getting back into the sport I've shot several times in Ottawa. I imagine you're further south. I'm to check out a black powder range in Rockford if I ever find time.
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    Hey from Illinois

    Just getting back into muzzle loading. I have a.50 cal renegade and .45 cal CVA Kentucky rifle that my dad built from a kit in the 70's. The .45 shoots like a dream. I also have a box of parts that used to be a 1860 army replica (winter project). Glad to be a part of the muzzle loading nation.
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