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    How do you carry pistols.

    I carry my single shot percussion target pistol to the range in a large hard case that came with foam liners. The pistol is pretty long, so I got a big steel sided case, about 25" x 16". Since it is long it is also wide enough that it also holds most of the accessories and ammunition that I...
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    If you were switching powder from Goex, what to....?

    Sort of like dynamite, the patch would soak it in and stabilize it a little like the filler does in dynamite. Lube and load at the same time? Ramming the ball would be tricky - you'd want to do a SMOOTH ram, not to thump it at all. Finding your ideal charge would be a very delicate process.
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    Do I NEED a Fowler or Fusil?

    Need? Well not like you need air, water, and food - but if you already have those, Everyone needs a smoothbore. Or two.
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    GOEX PLANT

    A million pounds is believable, but i don't know how much DOD uses per year. Why is it believable? Every artillery round uses black powder: If it's separate loading,( that is 155mm and up), then sewn at the back of the stack of bags of nitrocellulose powder is a red bag of black powder. That...
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    Problems with "Bore Butter"

    I just put it in my pocket next to my leg, and it's war enough in winter.
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    The GOEX Plant is shutting down

    https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=schuetzen%20black%20powder But I will say it's the outcome of consolidation: With Hodgdon owning both Pyrodex and Goex, you don't get the benefit of competition and this is where that ends up. Black powder vital for US artillery ammunition, though. It's...
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    1Fg?

    Same thought as for larger nitrocellulose powder grains in larger modern cannon, not just with black powder. Did you ever see the powder grains used for an 8-inch howitzer? They are as big as my thumb! The larger grains burn slower. With a longer barrel, this means more efficient use of the...
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    Starting out casting balls and bullets

    Yes commercial Minies are pricey! And the one time I bought them they were made with hard lead, not good. It's not hard to cast your own, go for it!. But for Minies you want the lead hotter than for round balls, in order to make the lead fill the little grooves in the mold before it...
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    WANTED .485 Round Ball Mold

    Lee will make molds to special order. Contact them for price. A few years ago a friend and I ordered a pair for our smoothbore muskets, and mine is still working great.
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    George Moller's 17th Century French Matchlock Musket

    it is interesting to see that this matchlock has a rear sight.
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    pre-measuring or a better method of measuring for revolver?

    I bounth some from Wischester sutlerr last year, in two different sizes. So they are still in business - and sell over the internet too.
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    NMLRA fighting

    Actually, no. the ADA only requires disabled accessibility whern you build new or upgrade. So existing restrooms could stay that way forever - or at least until people decided they were too old and ratty and wanted an upgrade. 'the Govt' would not have a leg to stand in in shutting down...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Held my annual reenactors' shoot / live fire drill: Let then fire groups with two different Minies to maybe find out which their rifled musket likes. Then on to some fun, firing volleys at 50 yards at a rank of small silhouettes; Then firing by file at gallon milk jugs in a 'war" = team...
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    Minie Sizing, Before or After Lubrication?

    I don't know about your first question, never personally had to deal with bullets that were over the bore size. I started with the Lee .575 mold and worked up to larger calibers. My thought is, if you already have the sizer - how's your accuracy? If they don't size down well then melt them...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Finished preparing the ammunition for the reenactors' shoot that I sponsor annually. i have everything ready to load out Saturday morning.
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    Minie Sizing, Before or After Lubrication?

    Yes, I have several Minie molds that drop bullets that do not require sizing. I often still push those bullets (lubed) through a sizer because - there is variation is what comes out of the mold. Unusual; but it does happen. - it gives me bullets that are not over-lubed, therefore faster and...
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    noob - what do i need, what is a waste of $ ?

    Grenadier1758 is right, 40 grains is way too much for that gun. most of us shoot about 25 in a .44 revolver. Buy 3F powder, not 2F. 2F burns too slow, will still be burning when the ball exits the short barrel. That 2F's energy will be wated in a fireworks display, not used in pushing your...
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    About petroleum products - Yes they will gum up your bore, and can make a major problem very quickly. When my own 1861 Springfield was brand new and I was brand new to rifled muskets, I bought some Minies just as you did and lubed them with a suitably named product. Which turned out to be...
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    Minnie Ball Stuck 1861 Springfield

    It doesn't matter. There is no way you can clean the bottom of the bore right now, so why worry about it before you get the ball screw? Worry instead about why it got stuck. Did you start with the barrel clean? In a clean barrel a minie should go down under the weight of your ramrod. After...
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    Minnie Ball Stuck 1861 Springfield

    NO! This is a Minie. Pounding it down will spread the skirt and really get the bullet wedged in against whatever it stuck on. Then it will be harder to pull out. If he uses a ball screw at this point, without pounding, there is a good chance of getting it out easily.
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