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  1. Phil Coffins

    What has more effect on POI, muzzle velocity or recoil.

    No, the wind didn’t affect the point of impact. The recoil had moved the barrel less with the lighter bullet. And my apologies for mentioning the wrong rifle to offer data to the discussion.
  2. Phil Coffins

    Stock inletting questions for a bozo who's never done it

    First step is totally disassemble the lock, inlet the lock plate alone then add the internal parts.
  3. Phil Coffins

    What has more effect on POI, muzzle velocity or recoil.

    Notice too that the recoil motion continues after the bullet leaves but that is momentum because it takes time to slow the movement down. Physics don’t change even for firearms.
  4. Phil Coffins

    What has more effect on POI, muzzle velocity or recoil.

    That’s true in Hollywood, after all a Colts dragon will knock a girl over!
  5. Phil Coffins

    What has more effect on POI, muzzle velocity or recoil.

    From my own experience, ..., . Not a guess or opinion just real live fire. The rifle begins recoil at the moment the bullet starts moving. Same would apply to any rifle.
  6. Phil Coffins

    Hummingbird

    I had ants getting into the feeder so I lightly coated the wire that it hangs from with heavy oil, that stopped them!
  7. Phil Coffins

    Hummingbird

    They are still here today at 8650 feet in extreme north Colorado. Took this broad tails picture just now on the cabin porch. IMG_0666 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr
  8. Phil Coffins

    1851 Grip Question

    For me modifying or reworking seems harder then making a grip to fit really well.
  9. Phil Coffins

    1851 Grip Question

    Finding one that truly fits would be more difficult than making it yourself. I posted a tutorial about how and have had people do a dandy job their first try. IMG_0678 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr
  10. Phil Coffins

    Keeping Minie in Barrel

    Just an idea, place your mini base down on a 3/4” ball or marble and tap the nose gently. That will expand the base a tiny bit and could give you the grip needed. This may get you going with out changing any of your load.
  11. Phil Coffins

    Fake arrowhead flints

    Good idea.
  12. Phil Coffins

    round ball mold expansion

    No cheery needed, CNC mill work does it all.
  13. Phil Coffins

    Powder Flask repair

    Just the cost of a spring and a couple of minutes to install to have a flask that TOW sells for around $50 seems like a good investment.
  14. Phil Coffins

    need help with 44 cal muzzleloaded pistol loading

    Just checked my 44 single shot pistol, a .440” ball sets on the muzzle. With a thin patch it would be hard to get down the barrel. I use .429” ball and a thin patch in it.
  15. Phil Coffins

    need help with 44 cal muzzleloaded pistol loading

    Your 44 calibre single shot will use .430” ball with a cloth patch. The .454” ball are for a revolver and won’t fit. Your pistol will load like a rifle so anything about loading it would be like a rifle except about 25 grains of powder.
  16. Phil Coffins

    Notch in hammer cup

    Flash and flame are going to go somewhere, seems directing it is a good thing.
  17. Phil Coffins

    Can you rust blue parts long after the browning process?

    And now you know for sure! :D
  18. Phil Coffins

    $30 For Remington #10s The New Normal?

    That’s the price for idiots.
  19. Phil Coffins

    Patch question

    That long barrel will work well with 2fg as the other fellows point out.
  20. Phil Coffins

    need help identifying this BP derringer

    The engraving looks totally modern, and the craftsmanship says modern replica to me.
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