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  1. Loyalist Dave

    To Bounce or not to Bounce

    Ned Roberts was shooting long range targets, and also sometimes shooting round ball. Here's what he has to say, found in The Muzzle-Loading Cap Lock Rifle.... p. 103 "Do not ram, or pound, the ball down the bore, and do not "whang" the ball with the ramrod onto the powder—simply seat the ball...
  2. Loyalist Dave

    1861 Navy paper cartridges

    very nice work LD
  3. Loyalist Dave

    FOR SALE 20 Burton Ball Paper Cartridges .58 caliber

    Can you post a photo of the projectile not in the tube? Thanks. LD
  4. Loyalist Dave

    IS THIS A SAFE SHOOTING BARREL?

    All of those are marking done by the maker or the person who bought the rifle. Look for a stamped symbol near the breech. It may not have one. So you are likely not going to be able to say what brand of barrel is on the rifle. So you won't be able to add to a description of the rifle if...
  5. Loyalist Dave

    Blanket gun

    A true historic reference "blanket gun" was a severely cut down trade musket, but BOTH on the barrel and the stock. They were made for one event in the Eastern Woodland, Pontiac's Rebellion. They were called such by historians because the Indians wore strouds aka trade blankets as "matchcoats"...
  6. Loyalist Dave

    IS THIS A SAFE SHOOTING BARREL?

    We're probably going to need some photos, and you will likely need to get an inexpensive endoscope that fits your phone for an internal check LD
  7. Loyalist Dave

    Brazier/double brazier stands

    There is the Legionary Camp Stove used by Romans, which really isn't elevated that much although is higher than a brazier, but it does demonstrate ingenuity for the use of iron. The circles were for pots, the Romans liking round bottomed pots for field use, and the grill could be adjusted or...
  8. Loyalist Dave

    Who among us are PIPE smokers?

    This is one of the great examples of the tech and materials being right there in front of folks for decades if not more than a century, but either nobody put the stuff together long enough for the idea to spread, or they simply didn't think to do that. They had reeds to make pipe stems, and...
  9. Loyalist Dave

    1858 truck gun.

    Heat due to climate doesn't degrade black powder, far from it. As long as the action operated, I'd expect such a revolver loaded in 1870 to be quite dangerous, and if the first cap didn't fire, replacing all the antique caps with modern caps would likely due the trick for the old loads. ;)...
  10. Loyalist Dave

    White Vinegar to Strip Bluing?

    A LOT safer than pouring Liquid Plumber onto the blued item. I've seen LGS with a bluing operation do this, BUT they are also working against time in many cases. It works fast, but the safety concerns are (imho) only those that should be used in a professional shop, NOT at home. Evaporust...
  11. Loyalist Dave

    TRADE .36 navy Brass backstrap grip fortrade

    Hello, Even though a trade the ad still needs a photo of the item with a card or piece of paper showing your screen name and the date of the photo, please. LD
  12. Loyalist Dave

    Trying to get an ID on this musket. Not sure if I posted the images right

    You must save them as photos on your PC, then attach them from there. LD
  13. Loyalist Dave

    Non-shooting camp games ideas?

    YEAH, but use actual horseshoes instead of the modern "regulation" ones. LD
  14. Loyalist Dave

    Non-shooting camp games ideas?

    CaBer toss laddie. Highlanders don't toss pickled flower buds aka "capers", unless they are part of something that don't agree with us when we eat them.... Sorry, Couldn't resist 🤪 LD
  15. Loyalist Dave

    Artificer???

    He was on yesterday and posted a comment. LD
  16. Loyalist Dave

    Information on the Culloden Blunderbuss

    From the BBC: Made in the 1670s by John Finch, a leading London firearms maker, NTS said the blunderbuss was a rare survivor of its type. An inscription on the gun reads: "Taken at the battle of Culloden 16 April 1746 by Captain John Goodenough with 18 balls in it." Bonnie Prince Charlie's...
  17. Loyalist Dave

    The Search for a Vintage Cornbread

    Townsends asks the same question.... WHAT IS THE REAL CORNBREAD? LD
  18. Loyalist Dave

    Long range shooting

    The problem is the number of variables. You have: The quality of the powder used, The quality of the barrel used, The position chosen by the shooter, The experience of the shooter with that particular rifle, The ability of the shooter to see the target, The availability of a hold-over sight...
  19. Loyalist Dave

    WITHDRAWN Kibler SMR, 32 Cal

    Folks this is an ad, not a discussion thread. Take the front sight discussion to Private Messaging (PM) please. LD
  20. Loyalist Dave

    unidentified weapons of gg father in Louisiana regt

    Yeah my Mother has a photograph of a GGGreat Grandfather (I lose track of how many "greats"), from the ACW, and he's holding an 1863 Springfield musket, while in his diary he complains that he was actually issued an old smoothbore musket which was normally loaded with buckshot (probably an old...
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