• Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.

    We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.

    Use this link to sign up please; https://membership.nra.org/recruiters/join/XR045103

Search results

Shop deals on ebay
the hawken shop
Muzzleloading Forum

Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. Tanglefoot

    Considering a .40 caliber

    My old .40 caliber percussion has a Douglas barrel that likes 55 grains of FFFg behind a patched .390 round ball. I cast my own round ball with a Lee RB mold. At 25 yards that load groups in one ragged hole roughly 5/8-inch across. At 50 yards she opens up to between 3/4 and 1 inch. I've...
  2. Tanglefoot

    "Primitive" shooting at NMLRA

    The so-called "Primitive Range" area at Friendship is just an afterthought for most of the shooters there. They are, and always have been, primarily shed/bench/tackle box/known distance/bulls-eye muzzleloaders. Buckskinners are 2nd class citizens there. In 1993 they sent a team to the Western...
  3. Tanglefoot

    ML Hunter Safety Course

    Most states/regions require the successful completion of a ML Hunter Safety Training Course before a license can be issued. Who knows when and how that got started?
  4. Tanglefoot

    Won A Hawkin!

    I won the raffle to get one of the NMLRA Ruger Old Army's back in `74. They were "1 of 100." It's still in the strong box and it's still unfired. Won the Texas Lottery once too -- for 23 dollars, as I recall.
  5. Tanglefoot

    What is it that pulls us into muzzle loading!

    I shot rifle competition in the Army at the local level, got started in pistol competition locally and worked up to 2nd Army level and qualified for Camp Perry. Got out at the end of my obligation and shot in police competition at local and state levels in a couple of jurisdictions. It got...
  6. Tanglefoot

    Owners of original (not modern replicas) C&B revolvers, do you shoot them?

    My own first ML handgun was an 1858 Remington original that had seen a lot of use and wear but was still perfectly functional. I shot it a lot, carried it as a backup when hunting too.
  7. Tanglefoot

    Hello from Salt Lake City

    Welcome from the Texas Hill Country !
  8. Tanglefoot

    CLOSED Original 1863 Springfield ramrod

    Try Dixie Gun Works.
  9. Tanglefoot

    FOR SALE Early Scots Dirk

    To answer the questions, tap the picture that has my name and the date in it and there is a picture of the sheath next to the knife. Yes it’s still available, and it’s still $150 plus S&H. Thanks for your interest.
  10. Tanglefoot

    time machine

    Nostalgia is well and good, and it's fun to remember some of the good things, but I was born before Pearl Harbor, raised on a subsistence farm, and although we raised and gathered enough food so we always had something to eat, we were poor folks. I remember working hard every day. We raised...
  11. Tanglefoot

    time machine

    Nosiree Bob! Thank you most kindly but I would be long gone several times over without modern medical care, plus I grew up on a subsistence farm in the mountains where we mostly grew, gathered, or shot what we ate. The “Good Ol’ Days” were mostly hard work from can-see to can’t-see, plus...
  12. Tanglefoot

    FOR SALE Allen Firearms 1849 Pocket Dragoon

    This little revolver was made by Uberti and came from Leonard Allen's old Western Arms Company. The top barrel flat is marked "Allen Firearms Mfg Co., Santa Fe, NM." It is .31 caliber, with an unusual 3-inch barrel. It is in new condition, and has never been fired. The bluing and case-colors...
  13. Tanglefoot

    .36 Colt Navy that powerful??????

    Some years ago I was writing for a publication called The Trade Blanket, which is no longer in print. We accumulated some BP revolvers and did quite a lot of testing for accuracy and relative knockdown power, using carefully controlled loads, consistent ammunition, and a gadget called a...
  14. Tanglefoot

    Loss of accuracy…

    Lot of interesting thoughts here. I had a problem once with a new rifle where the first few shots would be center, and then they would wander off towards the edge of the paper -- each successive shot a mite further out. Turned out to be a high spot in the barrel inleting. As the barrel got...
  15. Tanglefoot

    New toBP

    Welcome from another South Texan .... and I suggest you might want to look up the Alafia River Longrifle club. Probably you could find out more contact info for them online. At one time we lived in Ormond Beach, and a few years later, Clearwater. Used to shoot with the Alafia River crowd. Good...
  16. Tanglefoot

    Running While Reloading Flintlocks - a necessary survival technique...

    If this challenge begins to feel easy, throw in a try at loading a long barreled flintlock then firing at a small target while still prone behind a log. Was probably also a useful survival skill "back in the day."
  17. Tanglefoot

    Hello from Powderhorns and More

    Howdy Lucky, It's good to see ye here on the forum. It's been a while since you stopped by the house that time but I disremember when it was .... just before ye retired as I recall. I've been checking yr website from time to time and do admire what ye've done with the flat horns. That...
  18. Tanglefoot

    Bison Powder Horn

    For whatever it may be worth, I've found that a couple of small sandbags are very handy when I'm working on a horn. They will stabilize the odd shapes while sanding and shaping. I use a piece of old belt leather to form a loop that will hold the spout end while I'm working on the big end. I...
  19. Tanglefoot

    FOR SALE Early Scots Dirk

    Here t'is. Sorry -- I'm new at this selling gear on the Forum.
  20. Tanglefoot

    FOR SALE Early Scots Dirk

    This is a plain Scots Dirk of the type called "Early" or "Primitive." The 12-inch single-edge blade is unengraved and was made from quarter-inch high carbon steel. The handle was made from a piece of a broken Maple gunstock, and the hilt and pommel were made from scratch out of brass bar stock...
Back
Top