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Colt 1851 Navy—120 yards?
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Colt 1851 Navy—120 yards?
“Holding the reins of two horses with one hand, Austin Police Sgt. Adam Johnson raised his service pistol and fired a bullseye into the target some 312 feet away. Down went Larry McQuilliams, and so ended his rampage through the streets of the Texas capital, where he’d fired more than 100... -
Santa Barbara 1858
Gotcha. I thought you’d posted bore diameter at .445” which would make groove diameter roughly .450-.451” which should work nicely with the .450” chambers. Even so, if your chambers are .450 and groove diameter is .445” it’s still not a horrible mismatch. I’d take that over standard Pietta... -
Santa Barbara 1858
Just guessing here but that would put the groove diameter at .451” or so. What’s the problem with that? Target Remingtons by Pedersoli, Hege, Pietta Shooters Model all have chambers slightly over groove dimensions by a couple thousandths. Your replacement cylinder from Pietta would likely be... -
Ammunition for a muzzleloader.
Unless you’re really accurate drilling your hollow base it will most likely be a wasted effort. The slightest bit of misalignment there will utterly destroy accuracy. Besides the flat based maxis work just fine. Lube only the smaller bottom groove and use an oversized wool wad over the charge...- Bad Karma
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- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Ammunition for a muzzleloader.
Any lead or lead alloy up to and including 20:1 will expand into the rifling under the kick in the pants of a reasonable for caliber charge of blackpowder. Obduration is a real phenomenon. The magic of the Minie is that it can be significantly under bore size for repeat loading into an...- Bad Karma
- Post #51
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Trying to understand this “short arbor” on Uberti revolvers
For what reason? Someone would need to show standing and damages in some substantial amount in order to file a suit let alone win one. Uberti have a very successful firm making products that people want to buy as they are. -
24 Uberti 1862 Police unpack
Looks like the Remington police model triggers. Nice work… -
New to me: Le Page Reproduction
A dry pencil eraser will work on the rusty parts… -
My bear grease is lazy
When my (ahem) good friend was a young man he was stalked by a cinnamon colored sow as he was cow calling a nice 6x6 bull. He spotted the bear when she was less than ten yards away. Whispered, “psst! Get away bear!” Provoked her to take another step and raise her hackles. His Black Widow recurve...- Bad Karma
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- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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New to me: Le Page Reproduction
Maybe @No second place can chime in. I’m positive he has experience with these pistols… -
New to me: Le Page Reproduction
Looks like the old Marlin Microgroove rifling. -
My Percussion Rifle & Equipage
I agree great post by @Smokey Plainsman and some bery nice kit. Btw, accoutrement is one of the few French words I can pronounce well so I use it as often as possible… my friend Jean Pascal approves.- Bad Karma
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- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Comer's Gunworks
Welcome! As a vendor, thank you for your support of the forum and the community!- Bad Karma
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- Forum: Muzzleloading Sponsor Market
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Convenient grease
WRT lung capacity, my brother had a fella who worked for him, in the fall he was a guide. Some of the sports are sort of know it all, do it all types and when he ran across one he’d set out on the steepest, roughest trail he could find. He’d fire up a cigarette and away he’d go, puffing like a... -
Convenient grease
Yes absolutely! One of my wife’s uncles was a golf nut who lived his life in Western PA and we took him up to the golf course at Leadville, 9600’ elevation. He was tickled, said it took twenty years off his game. Big slow bullets are affected at extreme ranges but with open sights I suspect... -
Convenient grease
US says he changes the formula depending on season. Stiffer for summer and thinner for winter, etc… I live at 8500’ elevation and the hottest days are rarely over 90 so I typically mix lube a bit thinner than most. -
Convenient grease
If I use wads at all, I use .462”x.030” veggie fiber wads to ensure a gas seal in my 45 caliber rifles. I’ve used them in revolver too but I need to research further and chronograph some loads and bullets to see if there are quantifiable benefits. -
Convenient grease
A fellow by the name de guerre of Outlaw Kid showed me a technique for making a paper towel saturated lube wad using an oil/beeswax mixture. They’re very thin and seem to work well.