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  1. 4

    Velocity vs pressure. Am I gonna kill myself?

    My Hawken .54 shoots best with Pyrodex and I have worked loads until blue in the face and shoulder with other powders. T7 is OK but it hates ANY compression at all. All you want to do is touch it with the ball or slug. If you lean on that ramrod you will have all kinds of funny results.
  2. 4

    Gluing leather to flint

    True, all of my locks have spikes on the jaws. Many locks come smooth so I apply them with a graver.
  3. 4

    Accuracy Issues

    Thats the creep that swings on my barrel, How did you get a picture of him, I have tried but the camera refuses to see him.
  4. 4

    Cracked Stock Repair

    A slow cure epoxy, I like Accra Glass best and it comes with dyes. A good heavy coat of wax also is a good release agent. Wrap tight with inner tube bands or surgical tubing after putting the barrel back in.
  5. 4

    Accuracy Help

    Those size groups offhand are just great. With age it has gone away for me. I agree that if you hsve a RB twist, up the charge, miner never did s thing until I got to 90 gr.
  6. 4

    A controversial topic...

    WD40 NEVER, EVER goes near my fire arms----PERIOD. Worst junk ever made but it will flush off water. Make sure to remove it before a real lube.
  7. 4

    New member from WV

    Welcome. I am near Harpers Ferry and am interested n your location.
  8. 4

    Purge the butter

    I love BB in the winter. Had to drive my truck on the tube to lube a patch.
  9. 4

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I needed a new 1/16" punch long enough to remove pins from a stock. I drilled a hole in the end of a cut off allen wrench with a no. 52 bit, champhered the end nicely and tapped in a lengyh of 1/16" piano wire. Works like a charm.
  10. 4

    Tuning my Flintlock

    Looks perfect to me! Now just find a load that groups best.
  11. 4

    Best lead for casting ball?

    Invest in a hardness tester. I think Lee has one reasonable. I have the LBT one and it is worth it's weight in gold. You can remove a lot of junk from lead if you heat it to just 600 degrees, no more, and skim it without fluxing. I have scrounged lead all my life and have maybe a few tons of...
  12. 4

    RWS no 11s

    Rws caps do not go near my guns. They are brittle and pieces have stuck in my chin and nose, good thing for safety glasses. I use what I have left to clear the nipples but i hold the guns upside down. Italian caps do the same thing but Rem and CCI do not.
  13. 4

    Stock finish with tru-oil

    Same here and have been using it for as long as it has been made. Once I hunted for a week in rain with my Hawken and my rifle was the only one with no damage. My friends with TC's had swelled wood and lost finish. I had to repair them all and you guessed it---Tru oil.
  14. 4

    Hello from Carroll county Ohio

    Welcome. I spent every summer in Carrolton with my aunt and uncle. Fished a small pond down one of the roads and all the streams. Nice country. Fished Leesville and Atwood in later years.
  15. 4

    Filling In A Gap In The Stock

    The sawdust or Accra Glass stained to match are both good.
  16. 4

    .54 TC Hawken

    I pop 3 caps before loading the first time. Invest in a welding tip cleaner set, works great to clean a nipple hole.
  17. 4

    Pure frustration

    Why would anyone use a plastic jag??? But at least a screw should go in and bite it. Now about reseating when the ball or jag is down the barrel, no need, to reseat as the tiny amount of powder has little pressure. It will not harm the barrel.
  18. 4

    Bullet stuck in barrel - with a twist

    The tiny amount of powder needed would not even be heard outside. Just point the barrel at a chunk of 4 x 4 or a box full of rags. What you did was use a store bought bullet puller that expanded the ball too mich.
  19. 4

    Powder Granulation for percussion target accuracy

    Pyrodex is very touchy to seat pressure so I made a tool with a large spring in it for the final seat so all are the same tension. I just set it on the rod when the ball is down and compress the spring.
  20. 4

    Barber pole stripe on a ramrod.

    Tacks are TACKY for sure. Neighbor has one he filled with brass tacks---UGLY and must weigh 10# more.
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