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  1. satwel

    London Armory reproduction Enfield 1853

    FWIW, I have a Euroarms London Armory Pattern 1858 two band Enfield. It shoots just fine. The internal lock parts have PH stamps on them. I put a taller front sight on mine because it shot high, like they all do. It's plenty accurate. I have no complaints.
  2. satwel

    Midsouth Shooters Supply

    Yes. I've placed two orders with them for items I couldn't find anywhere else. No problems with payment and delivery. I'll continue doing business with them.
  3. satwel

    Flintlock jaw pad - lead

    Using lead to wrap a flint is OK if the lock is a military musket with a thick, robust flint ****. For thinner, more graceful civilian flint cocks, you should always use leather. Leather cushions the flint **** from the impact of striking the frizzen. I believe some manufacturers consider their...
  4. satwel

    Touch hole position

    IMHO it should be fine.
  5. satwel

    Walnut SMR finish

    My recommendation is Jim Chambers oil finish. I used it on a walnut stocked Jaeger I built during the pandemic and it turned out very nice. In addition to being easy to use, the finish is durable and not too shiny.
  6. satwel

    Chambers English vs New England Fowlers

    Hi Rich. The English Officer's fusil comes with barrel pins. I think this is because it does not have a hooked breech plug and standing breech so the barrel is not easily removable.
  7. satwel

    Using Older CVA #11 Caps in Blue Container

    If I were you, I would test them to see if they are corrosive. An acquaintance once handed me an old, full tin of caps that someone had given him. It didn't even occur to me that they were old enough to be corrosively primed. I fired two caps to test a percussion rifle I was building at the...
  8. satwel

    Need help with locating some patching material

    If I remember correctly, the 40 lb. drill cloth (sometimes called pocket drill) that I've been buying from JoAnn Fabrics is the thickness you are looking for. I switched from pillow ticking to the drill cloth years ago and never looked backed. If you do end up buying some drill cloth be sure to...
  9. satwel

    R.E.Davis fusil kit for first build?

    Have you spoken with them about availability? Twice I have sent an inquiry via email about purchasing the fusil kit and I've never received a reply. Several years ago I called and asked about their Jaeger kit and they told me they didn't have any of the components and they had no idea when they...
  10. satwel

    I have a question for the Smoothbore crowd

    I have two smoothbore flintlocks that I shoot in NMRLA territorial matches. Both are 20 gauge. One is a Jim Chambers English Officer's fusil with a 40 inch barrel, the other is a Type D French trade gun with a 42 inch barrel. I shoot a .590 ball with either a .015 or .010 patch over 80 grains of...
  11. satwel

    Bees wax

    I use beeswax for: Flux when casting round and mini balls. Mixed 50/50 with mutton tallow to lube mini balls When I use my jewelers saw to cut brass, I frequently run the blade across a block of bees wax to lube it.
  12. satwel

    Swabbing between shots

    When I started shooting rifle matches, I swabbed after every shot. Then I realized swabbing between shots created more problems than it solved and I stopped. My scores improved immediately. Now I wait until the end of the relay to give the barrel a quick cleaning. Unless it's a hot humid summer...
  13. satwel

    Proposed NY-VT Border Shoot

    I will PM you for details. I will probably attend. From Massachusetts.
  14. satwel

    If You Could Design Your Own Shooting Range...

    Were I designing my dream rifle range, the first thing I'd build is a reproduction of the log blockhouse that sits next to the Hudson river in Stillwater, NY.
  15. satwel

    Help Needed for Black Metal Finish on Hawken Rifle

    I think Jim Kibler sells the product you are looking for on his website. It's labeled as a brass blackening, but he recommends it as a barrel and lock darkening solution for his Southern Mountain rifles. I bought a quart bottle several years ago and I've had good luck with it. Go to...
  16. satwel

    Need advice on difficult loading PRB

    As others have already suggested you should try 3F powder (less fouling), a smaller diameter ball (.490) and most importantly, a thicker patch that will carry more lube - at least .015. Buy some dry patches in .015, .018 and .020 and test them using liquid lubes. IMHO forget pre-lubed patches...
  17. satwel

    Minie Ball Size for Chiappa 3 Band P53

    Sounds as if your .576 minie is too small but the only way to know for sure is to shoot some and see what happens. The minie I shoot in my Enfields will also drop all the way down a perfectly clean barrel. After the first shot however they seat with the weight of the ramrod. After three or four...
  18. satwel

    Colt Navy Pistol

    You should post your question on the Civil War Talk forum - In the small arms and ammunition section. That forum is frequented by many serious Civil War weapons collectors/experts. You should quickly receive some expert opinions.
  19. satwel

    Old Stuff, What Do You Have?

    I have a three pound iron cannon ball that we dug out of the side of a creek bed in Maud, Ohio in the late 50's. My parents and I found it during a fossil hunt when I was a boy. A historian in Cincinnati, to whom my parents showed the cannon ball, said it was likely fired by either the St...
  20. satwel

    Cap Splatter

    "Back then caps used mercury fulminate, which is corrosive as hell." This.
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