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  1. Leadball loader

    Leadballs needed!!!

    This week I realized I was not going to live up to my name if I didn’t take some serious action to ensure I could. I was in danger of running out of ball for my FDC. Had only 42 rds on hand and I try to shoot a couple times a week. today I spent four hours plus with anRCBS lead furnace and my...
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    Rust stopping oil

    I have been cleaning my flintlock guns with two hot water patches followed by two drying patches followed by a patch saturated with canola oil. The patches are three inch strips and are pushed down the barrel twisted ahead of the slotted rod so they wipe the plug edges free of fouling and...
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    My new NW trade gun

    I use wasps nest and have never had the hint of ember show up. The material is naturally fire resistant from the wasp saliva and tends to disintegrate after leaving the gun. I also use newspaper treated with a soak in a Boraxo boiling water solution. this wadding also tends to break into...
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    Buchele marked lock

    Just found the answer to part Of my previous post. A post on the rifle forum has an older Pedersoli plainsman rifle with the same lock. I wonder how old is old?
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    GETTING TO KNOW YOU

    I have had to learn a few things as I get along in life. The most important thing has been to remember that happiness is a choice we make!!!! It ain’t easy that’s for sure but it does help to make that choice when things are getting tough. I think there are a few things in everyone’s life...
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    What a difference a thin wad can make...

    I have followed this topic closely and want to add my primitive method to the mix. I try to use materials close to what would have been available in the F & I era so I use wasp nest or news print treated w/ boraxo soak to give it some fire retardant quality. I use my 20 ga FDC a 65gr charge of...
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    powder charge for musket?

    What was the method employed to determine powder strength???
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    Breech plug on India-made barrel

    Dave , I wish your friend had checked with you before purchasing the gun. It is way over priced for type and condition. Sorry to see a situation like this that could be prevented by checking with someone familiar with Muzzleloading guns. Leadball loader
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    Breech plug on India-made barrel

    Dave, If there is a stamped A H U. Udr India C/1xxxx. 25/9/79 or similar markings I believe you have threaded plug that can be removed. There is probably a witness mark also visible under the breech near the stamps. It took a major amount of torque to loosen and return the plug with a...
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    Breech plug on India-made barrel

    I have removed the breech plugs on three of my India muskets and found them to be well threaded. I made the grooved area where the flash vent came through slightly deeper for access to the main charge. These muskets were purchased through Military Heritage in Canada. A barrel vice was used...
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    Buchele marked lock

    I have a flintlock that my son got with a lot of gun parts. It is marked Buchele on the outside Of the plate and made in Italy stamped on inside. It takes 5/8 flints and seems to spark well. It has never been on a rifle and is not drilled for the bolts. Who sold these and when? I think I...
  12. Leadball loader

    Round Ball weight

    I have cast RB for my fdc 20 with the idea they would not have been casting ball as close as can be done today in the era of my gun. If they aren’t to wrinkly they get shot and I have once or twice made really nice off hand groups. The accuracy is more affected by me than the weight and look of...
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    NE Primitive Biathlons

    I did Pemi with my son last February and had a great time. Hope to go again this coming February now that I know the date. Hope the snow is as good as last time.
  14. Leadball loader

    How different these beasts are

    I think my ml is daring me to try to learn the secret combination that will get consistency. Must be the reason I continue to love to shoot the old girl cause I have come close once or twice.
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    Belgian charleville circa 1974

    I to have been mulling that thin barrel. I have had it for 45 years without using a live round and I remember feeling I shouldn’t use it for anything other than blank charges when I got it. I have it as a wall hanger and will have to pass that fact down to the generations following me. At least...
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    Belgian charleville circa 1974

    Back during the bicentennial celebration I participated in a militia re-enactment company commemorating the Arnold Expedition to Quebec. I needed a musket and was short on cash. My American Rifleman had a Century Arms advertisement for a Charleville musket made in Belgium so another fellow and...
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    Indian Muskets

    India made guns seem to cause much discussion pro and con. I own four of them and have shot only India guns for the last two years. I bought from Access Heritage in Canada and drilled the flash vents myself with a power hand drill after researching diameters and positions. This allowed me to...
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    4F powder

    That damping is damping and frustrating on a humid or wet weather day and is the reason I won’t ever use 4F as priming ever again. It 3F or 2F or no shooting for me!!!
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    Indian Made Fusil de Chasse

    I own several India muskets that have some appearance of slight bulging on the surface the barrel. They came that way and I believe it is the result of the sizing reamer being forced or bound during manufacture or improper finishing on barrel surface. The there is no change in the barrels after...
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    Why are or aren't you an NMLRA member?

    I have been a member since I discovered an organization promoting Muzzleloading shooting existed. That was in the late 60’s with a seven year lapse in the late 70s to early 80s when raising a family made me economize until I realized I had missed the membership in support of Muzzleloading. The...
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