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  1. ord sgt

    New member from Ohio

    Ohio. Lived there once upon a time. Found a wife there. Anyway, welcome to the forum.
  2. ord sgt

    Lubricated Wads Contaminating Black Powder or Substitute

    Crisco melts easily. I once put Crisco in the bases of my minies while at a competition shooting match. Stored in a plastic box behind the firing line, Crisco went to liquid in the heat. I had to pour the mess out before putting the loads in my cartridge box. Take a sample and put it in the sun...
  3. ord sgt

    GET OFF YOUR BACKSIDES

    RWS caps are usually 250 to a tin.
  4. ord sgt

    Does lead really wear out rifling by it's passage?

    I bought a well-used unmentionable small bore rifle. It was oval shaped at the muzzle from excess cleaning. I wanted to have a sleeve installed to return the rifle to shooting status. Found out from the gunsmith doing the re-sleeve that there was a sleeve already in the barrel. The original...
  5. ord sgt

    Tight ramrod

    Taper the end of the rod that goes into the fore end. Only use the new wood rod in a hunting situation and only use short pushes when loading. For target shooting, carry a sturdy work rod.
  6. ord sgt

    Travel with Flintlock Rife

    My wife made two leather cases for my 42" Pa. long rifles.
  7. ord sgt

    How I spent my half of Income tax returns.

    That's a good way to help the economy. Nice trio.
  8. ord sgt

    Louisiana bayou country

    Greetings from NJ.
  9. ord sgt

    Musket caps

    My friend really likes the RWS wingless caps. I have some of the RWS 4 wing and several tins of Navy Arms 4 wing musket caps.
  10. ord sgt

    It’s getting pretty bad!

    Look at The Hawken Shoppe. They have kits and ones in the white or finished rifles.
  11. ord sgt

    FFFFg powder priming

    I just stopped by to see how many pages were on the current question. When I first started with flintlocks, I bought a pound of FFFFg. I forget how long it took before using all of that powder. Then I started with FFFg for priming the pan. Never bought FFFFg again.
  12. ord sgt

    TC Renegade **** Geometry Adjustment

    Judging by your pictures, the flint appears to be a bit on the short size. That would cause the flint to strike lower on the frizzen. All of my flintlocks work best with the flint almost touching the frizzen. The flint will strike the frizzen at a higher point, producing more sparks, as long as...
  13. ord sgt

    Front stuffer convert

    Welcome. It's never too late to get addicted to black powder and white smoke.
  14. ord sgt

    Geometries of a flintlock

    Flints are always a curiosity. Some flints will last for many shots and once in a while, the edge will go away after one or two hammer falls. I have had both kinds over the many years of shooting flintlocks. I will flip the flint over at times or knap the edge back as needed. Many flints have...
  15. ord sgt

    Got my tools, ready to disassemble, any words of warning?

    On my work bench, I made some cuts in the wood under the table top. I made the cuts wide enough and just deep enough for a "Jewlers drawer". It's a thin drawer with a white cloth stretched across it. It's there to catch any small screws, washers and any other little parts that want to go missing...
  16. ord sgt

    Do I need a filler for a 20 grain charge in a .44 cal. Cylinder?

    A friend shot his Remington .44 revolver at N-SSA competitions. He had all of the chamber of the cylinder drilled out to one standard size. Using 20 grs FFFg, corn meal as a filler, a .454 ball and a dab of crisco at the end of the chamber. he has won several shooting matches. It works for him...
  17. ord sgt

    Howdy from America

    If you have questions, you will find plenty of answers here. Sift through them all and find what fits your situation. There is a good group of like-minded people here. Ask away and enjoy.
  18. ord sgt

    Do I need a filler for a 20 grain charge in a .44 cal. Cylinder?

    You raised some interesting question so I went and took some measurements of my Pietta Colt .44 roundball .451 wonder wad .184 15 gr FFFg .797 _________________________ 1.848" Chamber 1.146 ____________________________...
  19. ord sgt

    Number 11 cap shortage?

    No cap shortage at my house. #10, #11, #11 magnum, winged musket caps. Enough to last for many moons.
  20. ord sgt

    Do I need a filler for a 20 grain charge in a .44 cal. Cylinder?

    I get good accuracy with 15 gr. FFFg, a felt patch soaked in Wonder Lube and a .451 round ball in my .44 Colt. Tho sometimes accuracy is sometimes affected by the caffeine shakes. I don't need much powder to punch holes in paper.
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