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  1. Mad Professor

    Help to I.D. some bullet molds.

    TOTW has the Lee mold I have listed, 91400, 54 cal 380 gr real. So I'm sure of what that mold is. They also had a pdf of the Lyman bullets/molds. Still not a matching number with my mold (575213HM), which I suspect is the 575213PH mold. I'll get a picture and the calipers out to measure...
  2. Mad Professor

    Help to I.D. some bullet molds.

    Will take me a few days/week. The molds are at my other place, and my camera is here. Other place does not have internet so will depend on how my travels work out. Will grab an internet picture meanwhile..... The Lyman mold looks like this 575213NS, but as stated numbers are different. I'm...
  3. Mad Professor

    Who got the bunny?

    I saw my motion light by the barn come on before dawn a couple days back. I went out for deer a bit later and found 1/2 bunny in the nearby orchard. I whoose meal I disturbed? Have red/grey fox , yotes, and fisher in neighborhood. Had lots of bunnies last winter, the fishers cleaned up...
  4. Mad Professor

    Decked a big boar yesterday with GPH .54

    Making bacon!:thumb:
  5. Mad Professor

    Renegade replacement barrel

    GM made drop ins in 45 50 and 54 cal. I know the 50 and 54 are 1-28 twist I've got those. Not sure of the 45 cal twist? Idaho Ron would know. TOTW has the 50 cal GM listed but backordered
  6. Mad Professor

    Shooting 45 cal ball in a 50 cal muzzleloader

    OP wad with the buffer on top of that like a shotgun load. Would need a "patch/es" tight enough to grab the rifling
  7. Mad Professor

    Shooting 45 cal ball in a 50 cal muzzleloader

    He's asking about a 45 cal PRB, not a bullet in plastic suppository. Not sure if he was thinking of multiple patches or trying a plastic POS? To OP use the 45 balls in the revolver, get a 45 barrel for the rifle, or the 45 flinter . As a side note, there was a member Roundball, who...
  8. Mad Professor

    Help to I.D. some bullet molds.

    I got two NOS bullet molds ( Lee and Lyman) for free I'd like to determine what bullets they make and if they might be useful for me? I have 50, 54, 58, 62 and 12 ga guns........various barrels/twists. The Lee is complete with handles and box. Doesn't seem to mention what sort caliber, but...
  9. Mad Professor

    New to ML questions

    See forum rules. Get yourself a traditional 50 cal ML and come back here with real black and some PRBs. We'll get you on paper and then check out the hunting forum here. I'd get a 50 cal as every load is a handload and you can adjust powder accordingly for your shoulder, and accuracy. A PRB...
  10. Mad Professor

    Double Doe Plains Rifle Day

    Congratulations on making some fine venison to your dad. Should be fine eating. Nice getting deer at the homestead and letting the tractor do the "long drag" out of the woods. I've used my N Ford for such.
  11. Mad Professor

    What gun to use.

    I hunt a few places. At home I leave one loaded until I shoot something. That gets the cap waxed on the nipple and a piece of duct tape on end of muzzle. It stays in a cold entryway so bringing it in don't sweat moisture on it. I've two other rifles I hunt with. They are the ones I use if...
  12. Mad Professor

    First traditional muzzleloader deer

    Nice gun and nice deer!
  13. Mad Professor

    New to muzzleloading and needing some help

    Fouling scrapers work but if you've got a patent breech, an old bronze brush under bore size might work better, to clean the breech.. Make sure your ramrod attachment is sturdy/pinned, don't want a brush or a jag stuck in the bore. When I first got started I got a jag stuck more than once...
  14. Mad Professor

    New to muzzleloading and needing some help

    Try a 50-cal 385 gr Hornady or Buffalo Bullet conical over a lubed wonder wad. Start with 70 gr FFg and work up to 90 (should be ~max load). I use 80 gr in my 1-28 GM IBS barrel/TC Renegade and it shoots great groups. 90 gr groups are tight too, too but the kick is getting mule like.
  15. Mad Professor

    When hog hunting dont go as planned with video

    Howie, was the sapling from the first shot a pass through? I've had that happen with deer. Thought my sights were way off, until I found the blood/hair.
  16. Mad Professor

    Field Cleaning Procedures - Backpacking

    I'd take a small pulley set up and some cordage (2 aluminum double pulleys and nylon rope) . That way you can get a deer up in a tree, overnight if you can't drag it out. Coyotes around here won't leave anything but head and bones.
  17. Mad Professor

    Knight disc bolt removal

    Come back from the dark side SmokingJ, get a sidelock!
  18. Mad Professor

    Last Saturday in Morgan Co, GA

    Great story, thanks for sharing. Bummer about the tick disease and you can't eat venison.
  19. Mad Professor

    Percussion lock rifle for new shooter

    I was walking one of my fields before cutting hay to check for obstacles. There was a woodchuck that stayed out in the open and didn't head for the treeline or a hole. Made me a little nervous about rabies. Before walking back through i picked up a stout ~4" piece of hardwood. The chuck was...
  20. Mad Professor

    Percussion lock rifle for new shooter

    I'd look around for a good used TC hawken/renegade, or lyman/investarm/cabelas. Inspect the inside of the barrel well, besides looking for pitting/pits run a tight patch down the barrel to check for bulges. Look the stock over for cracks. And lock and trigger function smoothly. You can get a...
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