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  1. Mad Professor

    HELP! Cleaning jag stuck

    If mine gets stuck I shoot it out ramrod atached, straight up in the air. Come back down no worse for the wear.
  2. Mad Professor

    Is this a helicoil?

    I had one like that from GM ~ fall 2005. Threads hung down too low and installation helicoil tang in the way too. I wasted a good amount of lead and powder trying to figure out why my new barrel was giving misfires. GM would have replaced the breech plug but I needed the rifle for deer...
  3. Mad Professor

    What Happened?

    Buffalo bullets makes a 385gr 50 cal conical https://buffalobulletindustries.com/
  4. Mad Professor

    What did I win?

    Two hawken style rifles made for Cabela's by investarm of Italy. You should see an I stamped on the barrels and the proof marks. Good guns and shoot well. #1 is probably a 1-48" twist, #2 faster for bullets
  5. Mad Professor

    Barn gun

    Springfield 1861 with the barrel and stock cut down.
  6. Mad Professor

    Anyone get consistent group out to 300 yards?

    Check out Idaho Ron's posts. You need good sights, fast twist barrel, and proper bullet. What Ron has shot will make you a believer, paper and meat
  7. Mad Professor

    Handgun Hunting?

    Has anyone looked at the 12ga Howdah from American Gun Crafters? Seems 12ga X 2 w/11" barrels would be an awesome little gun. Could load one side for small game and the other for large. What is a 12ga PRB? 550 grains? https://americanguncraft.com/product/bulldog-12-ga-pistol-wallnut/
  8. Mad Professor

    Lube Question?

    Any body use rendered pork fat as lube? Maybe with some wax? Seems consistentcies O. K. when not too warm
  9. Mad Professor

    best group at 100 yards

    Only at 50 off a rest for me, see avitar for 5 shots
  10. Mad Professor

    Alternate Hawken options

    A lyman/cabelas/investarm in 58 cal is quite light. Not sure if the still make them new?
  11. Mad Professor

    CW Springfield

    This has been a wall hanger in the family since I can remember. It has been "sporterized" and maybe bored to a shotgun as cannot see any signs of rifling, but just some light rust with no deep pitting. The barrel is 32" to the bottom of the bore and it seems to be clear all the way. The...
  12. Mad Professor

    A difference in terminal performance between 54 -62 caliber?

    I've got a 15/16 octagon to round 12ga barrel drop in for TC. Made in Spain by Toledo, and I have the proof sheet. That is pretty light. It is choked so more of a turkey/goose gun than PRB
  13. Mad Professor

    A difference in terminal performance between 54 -62 caliber?

    Do a search here for author Roundball, and "whompability". RB was a big TC fan before he went to traditional guns, not seen for quite a while here, and he liked the 58 an 62 w/GM barrels. He shot a lot of deer..... I miss his posts, he did a lot of interesting things.
  14. Mad Professor

    Bobby Hoyt Question

    They used to have them for both TC/Lyman trade and Lyman GPR?
  15. Mad Professor

    Black powder percussion gun questions

    I've not dry balled, but have got a ramrod stuck. They shoot out quite nicely with a little powder through the nipple hole. I've wondered if a broadhead could be launched fitted to a rod?
  16. Mad Professor

    Bobby Hoyt Question

    track of the wolf will make you a GM barrel that fits
  17. Mad Professor

    Black powder percussion gun questions

    Here is a great way to clean up smooth bore/shotgun barrels. Get a metal cleaning rod fitted with a bore sized bronze brush. Chuck this into an electric drill. Soak the brush in bore solvent/penetrating oil then work the brush up and down the barrel like you were honing a cylinder using the...
  18. Mad Professor

    Howdah pistol for hunting?????????

    This came up in another thread but there is a company called American Gun Craft that makes side by side double 12ga in percussion. I checked out their website and those might good on turkey too.
  19. Mad Professor

    Sizing conicals

    Thanks everybody! The barrels are GM 1-28" twist, 28" length, in 50 and 54 cal. One of the 50s is 15/16" in a TC hawken, the other two are 1" in TC renegades. I've got all of them to shoot decent with buffalo bullets and/or hornady GP (see avatar). I've watched the "Idaho" guys take things...
  20. Mad Professor

    WV Inaugural Mountaineer Heritage Season

    Good job sneaking up on a bedded deer! I love stalking. That young doe is going to be some nice tender venison.
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