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  1. J

    St. Louis Hawken recoil

    I was led to believe that a “chambered breech” in what that entails, is much smaller than bore size. A .50 jag went further down than the .54 jag. I think it’s a hardened crud ring from a 40 year old load left in there before I bought it. It was unloaded when I bought it. Again this is a St...
  2. J

    St. Louis Hawken recoil

    I believe so. It’s hard to tell. It looks flat, just too hard for me to tell. It is a two piece plug/tang though. Jon
  3. J

    St. Louis Hawken recoil

    Hi, Grenadier1758. The bruise was on the upper bicep. An update though. It seems I do have an obstruction near the breech. I use next caliber down jags for my muzzle loaders. So I put the .54 jag on my range rod and it got hung up about 5/16” from the breech face. I measured this by using my .50...
  4. J

    St. Louis Hawken recoil

    Thanks for all the replies. The flask I use to fill my powder measure holds 30grs in the nozzle. My powder measure reads that as 30grs. When it comes to recoil, I’ve been shooting hi-powered rifles for 25 years. I’m using a .530 ball and .10 patch with mink oil. It loads easy enough. Could there...
  5. J

    St. Louis Hawken recoil

    Hi granth, I was shooting across body as well. I’m pretty positive I had the ball seated but who knows. The 3 shots I fired were all consistent in the recoil. They all hit paper and all the holes touched each other. I’ll try shooting it in my normal position and see how that goes. Thanks for...
  6. J

    St. Louis Hawken recoil

    I didn’t try it with a normal hold.
  7. J

    St. Louis Hawken recoil

    Hello, I have a St. Louis Hawken .54 calibre made in the early 80s. I have only shot it three times. 50grs. of 3f Swiss was my starting load. It kicks like a danged mule. I was using the just off the bi-cep hold. You know like everyone tells you to do. But those three shots were painful. They...
  8. J

    Kibler SMR Arrived Today

    Hi, Flint n Steel. Thanks for the compliment. I did an iron nitrate application twice. Heated to orange-red with a heat gun. Then I finished with 100% pure tung oil. Two coats. About two weeks dry time from first to second coat. Then I waited until I thought it was ready and buffed it down with...
  9. J

    Kibler SMR Arrived Today

    I have a .50 colonial with plain maple and after I finished it, I think it was better than plain. Jim might grade his stocks too low. Jon
  10. J

    Where do you buy your stock blanks?

    Hi, TNBandit. Yes I had already started inletting the barrel. If you can tell from the pictures in the previous post, to get the tang and breech in the right place the tang screw will be in the wrong spot. I could plug the hole and re-drill, or weld the tang and re-drill. That’s not to mention...
  11. J

    Where do you buy your stock blanks?

    I talked to Dunlap today and for what I’m looking for they have what I might want. The prices on their website aren’t current. A bit more expensive. That’s expected though. My concerns with this is that the website is not secure. When I clicked on the phone number and called, it went to a voice...
  12. J

    Where do you buy your stock blanks?

    Ray, the reason being is that I paid quite a bit for this parts set and the pre- inletting and hole drilling is off by a lot. My estimation of course. A new stock from IMA is $300 dollars. I don’t want to take that chance. I have seen you tube videos of these shooting. Could I get this stock to...
  13. J

    Where do you buy your stock blanks?

    Thanks for the tip. I think this is the way I’ll go. The plain maple is, to me, the way to go. I’m not going all historically accurate or anything. Dyes and wood stains should make things look close. Jon
  14. J

    Where do you buy your stock blanks?

    The IMA stock is the reason I want to get a blank. I think I’ll be time ahead going with a blank instead of trying to fix this stock. And I just want to try a sort of scratch build. The IMA stock is fully inlet with all hardware attached. It just will not make a functional firearm. Or, I can’t...
  15. J

    Kibler SMR frizzen broke in two

    I started this thread. I received the replacement frizzen at no cost to me. As stated in an earlier post. I have since bought a complete lock from Mr. Kibler for a future build. I’ll order from him again I’m sure. Since replacing the frizzen, I figure I’ve shot about 100 balls through it. No...
  16. J

    Where do you buy your stock blanks?

    I’m wondering where you builders buy stock blanks. I have an original Brown Bess barrel and lock I would like to make functional. It’s an IMA parts set. Thanks, Jon
  17. J

    Question for alloy/casting experts

    This is good information, but I really have no interest in these weights except shooting them in a couple rifles and a smoothbore. Making shot seems the thing to do. Jon
  18. J

    Question for alloy/casting experts

    I don’t have a thermometer to test this with. It most certainly does melt faster than “pure” lead. I’ve done some youtubing on making shot. I think this is what I’m going to do with this stuff. If this is bismuth, it seems odd they would be window weights, given other comments. As I recall...
  19. J

    Question for alloy/casting experts

  20. J

    Question for alloy/casting experts

    This stuff seems to melt at a lower temp than my 99% pure lead. This is based only on the time it takes to get to melting in my pot. It also seems very clean. Only a bit of a film on top, no big slag pieces. And thank you for the offer but I’m not that invested in this stuff. Thanks, Jon
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