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  1. ElkStalker

    Zeroed my .50 New Englander Today

    My bad. I thought I read that it was a new rifle in your title. Carry on
  2. ElkStalker

    RB Sprue and accuracy

    I appreciate your encouragement. Thank you!
  3. ElkStalker

    RB Sprue and accuracy

    I thought the same thing. I need to buy a pot to throw them into. 👍🏼
  4. ElkStalker

    RB Sprue and accuracy

    I’ve been saying I’m going to do it for years now. I guess my only concern, if it’s a concern, is that I will need to do my casting outdoors. I’m questioning if I will be able to maintain a proper temp with the furnace in our cold/wet climate. And that’s the other issue, we get a lot of wet...
  5. ElkStalker

    TC Hawken barrel condition

    With a good scrubbing with a quality solvent and some good gun oil, I don’t think it’s beyond saving. The small amount of pitting I see in the pictures should not affect accuracy. But it’s going to take some elbow grease, and you want to make sure you do everything possible to make sure that...
  6. ElkStalker

    Zeroed my .50 New Englander Today

    Congrats on the new rifle. It’s best to shoot a group of 5 and see how tight the grouping is. That way you can tweak the powder charge or the load, thicker or thinner patch of RB, with or without an OP wad if it’s a connical. Work up your load properly and you will know you can trust it. And...
  7. ElkStalker

    RB Sprue and accuracy

    Here is my favorite one of the bunch. It’s basically a sprue and the top 1/4 of a ball. But it’s the nicest sprue of the bunch. Lol. I’m sure it will shoot fine. 😂
  8. ElkStalker

    RB Sprue and accuracy

    I have a brass tumbler, but it’s the vibrating style. Seams like I’d need something more like a ball mill to straighten these out. For the cost of these balls, I expected better quality. $16 paid for the bag which was 98 balls, I could cast 330 balls. It’s time to get set up. I’ll do it after...
  9. ElkStalker

    RB Sprue and accuracy

    No kidding! I have a good bit of Maxi-balls from the same place to go in that pot with the balls. Haha
  10. ElkStalker

    RB Sprue and accuracy

    I will try them and see what I think. It’s all I have right now anyway.
  11. ElkStalker

    RB Sprue and accuracy

    I thought the same. Unfortunately, as far as cast balls, I don’t have many options. I never see Speer balls on the shelf anymore. So it’s these or Hornady swaged. Have had good luck with Hornady but can’t always find them locally. I went to Cabelas last week and all they had were sabots. What...
  12. ElkStalker

    RB Sprue and accuracy

    I thought about that. I have yet to try it myself, but I don’t see what it would hurt.
  13. ElkStalker

    RB Sprue and accuracy

    I bought some cast balls for my 45cal to shoot this rifle for the first time. I started going through the balls to gauge uniformity and found that very few have what I consider a nice sprue. I know to load them sprue up for best accuracy, but I’m curious if a globbed up sprue, or sprue that...
  14. ElkStalker

    First range session with Lyman Deerstalker

    I’d be real curious how that glow tape works out for you. In theory, that’s a great idea. In all honesty, I think you are only missing out on 10-15 minutes of shooting light, if any. I’m usually packing up by then because I can’t see the target any longer with open sights of any style. Scopes...
  15. ElkStalker

    Ordered a Crockett .32

    From my reading, a lot of people have found success with it, but the consensus was that they were fine for range days but they aren’t reliable enough for hunting. I’ve been thinking of buying a flinter for the same reason I was interested in making caps.
  16. ElkStalker

    Muzzleloader Mag

    That’s the answer I was afraid of. Haha. It looks like a great resource and possibly some really good reading. I’ll have to just start buying a few at a time. Thank you for your input!
  17. ElkStalker

    Ordered a Crockett .32

    That’s awesome!
  18. ElkStalker

    Ordered a Crockett .32

    Awesome! I want one of these for squirrel, hare and grouse. Where did you find one? These are like hens teeth lately. The worst part about ordering a new rifle is the waiting for it to arrive.
  19. ElkStalker

    Lyman GPR did Lyman get out of the business?

    It seems this is affecting a lot of areas. I’ve been trying for 3 years to get a Lyman 57 sight for my GPR.
  20. ElkStalker

    Lyman GPR did Lyman get out of the business?

    http://www.thegunmag.com/lymans-great-plains-signature-series-now-from-pedersoli/
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