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  1. RjSixgun

    about to make mix up my first batch of lube... advice please

    Ive never used a double boiler in my life to make lube, you dont need it!!!! Just use a large cast iron pan and put it over a very low flame, put your tin in the middle. Fill the tin with half sweet oil then add solid bees wax and put over a low flame. as the sweet oil heats it will melt the...
  2. RjSixgun

    Who made Lyman 1858's?

    think they where made by Euro-arms Try S&S Firearms in NY, Phil should have it
  3. RjSixgun

    Pure Soft Lead for Hand Casting

    Dont worry about buying small pieces of lead, just get a hunk of lead and melt it into a small ingot or bar. Heck you can pour hot led into a small garden shovel or make a disposable bar mold out of wood if you had to! Most my ingots are cast in an old cast iron corn bread mold and an old lyman...
  4. RjSixgun

    Paper Cartridges For Hunting

    You can also make the cartrige out of tin foil. Alot of N-ssa shooters do this for smoothbore match as paper is not allowed.
  5. RjSixgun

    A rifle sleeve?

    oderless mineral spirits and a small sqeeze tube of clear silicon (not the latex base, must be silicone based) You only need to apply it to one side, it will soak thew. So the looser you make it the better. minerial spirits will break down the thickness of the silicone and act as a delivery...
  6. RjSixgun

    A rifle sleeve?

    nothing that scientific, i just mix the 2 till its like runny syrup and paint it on. Ive used it on tents, tarps, ground cloths, table cloths, bed sheet, canvas chair, gun sleeves. Its an old camping trick I learned years ago and have been doing it ever since. Im sure someone on youtube or...
  7. RjSixgun

    A rifle sleeve?

    No reason why you cant make a sleave out of water proofed canvas and line it with wool. its an easy task to water proof the canvas or bed sheet with what I said above, then once its dry cut your pattern on the canvas (or bed sheet) and the wool and sew them together as one. Wool on the inside...
  8. RjSixgun

    A rifle sleeve?

    Few tips........ Elmers school glue to draw a design before you dye the sheet or canvas. Clear silicone caulking mixed into mineral spirits will make water proofing
  9. RjSixgun

    1841 Mississippi questions, (Pedersoli)

    Originally it was an Italian repro but I sent it to Dan Whitacre to do the Harpers Ferry conversion (New barrel, Front and Rear sights, Bayonet lug, front band) Lock was also restamped with the Harpers Ferry Arsenal marks and so was the stock. Had him do an 1855 Rifle for me as well
  10. RjSixgun

    1841 Mississippi questions, (Pedersoli)

    To confuse you even more I have a custom 1841 Mississippi 1851 Harpers Ferry Conversion Rifle in .58 caliber with a Whitacre Barrel that's 1:72.
  11. RjSixgun

    Made a reproduction H&P.

    Do you have an N-SSA approval card for it??
  12. RjSixgun

    Historic grease and lube

    Sweet Oil and Beeswax
  13. RjSixgun

    1861 US Cavalry Carbine ?

    Alot of folk say there is no such thing......but there actually was, but it was a confederate cut-down or raised musket. Much like the CS Richmond musketoon. See the confederates would pick up any and all arms left on the battlefields and ship them to arsenals. These arsenals would re-condition...
  14. RjSixgun

    DIRTY LEAD

    I use a can of spray paint to paint any hard lead ingots I have. It keeps me from accidently stacking them with the soft lead or putting them into a soft lead pot. I run 3 pots, 1 for melting scrap, 1 for soft lead and 1 for hard lead. I use soft lead for revolvers and minie balls. Hard lead is...
  15. RjSixgun

    Tumbling round ball to smooth sprue cut

    Yer over complicating it! Just put all your lead balls in a plastic soda bottle and tumble them around for a few minutes. No need for a machine no need for steel balls.
  16. RjSixgun

    Civil War .58 Caliber Musket Ball Diameter

    There was a 58 caliber smoothbore, it was a Cadet musket forget the model of it tho. The boys from VMI under Jackson carried them as it was what they where issued as cadets and its all they had. However all rifled muskets and rifles where made for the minie.
  17. RjSixgun

    Question on sizing and lubricating bullets for new Zouave rifle

    Plastic tubes can be found here Product Detail (ssfirearms.com)
  18. RjSixgun

    Best .58 Minie Bullet Mold?

    For me yes, its also my hunting load, but not all muskets are the same, so........... Follow these steps: Size your minie's to 1-2 thousandths under the bore size. then make up charges from 35-60 grains of 3F in 5 grain increments (5 per each powder charge) then using a large piece of paper at...
  19. RjSixgun

    Best .58 Minie Bullet Mold?

    Hey CW! Been along time, hopeing to get back to the shoot, but you know.
  20. RjSixgun

    "Antiquing" a Pietta brass frame Navy

    You could just put all the blued parts in boiling vinegar till the bluing come off. You'll be left with a gray gun metal type color. as for the brass just use the same water that you clean with after shooting.....black powder water will tarnish it
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