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    Opinions on Pietta 1851 Confederate Navy revolver?

    Definitely the case. If you want .44 get an 1860 or 1858 Army.
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    Arrows?

    Yep, take a ramrod put some feathers and a pointy end on it and you've got an arrow. They fly real good...so I've heard. 🤣
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    Arrows?

    A ramrod is kind of an arrow, sort of,...can be like one at least, sometimes. :rolleyes:
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    Ground hog recipe?

    What doesn't taste good coated with a seasoned flour/cornmeal mix and fried in lard? Even cardboard becomes edible like that. 🤣
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    Ground hog recipe?

    I'd eat groundhog long before I'd eat coyote.
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    I have to rethink the spare cylinder idea

    I beg to differ, as I posted on page one of this thread evidence of just that: https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/i-have-to-rethink-the-spare-cylinder-idea.185929/post-2713559 It is fact they were not general issue in the military for a couple reasons, the first being handguns were...
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    Ground hog recipe?

    You can prepare it just about the same way you would rabbit or squirrel. The main thing is when cleaning them make sure you remove the scent/oil glands. If you don't, they are darn near inedible, depending on the time of year. if they are male or female, and phase of their life, and why many...
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    I have to rethink the spare cylinder idea

    As far as the cap and ball thing, it is very possible them using C&B revolvers in 1881, That is only 15 years beyond the civil war and there were plenty of them around. Some even favored them with an extra "conversion" cylinder for when cartridges were available. The .45 Colt was not even...
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    Personal Care Lubricant for Muzzleloaders-What do you think?

    Spit is a personal lubricant, and it makes a pretty good patch lube too.
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    I have to rethink the spare cylinder idea

    Evidence of how we all have made the grave mistake of believing that the "media" knows what it is talking about.
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    I have to rethink the spare cylinder idea

    A Cap n Ball may not be a Glock, but it sure beats throwing a rock. ;)
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    I have to rethink the spare cylinder idea

    Yep, starting with the fact that there were a lot more cap and ball revolvers left over from the civil war in play in that era, in movies supposedly set int he 1870s, 80s and 90s, when all you see is SAAs in movies for the most part. Same can be said for Winchester level rifles being...
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    Small pistol primers as percussion caps?

    Not sure the primer would detonate without the anvil, even pressed onto a nipple.
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    Matchlock where to buy

    @steam1993 I would say Loyalist arms, or Military heritage arms out of Canada: https://militaryheritage.com/ https://loyalistarms.ca/ Their firearms are produced in India then tuned up and finished in Canada. Some pooh, pooh the Indian guns but many here have had good luck and good...
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    When was the last percussion shotgun sold in the United States

    I know Turner Kirkland imported these here too. Well into the 70s I think. A search of Dixie Gun Works catalogues will show them. That of course was a "resurrection" of sorts. I am thinking the OP is looking for when the front loader was surpassed as a primary.
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    Two feathers in the hospital

    Get well soon Dave.
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    I have to rethink the spare cylinder idea

    As I mentioned above, the Prussian Army issued holsters for the 1851 with a ouch for a spare cylinder, and there are other examples such as the Poney Express rifer mentioned. IO think the main reason we don't see more evidence of it here in the U.S. has more to do with doctrine. The SOP then...
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    Possible gunpowder related tragedy

    If static doesn't set it off, then why would lawyers be involved in that? As far as production and brass being easier to work, they already make most of their stuff out of plastic and steel so being easier to work has nothing to do with it. Brass is also much more expensive than plastic or...
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    Confederate Revolvers

    "Back then" being April 8 of this year? :D
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    Possible gunpowder related tragedy

    Progressive loaders, if that is the four stage you mention, with primer feeds, especially the tube type, can be hazardous in this regard, as I said above primer "dust" can accumulate or a primer can get cocked in the feed and detonate or both. They have been identified for a while as culprits...
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