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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Went out back to the range and cut back some alders, with the hedge trimmer, that were starting to encroach and narrow the firing lane. Not specifically Muzzleloading, but that is what I have been shooting the most lately. I looked up after being out there a while and coming up the range was a...
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    Adventures with Evaporust

    This is interesting:
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    Looking for a long range rod.

    Long range rod? I have one that's flown close to a hundred yards. That far enough?
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    Help ID + Condition Please - Pedersoli Rifle

    The only way you are going to tell the usefulness of the bore is by cleaning it and shooting it. Use the valve paste as others have suggested. The main thing at this point is getting the firing channel/nipple up to snuff. That may be more of an issue than the bore. I have seen lots and lots...
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    1853 Enfield bad range day

    With a Minie shooting rifle getting the correct bore size is critical. The is a wide range of bore sizes, with some manufacturers being more guilty of variance than others. Don't know about their Enfields, but I know Armi Sport Zouaves had a reputation for having to find the right size...
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    Bismuth shot questions

    I have used #4 with success on geese, in my CVA 12-gauge SXS, although there are times that #3 would perhaps give me an advantage. As others have said, don't forget the buffer. Here's a couple other sources: https://www.ballisticproducts.com/Bismuth/products/810/...
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    CVA Mountain Rifle

    CVA made some great kits. I built several back int he day. A St. Louis Hawken, a 12-gauge SXS and my first was a Kentucky pistol in .45. The CVA mountain rifle was one of their more popular and desirable rifles when it was in production. a little higher end than other of their designs, as I...
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    1851 navy hunting

    A lot of variables here, starting with the target. Big difference between a Northern Minnesota Whitetail at 275# or more and a Louisiana swamp Whitetail at 70# or less, I see you are from Arizona, so your equivalency would be a Coues deer from the SE in the Geronimo Mts. vs a Mule deer buck on...
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    New member from Cedar Park, TX

    Welcome aboard.
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    TC Hawken

    Not a TC but I have a CVA St. Louis Hawken in LH config that I have used with success on deer with a round ball.
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    24 Uberti 1862 Police unpack

    I was bit similarly on a Palmetto 1862 I bought from Dixie in their store 10-15 years ago. Was on a road trip and stopped in there and they were on sale super cheap, and as I said I had a fondness for the Colt design. Impulse buy to be sure. Didn't look at it close enough, largely I guess...
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    24 Uberti 1862 Police unpack

    Send it back Nice choice though I always thought the 1862 police was one of Colt's more attractive revolvers.
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    Proper powder

    Many grades, but no real standards as there are today and in many places there were only one or two "grades" available, yet they got by.
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    Proper powder

    Don't pay a lot of attention to grain size for what is "proper" Fg through FFFFg will work, with FFg for single shots and FFFg for revolves being a sweet spot for most. Back in the day there was just "powder" or "musket powder" in many cases and they got by.
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    Cap jam

    A little tuning goes a long way. As with many firearms these days, the are really not at their peak "right out of the box" A stronger hammer spring, rounding some sharp edges on hammer and cylinder Here's a couple of vids, but there are loads more out there. One is from our friend Mike...
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    Gardening ..again

    Spinosad, an organic pesticide derived from bacteria, originally found living in the dirt floor of an abandoned sugar mill, works wonders on them and all manner of beetles as well as other pests. It has pretty good persistence even when rained on and is marketed as Capt. Jack's Dead Bug. I use...
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    Which group is the best?

    Nothing wrong with using 3F in a rifle/musket. Anything saying otherwise is an old wife's tale. As far as the groups, I'd say it is splitting hairs between the 50 and the 60 and if you are doing more than punching paper and are going to be using it for hunting, I would go with the 60 and its...
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    Shooting the French mle 1777

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    Interesting Vid on the Accuracy of the AR era Bess vs the Rifle and Other AR Arms Trivia

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    GOEX sold?

    Sold to a consortium including Bill Gates, Barrack Obama, Mark Zuckerburg, with financing from the Soros foundation. Their plans include shuttering the GOEX manufacturing facility and turning the property into a large experimental carbon sequestration facility, utilizing incentive funding for...
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