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  1. Wildrangeringreen

    Powder horn or flask ?

    ah, the fabled spark in the bore... often warned about, but never seen. When people claim to have had a spark in the bore, it is almost always that they have a self-priming vent (flintlock) and had the **** at full-bent and bumped the gun hard enough to set it off (you would be amazed how often...
  2. Wildrangeringreen

    Powder horn or flask ?

    That would be easiest, and then use files to clean it up.
  3. Wildrangeringreen

    Solder choice ?

    Since the under rib really doesn't take any recoil force (just the slight movement of the ramrod upon firing) , You don't have to be overly particular. I use common (affordable, easy to work with) 400-460'F melting plumbing silver-tin or tin-antimony (Oatey General Purpose 95/5 Lead-Free Acid...
  4. Wildrangeringreen

    Brewing, anyone?

    I love brewing almost as much as ML'ing, I do "all-grain" (we'll get to that in a bit), because with the way I brew (decoction), you can tell a difference with extract. I'll share my "Dry Stout" recipe (as of MAR2022): feel free to try it or ask questions To Make roasted malts for this: .5...
  5. Wildrangeringreen

    Shooting way low!

    he also said he's shooting rested from a bench.... if he's a terrible shooter, why is he getting good groups? Did you even read the thread? "I had a normal / traditional sight on it to start with and it shot low. I had to put this ugly, tall sight on it to bring it up that 1.5'. I'm shooting on...
  6. Wildrangeringreen

    Shooting way low!

    That rear sight is standing about 1-1/4" above center bore, and the rear sight is only about 1/3" above the center bore... do you not realize how extreme of an angle that creates with the bore (provided the bore is remotely centered, which it clearly isn't)? Going to a lower rear sight and no...
  7. Wildrangeringreen

    Shallow groves??

    Shallow groove is fine, I go with .005"-.01" under bore with the ball, .01"-.015" cloth patching or paper patch the suckers with printer paper. I have found that shallow groove barrels are easier to find a variety of loads that work well than deeper groove barrels. Shallower grooves require...
  8. Wildrangeringreen

    info on 1/16th sized finishing nails

    .0625 Brass roundstock from onlinemetals.com: $3.00/ft. ; one foot should almost make enough pins for the whole gun (plus they don't rust). .0625 A2 Drill Rod from toolsteelservice.com: $2.00/36"; enough for several guns (just grease it up before you put it away). There's probably local places...
  9. Wildrangeringreen

    Hook Breech and Patent Breech

    Good heavens, another drum vs Nock's Patent vs Chambered Breech argument... People don't seem to realize that barrels, chambered breeches, drums, and cones/vents are all of them, consumables. They get used up over time (just because you can't take it apart to see the wear, doesn't mean it isn't...
  10. Wildrangeringreen

    How much weight can be removed?

    Not at all, I'm just opinionated and longwinded sometimes :oops:; but the implication from that statement is usually that people who don't do things in such a manner (incredibly limited production, super high prices, long wait-lists) can't produce a decent arm. I am honestly baffled at the...
  11. Wildrangeringreen

    How much weight can be removed?

    Ah yes, the guys that turn out a gun every 2-6 months and have been doing this "full-time" for 30+ years... because as we know, no one that doesn't have a multi-decade wait list can't produce a decent gun (cough, H&H and Purdy, cough) ( (ignoring the reality that some people are quality...
  12. Wildrangeringreen

    How much weight can be removed?

    There are many small-time builders, many of them are users of the forum. It's just that if you use the forum to conduct business for your business without being a commercial sponsor (the guys in the commercial marketplace section on the main page), you can get banned permanently... I don't don't...
  13. Wildrangeringreen

    How much weight can be removed?

    Start out with the barrels level and slightly converging, then take it out to shoot it. To find the pattern, I use rosin paper from the hardware stores to set up a patterning board, two stands side by side. Mark an aiming point on each, fire one barrel at one sheet, the other at the other...
  14. Wildrangeringreen

    Educate me on the advantage of a Gain twist rifling

    Never really have been any statistics compiled that demonstrate that it definitively does anything better than standard rifling, same as variable depth and Polygonal rifling (elliptical bores, round bottom/radiused rifling, modern 5-7R rifling) (least as far as I'm aware of). You can still use...
  15. Wildrangeringreen

    How much weight can be removed?

    Sounds like you have your answer then, comfort and longevity are very important, because if you're miserable or cause long-term damage to yourself, you aren't enjoying being in the field. There's nothing wrong with a 20 bore gun, especially if it's choked, you can still load an ounce and 2.75...
  16. Wildrangeringreen

    Educate me on the advantage of a Gain twist rifling

    The idea is that the bullet is subjected to less shearing force from the rifling spinning the projectile during the initial burst of acceleration it is subjected to upon firing, then as it fully engages the rifling, its RPM is increased gradually until it is stable once it leaves the barrel...
  17. Wildrangeringreen

    How much weight can be removed?

    especially in 10 bore, but I feel a 6.8-7 lb gun is doable (especially if you eliminate a loading rod and thimbles on the gun). A 12 bore with 26" barrels tapering from 1.12" to .805" (each weigh roughly 2.45lbs), Two locks weigh .5lbs, A Butternut wood stock with a cavity in the butt and a...
  18. Wildrangeringreen

    Looking for a Nice Muzzleloading pistol as a gift to my Father

    Kid's roll caps, heavy duty aluminum foil (you could splurge and buy brass or copper foil, if you wanted to), nail polish, a punch the diameter of the end of your firing cone, and a die (a piece of metal or wood with a hole drilled in it the depth of your caps) ... never understood why people...
  19. Wildrangeringreen

    How much weight can be removed?

    Good heavens, how thick are those barrels? Even if you don't get a pound off, you'd be surprised how light a more butt-balanced gun can feel in hand. So long as you can maintain .04" wall thickness at the thinnest point (just prior to the choke) and .2" at the breech, you should be good for...
  20. Wildrangeringreen

    Halfstock, Flintlock Hawkens??

    I have, and he doesn't use a ball exclusively. A "belted ball" is a bullet, and he loved that in his 10 bore when going after Elephants. He quickly gave up on Forsyth's exploding ball idea as being impractical and not always effective; and quickly found that a 10 bore with a belted ball was...
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