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  1. Wildrangeringreen

    Halfstock, Flintlock Hawkens??

    Same guy also considered a 24 bore rifle with bullets to be the equal of anything in creation. I think you're mixing James Forsyth (big balls and powder charges+slow twist) and Sir Samuel Baker ("elongated projectiles are nice, but a big ball can be made to work too") together, as Sir Baker was...
  2. Wildrangeringreen

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

    Deer don't care if the bullet is being propelled by the Holy Black or smokeless... or if the bullet was loaded from the muzzle or the butt-end of things. Pedersoli has the best selection of mass produced pistols which could be used for hunting, otherwise you may have to buy custom (not much more...
  3. Wildrangeringreen

    What Is The Fix?

    Because most of the guns we like to use here on the forum are regarded as "novelties" by the rest of the shooting world. Novelties need to look the part, but long-term, heavy use survivability isn't their concern. Most people who buy this stuff take it out once or twice a year to shoot, then put...
  4. Wildrangeringreen

    Shooting black powder in high humidity ?

    Took a shot while hunting deer, reloaded, due to military obligations and completely forgetting about it afterwords (it being at my parents house, and I elsewhere), I left that gun in a non-airconditioned closet for 3 years... light film of rust in the bore (which shooting another 30 shots...
  5. Wildrangeringreen

    The Crossen Cartridge Former

    You can make cartridges when you aren't going to be shooting, like when the weather's bad or it's dark out. Extra cylinders cost$$$$, paper costs $ and can be stockpiled for later shooting. That being said, most of these forming kits are overly elaborate
  6. Wildrangeringreen

    Wall hangers?

    I still have a small powder flask (like the Pedersoli Colt-Pocket model flasks, only holds an oz. or two of powder) in my cartridge box/shooting bag, along with some patching. I only really have them around in the event my cartridges get wet (not sure how though, they're in a waxed cloth bag, in...
  7. Wildrangeringreen

    Please educate me on side hammer Percussion rifles

    A bore is a bore and a ball is a ball, the accuracy going out that bore is entirely dependent on the accuracy of the stuff going in it. The whole "this caliber/chambering is more accurate than that caliber/chambering, simply by virtue of it being X-chambering/caliber" is about as true in Muzzle...
  8. Wildrangeringreen

    Get Out The Smallbores

    honestly anymore, unless you really look for sellers with "cheap" .22RF (I'm not that old, and I remember that stuff being under $0.01/shot lol), the small bore ML guns can now be shot cheaper than rimfire lol (especially if you use paper roll-caps for ignition when plinking). The fact that...
  9. Wildrangeringreen

    the perfect after cleaning bore oil?

    I use 3-in-1 oil in the bore, vaseline for the lock. They're cheap and the dont go rancid. I rub the outside of non moving parts in paraffin or bees wax and buff it, holds up better than oil Before someone goes off a cliff...no, they don't turn into a magical La Brea Tarpit.
  10. Wildrangeringreen

    How many here tried engraving?

    Better basic walkthrough than I was gonna give, bravo! Wood carving and metal carving are the same, it's just that your materials are different, and so your techniques and tools have to adjust to accommodate that.
  11. Wildrangeringreen

    New member from southeast Michigan.

    Welcome, from the Toledo area!
  12. Wildrangeringreen

    Whats the group opinion on Traditions Revolvers?

    No, colt didn't recommend it (being grease over the chambers) with loose balls or bullets. Most of the grease guys put over the chambers just gets blown all over the gun and makes a nasty, greasy mess. Per US Army standards, bullets in cartridges do get dipped in paraffin or beeswax+grease lube...
  13. Wildrangeringreen

    45 Caliber Target Rifle

    I get mine from The Gun Works out in OR. Pretty much everything they make is a custom job, and I've found them to be really good, you just might have to wait a second if they don't have the size of stock you need on hand. $225-300 Another option would be a McGowan or Preferred Barrel Blanks...
  14. Wildrangeringreen

    Whats the group opinion on Traditions Revolvers?

    They're Pietta made revolvers, so they're decent quality, and can be cleaned up to be really nice shooters (including opening up the loading window in the frame to accept the historical bullets the revolvers were meant to be able to shoot). I refuse to buy from Traditions, however, being an...
  15. Wildrangeringreen

    How bad did mess up my dovetail?

    It's pretty deep, that's for sure; and anything that fits it isn't going to break out 🙃! I would assume that this is most likely a .50 bore with a 1" octagonal barrel? And that you are not going to be shooting in excess of 150gr charges and 500gr bullets? You are almost certainly fine, it's not...
  16. Wildrangeringreen

    shoulder stock

    NFA explicitly exempts "firearms with primitive ignition (AKA Primitive Firearms)". The GCA references the NFA for it's definitions, and most state laws reference the NFA and GCA for their definitions. Nothing wrong with a pistol length barrel and a stock with these guns in most localities...
  17. Wildrangeringreen

    Tap or not (powder measure)?

    I don't carry a trickler, I just pre weigh my stuff (what else you going to do when it's 10 out and windy? 🤣). A grape fruit spoon works well as a trickler, btw; just make sure you dry it off when going between your morning grapefruit and the powder. Now a giant shooting bag with a years worth...
  18. Wildrangeringreen

    Tap or not (powder measure)?

    For those who think that "BP is measured by volume and NOT weight: a grain is 1/7000 of a pound... and a pound is a unit of weight, not volume (aka: a grain is a grain is a grain, doesn't matter if it is 1 grain worth of flour or powder- Think: a pound of feathers vs a pound of bricks). You can...
  19. Wildrangeringreen

    Squirrel guns

    If it's purely a squirrel and plink-around rifle, you honestly could go all the way down to .24 or .22. Most people don't go lower than .32, because even then, a metal ram rod isn't a bad idea, let alone anything smaller. I made the .22 I had with a barrel meant for an unmentionable...
  20. Wildrangeringreen

    I'm looking for historical examples/depictions of left-handed matchlocks

    Left handed people have more-or-less always been around. In the early modern period and prior, when virtually everything was made per the customer's order, you saw all sorts of stuff. Most things can be used ambidextrously, so there is no need to make it in reverse for handedness. When you...
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