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  1. Wildrangeringreen

    Hey from Ohio, for now....

    Welcome from NW OH!
  2. Wildrangeringreen

    ??? FPS??

    Dram equivalence... and the fact that smokeless doesn't automatically equal higher velocities (especially not with fast burning smokeless, head over to modern muzzleloading if you're curious about that lol) I'm just going to leave on that note, I've done enough smoothbore arguing for this month...
  3. Wildrangeringreen

    Am I the only one in the Great Lakes Region?

    I'm in the Toledo area, good to see everyone here!
  4. Wildrangeringreen

    Shipping box/case

    Crate it up with wood/plywood (although the pvc is interesting), it's not worth getting the gun damaged. I have worked for 2 of the big 3 carriers in the US at one point or another, an I will tell you that the manner in which parcels are handled is appalling, to say the least. I like it when...
  5. Wildrangeringreen

    Matchlock build has started..

    Love the way the serpent looks!
  6. Wildrangeringreen

    Fowler/Trade Gun or Proper Shotgun?

    You seem to think that it completely eliminates it, but it doesn't, it just reduces it. Slowing down the initial movement of the rear of the shot column even a lite bit helps. It has become very clear in the course of this thread that you are an unreasonable person. Despite about 3/4 of this...
  7. Wildrangeringreen

    Fowler/Trade Gun or Proper Shotgun?

    guys, let's face it, you could tell him the sky appears blue, provide empirical and anecdotal evidence, plus a trail of logic so plain a blind mule could follow it; and he'd still say the sky looks purple, because he's been saying it for years and it "works" for him lol going from 20 bore...
  8. Wildrangeringreen

    Fowler/Trade Gun or Proper Shotgun?

    Shot that isn't cushioned, especially in the long shot columns you seem to like, get deformed the same way a ball or bullet does when its upset into rifling. Difference in inertia between the front and back of the payload causes the column to shorten somewhat and is squashed wider to take up the...
  9. Wildrangeringreen

    Fowler/Trade Gun or Proper Shotgun?

    remember how I said that more shot being put in the barrel just "fills in the gaps" in the pattern... yah, that's what the long shells are for. They often do not pattern as good at closer ranges, but when you are looking to extend your range, or use steel/stainless/nickel plated steel shot for...
  10. Wildrangeringreen

    Fowler/Trade Gun or Proper Shotgun?

    Referencing Reply #16 "Now see I don't buy this notion of looking on a box of shotgun cartridges for the dram equivalent. No way will a muzzleloader with its vented breech match the performance of a sealed breech via a cartridge. To get a muzzleloader to match a cartridge you have to add much...
  11. Wildrangeringreen

    Converting a Kibler SMR kit to percussion

    They converted flintlocks to percussion back in the 1830's lol, just do what they did If you really want it to be percussion. Saw the pan off the lock Make a drum that fits the threads for the vent so it is supported by the lock plate. Install a nipple Either make a new hammer, or modify the...
  12. Wildrangeringreen

    Historical black powder smoked less than modern.

    yah, wrong homonym lol :doh:
  13. Wildrangeringreen

    .32 cal flintlock groups

    I don't really have pics for myself right now, but Mr. Bridges is an exceptional resource for research into the practical side of Traditional Muzzle Loading, rather than the reenactment or academic facets. Back in 2014, I started reading through Sir Samuel Baker's and Doc White's works, and it...
  14. Wildrangeringreen

    Wood Butt Plate

    Use as hard of a wood species as you can get (Black Locust, Ebony, Osage, Wenge, ect), fire harden it, run the grain perpendicular to the grain of the stock, heavily round the edges, seal it well, and put the butt on your boot to load , problem solved. While The Hawken Brothers used metal...
  15. Wildrangeringreen

    Historical black powder smoked less than modern.

    Glazing with graphite didn't really start until the 1870's or 1880's. That graphite, since it doesn't contribute to the reaction, hinders the conversion of solids to gas. This lowers the efficiency, and like an old inefficient diesel... it blows smoke. All BP smokes but my experiments with...
  16. Wildrangeringreen

    What happened to Pedersoli's diet and exercise program?

    The only time thinwalls do that generally is if they are installed incorrectly. Since thinwalls are generally installed in older, slightly thinner barrels, those barrels are generally oversized due to wear from shot and cleaning. Having the rear of the tube exposed to the bore will do that even...
  17. Wildrangeringreen

    What happened to Pedersoli's diet and exercise program?

    I'll let you read it for yourself, but it's .015" wall thickness at the thinnest point (to keep the choke in the gun). Obviously, you have to also include the thickness of the tube as well (which your numbers are in line with that (for 12 gauge and Invector tubes)), and that makes for a pretty...
  18. Wildrangeringreen

    What happened to Pedersoli's diet and exercise program?

    They dont have to be all that thicker to accommodate choke tubes, .015" wall thickness is generally considered acceptable to retain a standard tube. Have you ever seen a barrel with .015" walls at the muzzle? Looks mighty thin. You can also go with "thin walled" tubes, and you can go down to...
  19. Wildrangeringreen

    Hunting with Smoothbore

    Common Modern Shot shells are still loaded to BP specs, since MFG's don't know what guns you are putting them in lol. You do get a slight velocity boost and recoil reduction with smokeless, but it's not much, considering fast powders are used in shotshells (Red Dot burns so fast you'd almost...
  20. Wildrangeringreen

    1/48 twist & round ball?

    1:48 In .54 caliber is pretty fast, we're talking fast enough to stabilize 600gr bullets lol. I make my express rifles in .54 in a 1:70, that allows you to shoot 300-350gr bullets and round ball well, without requiring high velocity for the ball. There is no set rate of twist that is ideal...
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