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  1. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    There I go over-thinking it again 🤣
  2. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    I feel this was largely meant to be a target gun though, I would feel pretty uneasy about the lack of half **** notch actually acting as a safe proposition in the field lol. Might need to add a "stalking safety" of some sort. could be something as simple as a block that rotates or slides over to...
  3. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    It's not an age thing with some people (when the gun was made)... that inline flintlock I posted a pic of was dated 1738... pre-percussion, older than the USA. I've seen other's, including Matchlocks with the pan built into the breech plug (early 19th century make, India). Many late...
  4. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    And once again, I will reference the countless posts and threads on this site that concern Percussion Revolvers... even though they aren't Muzzle Loaders at all... and the fact that an advertising sponsor is a modern, break action, inline gun producer (I understand, do what you have to do for...
  5. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    But when their first reaction when discussing a historical, traditional rifle is to try and shut the conversation down, because it doesn't advance a Disney-Davey-Crocket fantasy... that's a problem. It's been a problem since the 50's, the original guys who brought muzzle loading back in the 30's...
  6. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    The issue is when people try to enforce a "standard", but that standard isn't really a defined (or definable) standard; and so, oddly enough, it comes out to be identical to their personal preferences. There's a big difference between trying to force everyone to do things your personal way of...
  7. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    THESE ARE TRADITIONAL lol, like mule-ear and underhammers, they were never as popular as "conventional" sidelocks, but that doesn't make them modern either. That seems to be the problem, not to mention the constant discussions of percussion revolvers on this forum, which are NOT muzzle loaders...
  8. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    It's not a "slippery slope" if it's talking about historical, traditional designs (and those based on them)... and just like that... the "trad bro's" tryna squash everything that doesn't meet their definition of "trad, bro". You see it on Archery Forums all the time lol. Just because it doesn't...
  9. Wildrangeringreen

    Babcock Open frame rifle.

    If the hammer had a deeply cupped face, I wouldn't think it would be any problem with cap fragments, at least no worse than any non-break inline-ignition guns. Most Percussion guns have little more than that and we think they're safe (look at doubles, where the cones are installed into the...
  10. Wildrangeringreen

    Help, I am in desperate need of ' context'

    Right, and it all depends on exactly where and when and who we're talking about. The Eastern European Militaries retained the notion of the "forced load" in their rifles much longer than everyone else. We also have notes from the Seven Years War where those with rifled pieces were often found to...
  11. Wildrangeringreen

    Just out in the woods

    Always loved WA. Good luck looking for those bears :thumb: Nice looking rifle too!
  12. Wildrangeringreen

    Trying out Lee real 360gr cast lead bullets for the first time

    I'm assuming it's rested? for 50 yards, it shows some promise, but then again many loadings, even less than ideal ones look ok at 50 yards. You'll need to back off to 100 or more to really see what it's doing (minutes of angle are tiny changes in trajectory, and those translate into inches when...
  13. Wildrangeringreen

    .45 caliber RB enough for deer?

    I usually suggest they just need to stop hunting dragons... leave that stuff to Bard the Bowman... ya know, of Laketown lol.
  14. Wildrangeringreen

    Franken-Bubba’s Johnny Cashed carbine.

    One could just face the nose of the stock, and then join with glue an extension on the front (a simple lap-joint will do, as long as you make it about an inch). I'd then cover the joint with the rear barrel band. The stock work could be roughed out with a saw, carving knives/chisels, and a file...
  15. Wildrangeringreen

    Franken-Bubba’s Johnny Cashed carbine.

    That's a nice looking rifle! I love me some oct-round or oct-hexadecagon barrels! Is it tapered or just appear that way because of the transition? I'd prefer if companies that make non-forgery side locks would adopt less drop at the heel, even this stock, it's going to want to rotate up on ya a...
  16. Wildrangeringreen

    .45 caliber RB enough for deer?

    When North Americans are talking about "deer" unless otherwise specified, it is pretty safe to assume they are talking about the common deer species in NA lol. Those would be.... White Tail, Black Tail, and Mule Deer lol. All species average (Continental Average) of 100-300 lbs (southern does...
  17. Wildrangeringreen

    Which powder

    You'll find that real BP shooting is just as complex and involved as modern smokeless... You have to consider "burn rate" (rate of conversion to gas, BP is a low grade explosive in all granulations (technically the primary active component in Pyrodex (Potassium Perchlorate, combined with BP) and...
  18. Wildrangeringreen

    was there a "transitional Rifle"

    I know right, I'm only rolling up on 30, but time just all flows together lol. I mean, you look back to when I was a a teen, and you can definitely see differences, but it's not as pronounced as historians like to make it seem. speaking of falling in and out of style... I've heard from my sister...
  19. Wildrangeringreen

    New to Muzzleloading!

    Welcome! For finished guns, look on this forum, some nice stuff gets posted all the time! as far as kits vs build your own, that's up to you. Many people like to have the confidence boost a build-a-longrifle-workshop kit gives them if they do eventually move forward with a total build-your-own...
  20. Wildrangeringreen

    .45 caliber RB enough for deer?

    my gold standard for modern handgun hunting for common deer was a 6" barrel .357 mag with 162gr lead wc (think 1200fps, 518ft/lb, .132 bc), but you can get away with less. That loading at 50 yards has 411 ft/lb energy. In my opinion: a .440 RB weighs about 130gr, and has a BC of .062 (lyman), as...
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