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    58 good and bad

    We were shooting both guns with 80gr of Swiss 2f, same patch/lube. I use a .495 ball, he uses a .535 ball. His gun IS probably a pound heavier though.
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    Cold weather patch lube.

    I use 7:1 Ballistol and water dry patching exclusively. The caveat is, you gotta swab between shots. While I've never needed a 2nd shot hunting, I do carry some dry cleaning patches which I'd use spit on to swab if need be. My #2 choice is Mr. Flintlocks lube, if I was shooting where swabbing...
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    58 good and bad

    I have two .50s(three if you count the dust-collecting scoped inline). One is a Flintlock, the other a percussion. They both shoot about equally well. I enjoy shooting the flintlock more, but do better offhand with the shorter, lighter Hawken. My son has a. 54 cal flintlock, and I don't see much...
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    Voyage of Discovery — Knowing their location?

    The thing that always amazed me is Clark's map . He wasn't a professional cartographer, he was a military man. Yet, it's a darn good map! Of a VAST swath of land, traversed on foot, by boat, on horseback. I cant even imagine being able to do that.
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    More on goex

    If Pyrodex pellets have any real BP in them, it's news to me. They require, REQUIRE 209 shotgun primers to work, and they do work. I dont think Goex(or any real BP brand) to be "competition" for the substitutes. Just like my sidelocks have never had Pyrodex or 777 poured down their barrels, my...
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    packing a Flintlock rifle for shipping

    Definitely take the lock off and bubble wrap well. I received a Flintlock with a broken frizzen once.
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    L&R Locks

    I bought one of their RPL locks. Regardless of what they say, they are not drop in replacements. THAT said, I sent it back to them, they worked on it and now it works fine. A+ for customer service.
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    GOEX PLANT

    I have 3/4 of a can of 2f Elephant powder, from 1998. It is grayish in color. I dont intend to shoot it, its kind of my "last resort" can. Let's hope I never get to that point.
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    Powder charge question

    Me too, BUT.....given the run on powder, I figure, 1lb=87 loads of 80gr. Or 174 of 40gr.8f the point of impact at a 25yd paper target is roughly the same, why not conserve a little BP until this situation settles?
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    Powder charge question

    I'll try a 5 shot group with 40gr at 25yds from a rest then 80gr for comparison, then again at 50yds maybe bumping it up to 50gr. If no real group difference, I'll just save the powder! Thx
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    Powder charge question

    With my .50 flintlock, I've worked up "the load" for it and generally charge it the exact same way everytime, regardless of whether in fun shooting, hunting, etc. I use 80gr of 2f Swiss. So, given the powder shortage, if im just shooting for fun offhand at 25-50yds, I'm guessing I can use less...
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    Black powder shortage

    IF, one were to have to do the 10grs BP 70gr of Pyrodex thing with a Flintlock, is there a "best" type of Pyrodex to buy? Or 777, Buckhorn, etc? Or does it not matter at that point?
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    Have you heard??

    How is Pyrodex/777, etc in a percussion Hawken? I've never tried it I do have a nice modern rifle that I used to deer hunt with but has collected dust for several years. I use Pyrodex pellets with it, but it runs 209 primers. My Hawken uses the regular #11s.
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    How much powder do you keep?

    My answer is #2 btw
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    How much powder do you keep?

    Fair enough, and I understand. OK, let's rephrase..... Based on the amount of recreational, traditional muzzleloader shooting and hunting YOU do in a typical calendar year, do you tend to keep(based on your needs): 1) a years worth 2) a couple years worth 3) more than that
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    How much powder do you keep?

    Not wanting to make this a too personal question, let's break it down..... A) 1 to 5 lbs B) 5 to 15 lbs C) more than 15 lbs My answer is B. While I keep MUCH more actual non-BP ammunition, I've always been leery of keeping TOO much black powder. I store it in its original plastic container in...
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    Sighting-in question: where to go from here?

    I swab between shots as well. Ill fire a 40gr fouling shot first, take a patch, 3 mist squirts of homemade moose milk out of a tiny spray bottle on it(makes it just damp), once down and back out. Load, shoot, repeat. Ive never sandbags the buttstock when bench shooting. I use a commercial rest...
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    Dry lubed patches

    Thx Glenn. I think I'll resoak and dry what I have(10 rolls) and moving forward, just do 4 at a time. I get 10 shots per strip, so 40 shots is plenty. I was just at a blanket shoot this past weekend, and it consisted of 24 shots. 36 is the most ive ever done at an organized shoot, so 4 rolls is...
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    Dry lubed patches

    I use the Dutch method of patch lube. Ballistol and water 6 or 7:1, soak the strips of cotton fabric, lay them flat to dry, once dry roll them up. I store them in a ziplock bag inside another ziplock bag. My question...do they have a "shelf life?" Theoretically, the water has been evaporated...
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    Friendship, Ind.

    We've sold a gun or two there. Sometimes your best bet is actually selling it TO a vendor, or trading it on another rifle. I wouodnt sweat it.
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