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  1. Musketeer

    Pedersoli Classic with both barrels bulged.

    Frankensoli!
  2. Musketeer

    Ballistol

    Yes, I used shooting patches with regular drugstore mineral oil for years and they worked fine.
  3. Musketeer

    Best flint

    I'm guessing supply shortages or prohibitive costs (or both), but who knows. I've been meaning to try out some of their Georgetown ($3.50/lb is pretty reasonable).
  4. Musketeer

    Short starters

    With the style shown I've always used the little brass "button" on the side of the ball to do the initial seating.
  5. Musketeer

    Anyone ever experienced burning embers in your barrel after a shot?

    I realize it's pretty obvious that a single shot muzzleloader is no longer loaded once a shot has been taken, but the idea of putting the muzzle of any gun up to my face still gives me the heebee jeebees. :(🤔
  6. Musketeer

    Short barrel muzzleloaders and accuracy.

    Here's a super short rifle. He shoots at 25m and mentions the possibility of shooting out to 50m with the right load and better sights.
  7. Musketeer

    That bucket

    One for each. As moose said, you'd have a sponge bucket and a tar/grease bucket.
  8. Musketeer

    Smoked Chicken Today

    Like a one-man Three Stooges skit. 😄 Woowoowoowoowoo!
  9. Musketeer

    Anyone ever experienced burning embers in your barrel after a shot?

    Going on 25 years myself and not thus far.
  10. Musketeer

    Trail-cam pictures.

    Concerto in Doe Minor by Johann Sebastian Buck? 😄
  11. Musketeer

    Happy Fourth of July

    Happy 245th. :thumb:
  12. Musketeer

    4th of July black powder bang without a projectile >>>

    Never tried a large gun, as I'm a suburb dweller and I don't want to chance the hassle of having a neighbor see the muzzle of my Bess sticking up over the backyard wall.😄 I do however use the 4th as an excuse to pull out a tiny 5/16" bore cannon I bought years ago from Dom Carpenter. I load it...
  13. Musketeer

    FFFF?

    4f is exactly the same as the other f's, but finer grained. As such, a 30 grain charge of 4f will be a bit denser than a 30 grain charge of 3f, which will be denser than a 30 grain charge of 2f, etc. Lyman's older edition loading handbook had charges listed for revolvers using 4f. Rather than...
  14. Musketeer

    Daniel Boone TV show historical accuracy

    I recall reading that he probably wore a wide-brimmed wool felt or beaver fur hat, probably similar to the so-called Quaker hat. I also have the feeling he probably dressed more or less like other men of the colonial era, with perhaps a touch of Native American influence here and there, rather...
  15. Musketeer

    Daniel Boone TV show historical accuracy

    🖖
  16. Musketeer

    alternate projectiles in a muzzleloader

    A 5/8" glass marble with several thicknesses of patch to take up the windage, sitting on top of 30 grains of powder, makes a fine close-range plinking load in a Bess. And you can pick up 500 marbles for $20 if you look around a bit. 👍
  17. Musketeer

    Muzzleloader phrases out of context

    So many possibilities...sadly none of them are appropriate to the family-friendly atmosphere we try to maintain here. 😄
  18. Musketeer

    I'm back, finally!

    That's cold, bruh...😄 Welcome back, Mr. Feathers.
  19. Musketeer

    The Puckle, the Girandoni rifle and Ferguson guns

    The Puckle remains one of my favorite early repeaters, at least in mechanical terms, as I've never seen and certainly never fired one in the "flesh." Just a fascinating machine on every level. People ignorant of the history of firearms would be quite shocked to learn that this gun predates the...
  20. Musketeer

    Bison Hunting

    There are actually some free-range bison hunts up near the Grand Canyon, but there are a very small number of animals and a lottery system to hunt them, so you may be 81 before you get picked. :dunno:;) edit: to give an example: 45000 people around the country have applied for next year and...
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