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  1. Khufu

    Pietta 1858 Remington ??

    I use 35 gr of fffg powder and CCI caps. a nipple wrench is very useful for cleaning your revolver after shooting. My Pieta '58 uses .451 balls, its old and may have a tighter cylinder than yours. My Ruger old army does use .454 balls and once I accidentially loaded some of the .454 balls in my...
  2. Khufu

    proofing load

    every Italian Gun I have seen has a "PN" stampped on it, from all makers.
  3. Khufu

    Drop Tube Funnels

    I use a droptube, but only for BPCR loading, I have never used one on a muzzleloader. the drop tube is to get more powder in a given space, front stuffers and not plagued by limited room.
  4. Khufu

    Condensation fouling vs fouling fouling

    what the factory told you is correct. Black Powder is not a compound, its a mixture, made of 3 components. Potassium Nitrate, Charcoal and Sufphur. The charcoal is the fuel, the Potassium is the oxidizer, both of which are slightly hygroscopic. The Sulphur is added to keep the Charcoal from...
  5. Khufu

    Suggestions please.

    in scatterguns it means basic, or entry level perhaps thats what he means?
  6. Khufu

    Safe powder storage

    if you store it within BATFE and state fire codes, your insurance is required to cover it. if you have an licensed electriction repair an outlet and it shorts and burns, you are covered, if you repair it and it burns, since code requires an electriction to do those repairs, the insurance CAN...
  7. Khufu

    How much powder do you use?

    about 20 lbs a year a vase lasts me a little over a year. I do shoot BPCR so thet uses up some.
  8. Khufu

    What size nipple threads on Spanish rifle

    my CVA Mountain rifle and pistol both use the same size nipples, I measured them with a micrometer and they are .2310 inches
  9. Khufu

    How steel balls are made

    if that much effort and inspection is involved in ball berrings, why is steel shot and simple swedged round balls so expensive?
  10. Khufu

    Safe powder storage

    I store up to 50 lbs in my home, I got an old army aluminum footlocker and removed the latch. they make a greay powder magazine. I have dome this for nearly 40 years, and no boom yet
  11. Khufu

    extra capped cylinder

    I have owned several '58s and none of them could you remove the cylinder pins without removing the screw that holds the loading ram on and pullung the loading ram out first, they slide out and stop. when I was new to BP revolvers 40 years ago, I put lube on top of the balls to "seal" the...
  12. Khufu

    Shot snake spout: English or Irish?

    The 12 shot did not leak, but thats about the limit
  13. Khufu

    Shot snake spout: English or Irish?

    I have never used rhat small of shot, in a shotgun, but I do have a bag of 12 shot I use for handgun snake loads, I can surely put some in and try it. I would think its ok, the slots are smaller than 12 shot and I tuned the spring and remade the brass doors from thicker brass, I will fill it up...
  14. Khufu

    Shot snake spout: English or Irish?

    I prefer the English type, took a bit of effort to "tune it up" but mine works great with 7 1/2 and 6 shot. for bigger size (bb) I use a dipper. I use the BBs for goose and they are bismuth and lighter and the english head (at least mine) throws 1 oz and 1 1/4 oz and in bismuth 1 charge is too...
  15. Khufu

    When to clean your flintlock?

    +1
  16. Khufu

    First Custom flintlock question

    my buddy dropped a mulie at 60 yards with no problems I held a 5 inch group offhand at 50 yards. and it breaks clay pidgeons with ease. very handy guns, they feel real good comming up.
  17. Khufu

    extra capped cylinder

    if your gun has a wedge and comes apart in 3 pieces, it is NOT a Remington, and a remington cylinder is very easy to change. but please reread my post I said the Calvary DID NOT change cylinders they mostly had colts, their primary weapon was a saber the side arm was for backup. you are thinking...
  18. Khufu

    First Custom flintlock question

    I do not own one, but I have shot my buddies, its a really fine gun. and in my opinion 20 ga is a really good all around size. I have a 16 ga, and in many instances, wished it was a 20. I have never been in a situation where I would not have been equally happy with 20. its a good choice for a...
  19. Khufu

    extra capped cylinder

    Officers and calvary carried handguns, not soldiers, remingtons were not standard issue, colts were, due to shortages the union took whatever they could get, some were issued Sharps, but not many some Ghalagers, which the troops claimed were as useful as a bar of iron. soldiers who could afford...
  20. Khufu

    Flintlock Squirrel Rifle?

    past 50 gr, groups opened up to over 1" at 50 yards rested. when I accidentaly grabbed the wrong measure I was using to shoot a .67 cal smoothbore pistol it printed a 1 hole group the size of a .50 cal hole. why mess with with that? it was just a happy accident. and no, I did not try 65 or 63...
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