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  1. Khufu

    Revolver chain fires

    I think he was referring to the weight of a Dance revolver
  2. Khufu

    Revolver chain fires

    I have a dozen or so C&B revolvers, all repros, some of about all kinds. never had a chainfire in well over 40 years, and never seen one. I only put grease on top of the balls for a VERY brief MESSY period. an old timer (at the time, now I am) told me grease on the balls was silly and messy, he...
  3. Khufu

    Swaged vs molded

    If the sprue bugs you go to harbor freight and get a ball mill (rock polisher) and put 100 or so balls in each tub, put in some dish soap and water and roll them for an hour or so, then rinse them off, they will be round and no sprue and polished up, they look just like swaged. then you don't...
  4. Khufu

    Casting round balls

    I cast and drop mine in an ingot mold when cooled I put them into a ball mill, mine is a double so it can tumble about 200 at a time. after they roll for about 2 hours they are perfectly round with no trace of the sprue or defects. if you like them shiny you can add some dish soap and water and...
  5. Khufu

    Barrel length and velocity?

    http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/rbballistics/rbballistics.html here is a link to the DL page and the authors description.
  6. Khufu

    Barrel length and velocity?

    its a freeware one that I got several years ago, it calculates ball weight based on pure lead and is just for round balls from muzzleloaders and shotguns with pumpkin balls. if I can find the url or the original archive with all the freeware warnings I will upload it if you want it.
  7. Khufu

    Barrel length and velocity?

    yes it has enough info to give a decent idea of what the ball is doing down range windage is fairly accurate as well. (ie velocity, energy, drop, wind drift, time of flight.
  8. Khufu

    Barrel length and velocity?

    according to my roundball ballistic calculator a .390 ball launched at 2200 will retain 1759 fps at 25 yards and 1397 fps at 50 yards while a .390 ball launched at 1900 fps will retain 1509 fps at 25 yards and 1221 fps at 50 yards. that is big enough a difference to be significant.
  9. Khufu

    Goex v. Pyrodex v. Triple 7

    I started out using Goex back in the early 70s. in Utah it was readily available from several businesses. when the Goex plant blew up in the late 70s it was hard, if not impossible to get Goex, so I tried Pyrodex. it fouled, shot poorly, when it actually went off, and was generally junk. That's...
  10. Khufu

    How old is your hunting gun?

    my first and still my favorite hunting rifle is a CVA Mountain Rifle kit gun I built in the mid 70s. got lucky with it, has nice curly maple wood, and a super good shooting barrel. I now have 3 mountain rifles, including a Douglas .54, but I seem to default to that first one to put meat on the...
  11. Khufu

    Spanish Jukar

    I have the exact same pistol, the ramrod sticks out about 1/4" when empty. I dovetailed the barrel and added a much taller sight, and it shoots dead on aim and quite accurately. I shot a lot of rabbits and ground squirrels with it in my youth. the breach plug extends almost to the rear sight...
  12. Khufu

    Navy Arms Charleville

    while similar, the 1795 springfield is not an exact copy of the Charleville. the bayonet lug is on the bottom of the barrel on the springfield and the top on the '66 Charleville. there are small differences in the barrel bands as well. there are likely other small differences that I am unaware...
  13. Khufu

    Navy Arms Charleville

    I have never purchased a Miruko muzzleloader but I had one given to me, it is of very poor quality and a very bad design with a 2 piece stock (square nuts welded on to the barrel to hold the stock on, poorly stamped brass nose cap that is badly fit etc.). I have several Pedersoli guns, though...
  14. Khufu

    Navy Arms Charleville

    My 1766 Charleville has a one piece stock, are you sure its a Charleville replica?
  15. Khufu

    Serial Number Dating a T/C

    When I got into BP, back in the early 70s, I was lucky to be living in Utah, we had several black powder specialty shops and a couple of sporting goods stores that sold BP stuff. so choices were not limited. Lyman Great Plains and CVA were clearly the most popular, both kits and finished rifles...
  16. Khufu

    Breech Plug

    I have heard the stories of welded breach plugs, but I have never seen one. I have seen breech plugs fit so perfectly that you would swear they are welded. the rumors were that some guns made in India were welded and made of junk metal suitable only as wall hangers, but I steer clear from junk...
  17. Khufu

    Breech Plug

    I converted a CVA Mountain from percussion to flint, and built a 2nd barrel in .32 cal for it. I removed the drum, and turned 2 more from metric bolts with matching threads. I removed the breach plug and cleaned and lubed the threads and made sure there was no small pitting or rust. There was no...
  18. Khufu

    Mountain rifle?

    Actually they are both vintage CVA Mountain Rifle kit guns I built back in the 70s. They were both percussion, but I converted one to flint.
  19. Khufu

    Mountain rifle?

    the top one is a L&R RPL lock, the percussion an original Maslin lock it fit the mortise perfectly.
  20. Khufu

    Mountain rifle?

    I have one on my mountain flinter, fit perfectly
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