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  1. Steve Martin

    Main charge question

    You should always try to bear in mind that the quality of the powder available back then compared to the quality and power of powder we use today might explain the difference in charges used. I have mentioned on this forum before that I am not a hunter so I don't pretend to know or offer advice...
  2. Steve Martin

    'New' Goex availability?

    Estes employees are certainly NOT inexperienced. They have been involved with the making, storage and use of highly explosive propellants for decades.
  3. Steve Martin

    OK, now what.....

    I would have it opened up to cylinder, that's what you thought you were buying, and it should not cost much to do.
  4. Steve Martin

    Goes FF life

    That's one of the great things about BP, it last practically forever if stored properly.
  5. Steve Martin

    Aging No Steel Parts

    Personal taste should dictate what you decide to do. I have a couple flintlocks where all the brass and steel are tarnished and "aged" because they look good that way. I also have three that have everything nicely polished and one where everything is browned. In each case I just went with...
  6. Steve Martin

    10 lbs BP Now Or Wait

    Listen to what everyone is telling you and BUY it NOW.
  7. Steve Martin

    Loyalist Arms Fusil

    I have weighed in on this topic before and since it seems to keep coming up, this will be my last post on this subject...I have owned and shot and worked on the Brown Bess from Loyalist Arms. THAT musket (I can't speak to ALL only the one I had), was just fine (for the price). I shot fine...
  8. Steve Martin

    Drilling a flash hole.

    How do you know where the breech plug "face" is without removing it, you may ask? Put a wood dowel down your barrel and make a mark where it lines up flush with the end of the muzzle. Take the marked rod and lay along the top of your barrel with the mark you just made even with the muzzle and...
  9. Steve Martin

    America's first assault rifle

    I know I am "preaching to the choir" here but in fact, All firearms used to attack someone or something are by definition "assault rifles". Likewise unless used to attack someone or something NO firearms are 'assault rifles". The term assault rifle was coined decades ago by the media to help...
  10. Steve Martin

    Gun don't shoot

    Maybe bending the barrel isn't really the correct term for the sort of adjustment being discussed. Re-straightening the barrel might be a more correct term. You won't have any trouble with the "re-straightened" barrel fitting back in the stock unless you waaaay over did it. Also, remember the...
  11. Steve Martin

    Gun don't shoot

    I have a nice Fusil de Chasse that used to do the exact same thing (only mine was 12" to the right of the point of aim). Tried everything and finally decided to bend the barrel (sounds scary I know), I had never done it before either. I made a set up just like the drawing semisane posted and...
  12. Steve Martin

    Brown Bess -Why

    The "Bess" in it's many variants is probably THE single most historically important firearm to many of us interested in the F&I (seven years) war and the period leading into the AWI. I would like to have BOTH a Charleville and a Bess but due to my limited budget I had to choose one or the other...
  13. Steve Martin

    What do I have here?

    I was just going to ask what SDSmlf asked - is the hole threaded? maybe if it is threaded the threads match available vent liners that can be installed, if it's not threaded then you will need to determine what size threads can be cut so you can install a vent liner. The vent location is...
  14. Steve Martin

    Switch barrel

    Beautiful rifle.
  15. Steve Martin

    How bad did mess up my dovetail?

    I hate to say it but I agree with what others have said about your barrel...the dovetail cut is waaaay too deep. I honestly would NOT shoot that barrel.
  16. Steve Martin

    Barrel finish?

    I have only done it twice but, I draw filed then using long flats of 3/8" thick wood over 220 metal oxide paper to remove file marks followed (in my case) with same flats of wood over 320 metal oxide paper. I browned my barrels from there. Gives a nice satin surface of brown (depending on how...
  17. Steve Martin

    Need revolver bluing advice

    White vinegar will take that bluing off like you will not believe!
  18. Steve Martin

    Estes Energetics completes purchase of Goex...

    I was just reading on the I love muzzleloading website that they are confirming the purchase of Goex by Estes Energetics a division of Estes Rockets. The purchase was completed a few days ago. I will try to paste in the link to that information. Estes Energetics to Extend the GOEX Black Powder...
  19. Steve Martin

    How cold is too cold for you to shoot?

    When it's not comfortable enough to enjoy it. Our sport costs too much in time and money to go out to the range and then be hating it. Everyone has their own "pain threshold" Mine is 50 degrees, but then I live in Florida so I don't miss many days due to cold days.
  20. Steve Martin

    Howdy pals, I’m the Mitey Hare.

    You will soon be infected with the "Flintlock Flu" but welcome from Northeast Florida!
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