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    Specific rifling depth for hollow base/flat base muzzloader bullets

    I am shooting a traditions mountain rifle, with a 418 grain grease groove bullet. These are poured with a 40-1 alloy, slightly harder than pure lead. There is a lot of pressure on the base of a bullet during ignition. However nobody know for sure until they experiment with loads and...
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    Specific rifling depth for hollow base/flat base muzzloader bullets

    My small amount of experience thinks you will be fine. I am shooting a .50, my barrel measure .499/.517. I size my bullets to .5005. They seem to seal up just fine with a overpowder wad.
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    Best way to blacken a new sight.

    The original setup was black sight and cerakote brown barrel.
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    Best way to blacken a new sight.

    The barrel is browned/cerekote. So either black or brown will work. Looks like I need to order a blueing or browning solution?
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    Best way to blacken a new sight.

    Bought a new rear sight. Is looks to come unfinished as cast. What is the best way to darken or blacken/brown the sight?
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    Heaviest Bullets For .50 Caliber 48" Twist

    418 grain I bullet is showing good results, still working with it a bit.
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    eBay score.

    Less than $60 shipped. Listed had it a Lyman. Fairly sure it is a T/C by the anodized finish and square sprue plate. Also don’t know anyone else who made such a thing.
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    eBay score.

    I picked up, what u believe to be a T/C Maxi hunter mold today off of eBay.
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    Sloppy rear sight….

    I talked with a few others with the same issue. After confirming my CVA MR sight would fit I set out to find another CVA sight. Found a new sight set on EBAY this morning. Lucky draw to find new old stock….
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    Sloppy rear sight….

    The dove tail on My Traditions is .025 deeper than on my CVA. I looked at a few other photos online, it seems they are all cut deeper as shown in the photo. The 2 piece sight is a problem when the two half’s are not a tight slip fit. This is one place where a bit of play/slip is unacceptable.
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    Sloppy rear sight….

    It is a tad deeper than my Cva mountain rifle. The CVA and Traditions are not the same sight. CVA is a one piece and the traditions is a 2 piece. Both the front and rear dovetails are the same depth.
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    Sloppy rear sight….

    After 2 calls Traditions is sending a new sight, when they get one in stock.
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    Sloppy rear sight….

    It is a new rifle, I will call Traditions this morning, will see if they are helpful or not. I have tried shimming with aluminum. I was not able to get it tight enough, still had a small amount of play. I will explore some more option after my call today.
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    Sloppy rear sight….

    It does not matter how tight the screw is, it still moves. The sight vs dovetail adapter tolerance is not tight enough. I will double check my CvA mountain rifle later, however I believe they one is a machined fit and not sloppy. That screw is not enough to keep the sight from twisting a bit...
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    Sloppy rear sight….

    Finally got around to shooting the Tradition mountain rifle a bit more with my cast bullets. Last time out I noticed some horizontal stringing on my group, I did not take notice as the wind was blowing a good bit. This time I noticed it again. Toward the end of my session I noticed my rear sight...
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    Hornady Great Plains 385gr loads?

    Yay I found his NASA lube modification thread. I have some NASA lube on order. I will play with the mixture to get to where I want with a hunting bullet.
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    Hornady Great Plains 385gr loads?

    Two questions, what is the special lube? Does vacuum sealing prevent the oxidation on the bullets?
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    Lead alloys for testing

    I just ordered a hardness tester from CowboyBullets.com (cabintree). I am curious if anyone has some known 40-1 & 20-1 bullet/samples I can use to test/calibrate my new tester and to gain the feel of it using a known alloy for reference.
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    Hornady Great Plains 385gr loads?

    Lots of folks shooting 70-80 grs with that bullet.
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    Traditions Mountain Rifle

    Was able to get the new MR out for a few rounds while on a camping trip last week. Fired maybe a dozen or so rounds through it. The barrel really needed a good cleaning or I would have shot more. The last inch or two in the chamber was pretty rough/gritty. My mistake for not giving it a solid...
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