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  1. rdlowe

    My Zoli Zouave is very sick

    Yes, my 2 other rifle muskets both like the same minie. Guess I got lucky with them.
  2. rdlowe

    Hawken types- the Pedersoli Rocky Mountain Hawken

    Beautiful rifle and good photography, too.
  3. rdlowe

    My Zoli Zouave is very sick

    I fired mine yesterday and there’s potential as a PRB gun. The bore is pretty big. I was able to thumb start a 570 ball with a .018 patch. Same ball with a .020 patch only needed a very light tap. It requires a wipe between shots else I had to put my upper body weight on the rod to get the ball...
  4. rdlowe

    Introduction

    Welcome. I’m looking forward to hearing about your shooting clubs there and what’s popular.
  5. rdlowe

    Patch stuck at bottom of barrel

    The people on this forum are great.
  6. rdlowe

    Patch stuck at bottom of barrel

    Supposing you don’t own an air compressor, one of those cans of air with the plastic straw nozzle might work.
  7. rdlowe

    Patch stuck at bottom of barrel

    You should get a proper jag for your bore size. That way your patches won’t fall off and get lost like that.
  8. rdlowe

    Thanks TwoFeathers!

    He didn’t charge me nearly enough for the patch knife I ordered. Just holding the thing in hand you can feel the heft and the quality. This is a GOOD knife. Super nice guy, too. Oh, and then I got this little surprise in my package too:
  9. rdlowe

    Patch stuck at bottom of barrel

    Oh and I have to give a nod to the OP’s forum name. Nice.
  10. rdlowe

    Patch stuck at bottom of barrel

    Supposing you have neither a patch worm or a ball puller, you could partially unfold a paperclip and tape it to your ramrod for use as a field expedient patch puller. Insert, twist. It should work.
  11. rdlowe

    My Zoli Zouave is very sick

    Cool idea.
  12. rdlowe

    Internet transactions, payment and shipping

    I’m not interested in talking politics or business here. If you’ve seen the writeup I mentioned then I have nothing further to add. The point I wanted to make I already made a few posts back. 👍
  13. rdlowe

    To sign or NOT to sign, that is the question?

    TwoFeathers, in my opinion if you want to sign your work or put your mark on it then do it. Almost everyone else does if it’s any kind of unique item.
  14. rdlowe

    My Zoli Zouave is very sick

    I have some 570 balls on hand and 3 patch thicknesses to test with. I’ll start with the .015 based on your tip.
  15. rdlowe

    Internet transactions, payment and shipping

    That’s part of it, TNGhost, and not a small part, but also not the whole story. Fortune ran a story on the new Postmaster General recently and outlined some of the other things that are also going on. It's worth Googling.
  16. rdlowe

    Internet transactions, payment and shipping

    True, but I personally wouldn’t let someone pay me in digital currency unless it was to hide a body for them. I’ll mine the stuff and pay other people for this or that with it, though. 😎
  17. rdlowe

    Internet transactions, payment and shipping

    As intended, unfortunately, but that’s a whole other ball of worms. Meanwhile in the practical, real-world consequences of having that guy run the USPS plus the setbacks due to Covid, I have a very nice rifle on the way to me that’s moved about 30 miles in the last 12 days according to...
  18. rdlowe

    Let's see your Belt or Rifleman's knife

    A knife made by HH has got to be pretty top shelf. My envy meter just registered a reading. Congrats!
  19. rdlowe

    My Zoli Zouave is very sick

    Gents, I’m not interested in bullseye shooting with this rifle. I have other things for that. I’m interested in fixing the goofy sights and hitting a kill zone at 100. Thanks. Edit to add: I’ve decided to see how it shoots with a prb. If I can achieve a respectable repeatable result I’ll...
  20. rdlowe

    My Zoli Zouave is very sick

    It’s a trick of the light. The blade itself isn’t bent. The mounting and centering is wonky.
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