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  1. SwampBilly

    Pistol for edc?

    The person who needs to look it up is not the one who makes the claim..... onus
  2. SwampBilly

    Pistol for edc?

    A very simple answer to an unproven and ambiguous claim
  3. SwampBilly

    Pistol for edc?

    Bollocks
  4. SwampBilly

    Pistol for edc?

    Teets on a boar hog?
  5. SwampBilly

    Pistol for edc?

    I would have to agree especially when it has been decades since a nonviolent person has been in any legal difficulties. In my opinion the only persons who should be barred from ownership are habitual career felons and those who have proven that they will use a gun to commit crimes with and...
  6. SwampBilly

    Hello to all.

    Not exactly new but I have been gone for a while. Just a Florida cracker who works and sleeps and sometimes has time to play. The minutiae of my daily existence takes much of my time but when I have free time I enjoy riding motorcycles and of course shooting muzzleloaders and even slinging...
  7. SwampBilly

    Pistol for edc?

    I'm not sure how true this is but I have read, general Lee's cap and ball revolver was successfully fired after 100 years in storage. I do know that I have stored a loaded cap and ball for every bit of 6 months and every shot went bang with no special considerations except for wax over the top...
  8. SwampBilly

    Pistol for edc?

    It sure as hell beats a sharp stick and a stern look of rebuke.
  9. SwampBilly

    Pistol for edc?

    There is not a more useless object on the entire planet than an unloaded gun.... Might as well carry a large tree branch
  10. SwampBilly

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Used a 1 lb pure soft lead block to hammer down some . 323 round ball into the chambers of my 1863 pocket model. On top of 10 grains of 4f Swiss. Shaved off a perfect ring and zero misfires out of eight shots. Couldn't hit the broad side of a barn though.....well, it is a belly gun ...
  11. SwampBilly

    Solved the percussion cap issue.

    And it's getting to where you can't even find the red ring caps anymore. I used to use the red paper strip ones for other pyrotechnic purposes and you can't even find them in Dollar general for years now. Too bad slix shots doesn't offer any aftermarket options for the NAA. A lot of times when...
  12. SwampBilly

    Solved the percussion cap issue.

    Awesome creation. You mentioned your super companion. I have one as well and I cannot lay my hands on any Remington number 11s which is what they recommend but I have tried CCI number 11 Winchester magnum number 11s and Remington 10s and RSW 11s. No matter which caps I get they only go off on...
  13. SwampBilly

    How Ridiculous is This?

    Last year I lucked out in August and Walmart and they had about 1500 for less than $5 per package and I bought 500 because I didn't want to be "that guy" and I went back a few days later out of curiosity and sure enough every last one of them was gone.
  14. SwampBilly

    Pyrodex RS (FF equivalent) in a revolver

    I have used it over the years and I didn't notice any appreciable difference in shooting but I don't have a chronograph. But I think if anything it actually fouls more than true black powder. So definitely don't expect cleaner results
  15. SwampBilly

    NAA Super companion

    Like making assumptions about things that you don't know of?
  16. SwampBilly

    NAA Super companion

    I have tried pushing them down as firmly as possible. All but the Remington number 10s that I mentioned require a little pinch of the cap or they fit loosely. And judging by the way that the priming compound falls out of the Caps that I have to remove after several good strikes.... Tells me...
  17. SwampBilly

    NAA Super companion

    My completely unscientific way of determining the 777 is hotter? Shooting at an old freezer door with 4f was producing dents in the metal but the triple 7 was actually penetrating
  18. SwampBilly

    NAA Super companion

    Thanks for the info, I do have to slightly pinch all but the Remington number 10 caps that I have mentioned. Locating Remington number 11 caps seems to be like locating hen's teeth at the moment
  19. SwampBilly

    NAA Super companion

    I have a North American arms super companion 22 caliber muzzle loading revolver. Misfires are very frequent. I'm using Swiss 4f powder that was just open the other day and has never been exposed to moisture. I have used several different brands of number 11 percussion caps and all have...
  20. SwampBilly

    Casting .310 Round Balls............

    If you could find a mold with more cavities that might be more efficient, in terms of making use of the heat.
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