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Off topic but Francis and Alice were good friends. I have a piece of his Teflon patching that I keep as a reminder of them. Shot with Francis Monthly at the Florida Frontiersmen. We also hunted together.

I am pretty sue Davey Crockett's favorite rifle was .38 caliber

Thank goodness you said that I have found that it is more effective to break nipples loose with a standard wrench and then use the nipple wrench. Also remember lefty loose

The other reason may be is that 28 gauge is much closer to 56 than 54 My 28 gauge measures .556

You would be surprised (but maybe after this t h read not) how many newbies think the jags I make are too small. I have them bring their gun over if possible and run a patch down the barrel.

AKA deer grenades

If you are going pre 1840 neither are HC. Use what works

Yeah I have heard that drivel from them. I used to hunt up there but ni more. My family sold the farm so I don't go. If I saw one I would plunk it

No don't know what happened

I think most of the shooting with traditional muzzleloaders is recreational these days. At least if you count shots fired per gun The I only use it for hunting guys go out maybe once a year and shoot to make sure it shoots good for hunting

Use tooth picks instead of nails. Depending on how much help you have paint the target on the block.

I have a 50 cal GM barrel on my flint rifle .I haven't shot it in a while but I shot a 500 ball in it shoots real good out to 100. I use 70 grs 3 fff

I maybe crazy(at least a little bit) but aren't you rapidly getting to the point where you could have a custom built gun that would meet your specifications for similar money?

I certainly hope you have plenty of duct tape Remember if you can't be handsome at least be handy.

TRyan sweet corn

If the drum if through the barrel and into the breach plug you can't just pull the breach plug

It didn't make much difference in accuracy but it seems hardly worth the effort

I agree visually the sprue is gone but if you measure the diameter in different spots I got different dimensions as much as .01 0

How many of you have mic'd the balls after you tumble them? I have found that they are not as round as they look where the sprue was is still bigger. It just makes it harder to tell where the sprue is. That would make it harder to load if the sprue side was loaded against the barrel.

Billy was from Alabama. I believe he has passed. That is his stamp on the blade.