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I built one for this rifle and it works fine. No issues at all IF GOOD POWDER IS USED. If powder that produces large flakes in the bore is used it will FTF due to flakes of fouling blocking the passageway to the antechamber. But since I use Swiss its not an issue and it will shoot long...

The "Patent Breech" was originally the Nock flintlock breech which increased velocity over other designs. ALL good "patent breeches" are stronger than the alternative especially in percussion. Good percussion "patent" breeches protect the shooter from cap fragments and other possible ejecta from...

The "story" comes from a very good source. But I would not expect to find a letter from Goex detailing it.... Dupont had quit using distilled water well before they sold Moosic. That the powder was hopelessly inconsistent is proved by looking at the data in Lyman. In the 90s it was so bad that...

Its surely been shot with the corrosive substitute powder. If its been let go it may not even be safe to shoot. It will eat its way out. This is NOT supposition. Even if it does not have "crawdad" holes in the barrel or breech it will be a never ending PITA to use since the rough bore will foul...

The power they were using was crap. There were very significant changes in the powder in the same can. They were using untreated ground water to make the powder at Moosic even with the late Dupont production. They used to have steam heated drying rooms and used used sterile or distilled water...

Unless using Swiss powder the testing has to all be done with the same lot of powder. Current GOEX, for example,is better than their Moosic powder, but the then variations resulted in the contradictory data in Lyman's original BP book. Variations were present within the same can of powder due to...

This is true. But the eronomics of the Colt Navy frame are superior to all others. This is its primary advantage over its competitors to this day and why the SAA is basically a Colt Navy and was only changed to allow a larger diameter cyl and a top strap. The primary revolver in CAS today is the...

Hi Gus. Do you have any actual 18th C documentation for the shooting over snow/sheets thing? Just curious if this is an outgrowth of the tale Brockway told Ned Roberts who then repeated it. A bulleted ML shooting a 2.75 to 3 caliber long bullet would need a lot of powder to put unburned powder...

And you base this on? Remembering that many of the original Hawkens had barrels 6-12" longer than a Jaeger. 34-36 being very common on the later rifles. And they were HORSE BACK GUNS. The powder? It WAS a factor as well. Along with the idea that the rifle was used differently and by different...

Because the Jaeger you are looking at is not an original for one thing and you were not actually SHOOTING it for another. If you shoot offhand, or shoot chunk matches the advantages are instantly apparent. They did not make the LR because it was an inferior design. Our forefathers were not...

Many percussion guns have weak mainsprings and this can contribute to misfires. The much higher ignition temp of substitutes is likely the root problem. Its not Black powder. Dan

Pyrodex is not BP and may not respond as one might think. I would not grind this stuff. But then I would not use it either. Have you removed the nipple and looked at the passages under it? Dan

Since moving to Minden SFAIK Goex is now made with pure Potassium Nitrate. There was a time when this was not the case. Still even "table salt" fouling produced by at least one substitute can be easily removed with warm water. If people use LUBES that leave water proof residue in the barrel this...

There is no Chloride in BP fouling. So unless using corrosive substitute there is no salt. Unless the BP is made with impure or improper ingredients. Water will almost instantly dissolve BP fouling since it sucks up water and liquifies. Dan

For its original purpose the Colt C&B, the Colt navy sized frame (1851, 1860, 1861) wins hands down. Its a faster gun fighting tool than even the SAA Colt. The lack of a top strap makes them point far better. I never owned a Remington. Too clumsy, just did not "fit". Most problems with any C&B...

You do know that Barracade is a petroleum oil right? https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/getattachment/7a43b45b-7a27-4def-b62e-a2ac726617f8/Barricade%C2%AE-Rust-Protection.aspx Dan

How is the accuracy affected? On PAPER for group size with a GOOD REST not at some hit or miss target. Compared to careful consistent wiping every shot. Most rifles will not shoot well once fouled. Unless water based lubes are used. Most accuracy problems people encounter with traditional MLs...

If fired it might or might not fail. Cause? Panic? Abject terror? Last man standing? Once at the point of being in the firefight and knowing that someone is going to shoot you or stick a bayonet in ones guts one should attempt to defend one's self. Combat in the Civil War was almost beyond...

CVA did sell them and others IIRC but I can't find an add right now. Its a cheap import. These things were common in the mid 1970s and late 1960s. The 1974 price was $85.95. Less than 1/2 the price of the Lyman, a little more than 1/3 the price of the Green River Rifle Works 1/2 stock Leman...

Twists as fast as 1:10 are seen in 458 win mag and other HV 45 cal brass suppository guns. Or so I have read. 45-70 standard is 22, the original Sharps Rifle Co. used 18 and 20" twists in the 40-44-45 calibers by comparison. Smokeless brass suppository calibers generally have much faster twists...