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All you heros who are shooting conicals for large potentially animals should do some RESEARCH. Conicals were found to be INEFFECTIVE on dangerous game in Africa and India soon after they were invented. But people need to reinvent the wheel or refuse to learn from the past. I have a rifle that...

Why? Would anyone want to shoot a 700 gr bullet? It serves no useful purpose. The next question would be is the rifle twisted for a bullet this heavy? There are other questions as well. Dan

Is the front sight modern? IE not pitted as is the barrel? Does it appear to have ever had a tang sight installed? Dan

It is possible it was recut in the early 20th c. and was used as a shooter. But its got some issues, looks like the drum has been over rotated, this would need to be repaired. If the barrel is turned round at the muzzle it was likely originally a Picket Bullet rifle and would have used a guide...

Outlaws of the post Civil War era, before the advent of common cartridge revolvers, carried numerous revolvers I have read. Spare cylinders are good but just grabbing another revolver is better. Loose cylinders with caps on them is not a good plan so some way to keep them safe would have been a...

If you do not want to shoot a RB why do you want a traditional ML? The conical creates more problems than it solves. Dan

One must remember that there is considerable ejecta from a charge of BP and obscuring smoke that would make seeing much difficult so HS cameras might not do much. Most of its is incandescent either as gas or fouling. Having once shot up to 65 grains of FFF Goex from a 32" barreled 32 caliber...

Powders that are hard to ignite can be very hazardous with not properly ignited. Weak ignition can result devastating pressure "events" with many modern powders. This seems to be what the makers are warning against. Its obvious that this stuff needs a inline flash path and a hot primer. Its not...

You need to get it out since there is now fowling in the bore and maybe wet powder. You need a real ball puller and a metal rod or a CO2 ball ejector. If you have other MLs in your area one of them should be able to help. Before loading for hunting the bore has to be completely dry of any oil or...

This is from Hornady's calculator. I have another well repspected Ballistics program on my iMac upstairs but its not worth the trouble If your shooting experience is different that the programs so then consider. What is the actual zero range? If the 200 yard drop is remarkably different...

If you have smart phone or ipod look for the Shooter app. You can then email to your Mac and print it out. It will save the rifle and projectile allowing an instant generation anytime by just selecting the rifle the projectile and do a lot more. But you need an accurate BC and velocity. Dan

One rule for the cloth patched picket bullet is that a round ball load for the same rifle is 3/5th of the picket bullet load. When I stopped shooting my picket bullet test gun due to a mainspring failure I was up to 80 gr in a 40 caliber. This was the best load to that time. Its a 48 twist. If...

You will be happier with the patched RB this is what the barrel is designed. In a twist this slow anything but a hollow base Minie type bullet will be unstable and even the Minie if used for hunting will often not penetrate in a straight line. Something that was first discovered by the British...

While I understand why it was done... This practice resulted in a lot of historical data about bore sizes, land groove ratios and rifling twists being lost. Then there was the installation of modern target sights, sometimes drilling and tapping and other modern improvements. It was a huge...

Put a black spot about the size of a nickle or quarter on a piece of paper and tape it too the wall or bookcase whatever. 15-20 ft is enough range. Now start experimenting with holds and foot placement to find where its steadiest. Holding longer than about 10 seconds will increase the wobble for...

The large Siler will shock the pistol too much to shoot well. I would use a small Siler. They work fine and there are others like the L&R 1700 are even better. This is an 1 1/8" barrel with a small Siler done by Don King back in the 1970s or early 80s. Never looked funny to me. Dan

DO-DO occurs. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Anyone that tells me every animal he ever shot was hit just like he wanted makes me wonder how many he has shot. Critters move as the sear breaks, with a FL this can be a problem got the deer anyway was holding at the base of the...

Thanks for the complement. Dan

For anyone with inquiring minds who might want some addition information concerning Zonie's warning here... Often its underloads and the attendant improper or inadequate ignition that causes fragmentation of MODERN high pressure firearms. And this is in modern high strength firearms designed...

Properly loaded a ML pistol in FL or percussion is an effective deer killed to 40-50 yards. If the shooter is up to the job. With 60 grains of FFF a 54 flintlock with a 9-10" barrel will make 1000 fps at the muzzle this is not a popgun. A 6" 50 caliber FL pistol with 40 gr of powder will drive...