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Check with Ed Rayle. He did one for a friend of mine based on a Green Mountain 50 caliber barrel. Dan

I would recommend Taylor Sapergia. Nor do I do this lightly. Dan

54 with a RB if the twist is not too fast. This will kill deer dead and if in a blind or tree stand with a rest its a piece of cake to 40 yards or so. But put sights on it that work for you. You seeing a physical therapist or such? Dan

If it fouls this bad with T7 then you likely have a rough or pitted bore. A pitted bore will drastically increase the fouling build up. Rough bore too. Both also greatly increase loading forces needed. A 45 should not foul any worse than a 50-54 unless its really overloaded, significantly more...

Go to Track of the Wolf they should have something you can use. Dan

Depends on the use. I like my 18 pound FL match rifle for rest matches. I have a 3 FLs in the 10-11 pound range that I like. 50-54-67 cal. If I am shooting a match at 400 yards or more I use something that will reach out and touch things with a bullet with a .600 BC. If I am shooting the CMP...

It works by allowing you to hit the target. If you REALLY want a lesson in this try shooting a 6" barreled FL pistol. It will teach you trigger squeeze and follow through. Follow through is needed with ANY firearm not just a FL. Dan

Frizzen may be too soft. These military locks are not all that great in many cases. If it is from the rifle shoppe the frizzen may need to be faced with something like 1095 or 1080. If its made of the stuff the frizzen on my TRS lock it will never spark right until faced. If the guy that put...

I think the Biddle/Allen version has been excessively edited some things added some taken away. IIRC this is the one that has had "where she was made" added to a description of the short rifle being relocked at Ft. Clatsop. If this appears in your version then it contains added text not written...

Knowing who wrote the article and who checked the twist would be enlightening. Fast twists. We have to remember that in Europe that 1 turn in the barrel length was a common rule. Even of the barrel was a 65 caliber and was 25" long. The English fell onto the idea that they needed to increase the...

Water based lubes clean the bore as its loaded. I don't do this for my own reasons. If there is a difference in the radius grooves and square ones its news to me. The patch either takes out the fouling or it does not. Really deep grooves will cause problems too. Grooves over .008 deep are not...

There are "Original Journals" that have had text added to them that can confuse the issue. The Reuben Gold Thwaites version is supposed to be correct, i.e. unadulterated, at least one other complete version has added words and phrases and "facts" that do not appear in the original manuscripts...

The foreign made ticking is generally too weak for shooting patches, and probably for ticking too. Since all I see in Chinese I have switched to denim or real linen. Drill in another fabric that will work if think enough. Dan

And I would go to a thicker patch. Dan

Get some 400 or 600 wet or dry paper. Cut a 1.5" square. Force this against the muzzle with your thumb and rotate. This will polish the crown and should fix it. Be sure to work around the muzzle so it is uniform. Might need to use a double thickness, 1.5 x 3 folded If this does not fix it then...

Another site to check for linen https://www.fabric.com/buy/0338266/european-linen-natural

Most of the ticking found in stores tears far too easy down the stripe to be reliable. I have given up on it after decades of use and now use Denim or 100% linen if I can get a good thickness. Linen can be ordered if you search the WWW. Have them send you a small swatch to measure. Linen is less...

FFF should work with a good lock. I like FFFF better. But I dislike the idea trying to remanufacture BP. I would contact one of the distributors close to you and ask if there is a dealer in your area that sells BP and find out if they have FFFF or Swiss Null B which is a little finer than...

Just another clue or two would have been nice. Like the weight of the ball that Lewis was shot with. If I absolutely had to say what I really think it would be a 1803 prototype. But I would not say a shortened contract rifle was wrong either since it cannot be proven either way. But the...

Depends on your intended use. But the trade guns of the time were not particularly effective and used a lot more powder and lead than the rifles did. This is documented back to at least the 1750s. The traders pushed SB trade guns on the natives because they sold a lot more powder and lead when...