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Got my copy in the mail today. First time I've used Amazon to order a book in a loooooong time. The irony is not lost. It is a very interesting book. It shows the very best of and some of the most crude things that passed as rifles. Quite happy I got a copy. Of course mine copy is...

Forgive me for the political commentary. It is not relevant to this post and was out of place. I ardently hope that you find a ball and patch combination that fits your new rifle.

Just ordered a copy myself thanks to your post. Thank you for your diligence. That gent passes only a week ago. I would not call the rifles he wrote about Southern Mountain Rifles, because I grew up south of those mountains. The Southern Mountains was a northern term used by northerners 150...

Same way I got a .40 cal I thought was a .36. No one's eyes are as good as they think. Especially the Hon. Gen. R. E. Lee, who said those words long before anyone alive was born, and yet, our republic stands, despite the machinations of monarchist traitors last year.

Contrary to what folks generally say, a flintlock is less reliable. That is a fact. For the simple fact that a percussion gun only has one real variable: the cap. A flintlock has more variables. The ultimate in "no chance of failure" is a modern single shot or bolt action using factory ammo...

Dunno, but your Lee quote is only part of a letter that he wrote, and thus, out of context. As to the caliber... what was it supposed to be?

I see. Just FYI for future buys: 1 more dollar got me four pounds of Swiss 3f. Sure it would have been 27 more dollars to get 5lbs, but I think what I am seeing, if my math is right, is that all the powder houses are pretty much the same in price shipped. And only Travelers requires a signed...

How many pounds did you buy?

BTT because this looks like a pretty good deal. I wish I had $300 to throw at a casting setup right now.

As a tobacco grower(we Taylors been at it since about 1680 in Eastern North Carolina), I'm gonna be the arse who points out that modern oral tobacco has a lot of sugar and salt in it. Dip(unless you take it up the nose it ain't snuff) is full of salt which ain't great for steel or iron. Chaw...

I bought 4lbs of Swiss three weeks ago from Powder Valley. Total was $156. Including shipping and Hazmat. Shipping was 13.95 and hazmat was 19.95. What in seven devils is happening at Travelers? I live in Alabama, so, all things considered, I see no problem with what I paid to have it...

Well I could put it on my homemade bow tiller I guess, but I'm not particularly worried about flexibility. I ram from no more than six inches above the bore and am not worried about it snapping. I've never snapped a ramrod in 30 years. Of course the pride comes before the fall, so we'll see!

Alright there gents. Ramrod is done. Put the tip in a drill and used 60 grit starting at the butt end and worked it down. Testing as I went, it took about an hour and a half. Worked it down about 6 inches at a time based on the marks I made. I tested every ten minutes of sanding an penciled...

Great answers folks. @EC121 the pipes are a shade under 3/8 without being 1/4. The minimal sanding with 100 grit I've done so far actually gets it into the first pipe fine, but catches a couple inches in. I'll just carry on with the sandpaper for now and if it gets tiresome probably try the...

Yesterday, not today, I had a young man in the pawn shop looking for "High quality muzzleloaders". After deducing that he was a very young(probably 17-18 and there with his mother) civil war reenactor, I discovered he wanted to replace his Pedersoli 41 Mississippi with something else like an...

So I have never liked the skinny little .36 or smaller ramrod that came with my .40 cal Schimmelish-poorboy-Pennsylvania. I reckon it was good enough for the original owner(s), and possibly for the builder. But it rattles around in the pipes and feels very flimsy. So I ordered(and received...

First time I went to shoot my squirrel rifle, the vent hole was so big(probably burned out) that my entire powder load blew out the vent and I got a stuck ball. Everyone here insisted I dry balled it. But I was able to literally feed 3f into the touchhole to blow out the stuck ball.

He does, but last week I watched a video of him cutting the rifling in house

Reckon I'm blessed to still be supple enough not to have to flip the gun at all when I pull mine from the holder. One day I may not be so nimble. As a Southerner, born of old stock that arrived 100 years before America was an actual country, I'm not worried about HC. But I do like not having to...

Indeed, I have seen those. They seem well enough, but I was just wondering if there are any commercially available sheet brass ones.