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I put a couple of short pads of epoxy under the barrel and one under the tang -- just because I didn't quite like how it looked, and because the tang wasn't bottoming out when the barrel was well fit in the channel (with the epoxy pads). I don't like seeing stuff bend or shift when I'm...

I'm sorry, but this is going to be a bit lengthy out of necessity ... My primary point in what follows is to discourage you from being tempted to adjust the lock according to the instructions in the Traditions manual, since the problem may be both simpler and more fundamental. And, as you'll...

This seems to be the most frequently cited load. Seems to work well for me at 25 yds. and 50 yds. I have not yet managed to spend the time on a 100 yd. range, but did take a few shots on one a while ago (from a bench/sand bag) and was amazed at how well the gun did, The .310 ball and 0.15...

None anywhere around here. I get it from Graf's.

So, in order: I believe that I used orange degreaser in addition to the Simple Green to get everything out of bore originally. Then I did it again after I tried pre-lubed patches with Wonderlube (never again). You can also use a little WD-40 on a patch (or spritzed down the barrel) to do...

I did this on mine. The bore is VERY tight -- may be tighter than "normal" .32 cal. bores. I had fairly constant problems with fouling (using real black powder: Schuetzen 3F, .310 ball, and .015 patch) until I stumbled in a pretty random way on my lube of Simple Green and olive oil. Now, it...

I started wearing muff-style hearing protection in the '70s when I began to shoot handguns fairly frequently and in indoor ranges. It became a habit, and got passed on to my children. My wife also used hearing protectors from the time she learned to shoot. I normally wear muffs: typically...

My wife got me got me an eggbeater drill for Christmas a couple of years ago -- from the local Klingspor store. They had several in their used tools section, and mine was in fantastic shape. It cost her about $35. They don't advertise the used "vintage" hand tools, but they do have them in a...

Um, ..., I don't know. Imagine suspending the barrel on each end and then whacking it with a sledge hammer. Or using it as a pry bar, maybe with some hydraulic help. Or something like that. If you already knew it was a junk barrel, you might be inclined to use it as a kind of "helper tool"...

So far as I can see, the issues aren't with Zelle, but with the people who use Zelle to facilitate their scams (and the people who fall for those scams). But in that respect it's the same as using a phone call to scam you or some social medium platform to scam you. Zelle is just a method of...

Stay there on this one. The whole idea of NFT has so far not been made even coherent, either mathematically or legally. The more you actually know about computers, data, and data representation, the less sense it makes. I'd say "But people are buying them," except it's not clear what "them"...

I'm impressed. Mostly I think I'm impressed that they'll sell anybody MEK but not gunpowder. 😂 😂 😂

Yeah, every rifle is different, but it's interesting how this ball/patch/load combination seems to be so overwhelmingly common among Crockett users.

Discouraging. But I see those postings now. I will at least look at them out of general engineering/fabricating interest, though I'm in no rush to run out and get another press and start all of this. (Gave away all my reloading stuff to my kids.) It looks like the tap-o-cap was a marketing...

I don't mean this as a negative comment on the current cap-making dies or those who use them ... The first thought that struck me when I originally saw pictures of the die set on the web was the similarity it bore to the old "Classic Lee Loader," which (I'm astonished to see) is still...

It occurs to me that there's something at least a bit incongruous about making your own caps while talking about a deer in the crosshair when you hunt. Perhaps just a manner of speaking? 😂😂

Commercial caps cost money. Self-made caps cost time. Unless you actually enjoy making the caps for it's own sake, or you really can't afford to buy commercial ones, then making your own may not be inexpensive. I enjoy shooting with black powder. The less enjoyable parts of it (such as...

I take it you've already used the Search function here to find and read the pages and pages of threads, information, and experiences about PayPal, PayPal Friends and Family, and Zelle -- so you're just checking via this new thread in order to be really sure.

Yeah, like there's no relationship there? :rolleyes: 😂😂😂

Could it be simply vacuum in the barrel when you get it closer to the top? With my .32, I was initially puzzled by this same phenomenon and thought it must be narrower at the muzzle. But I finally figured out that -- definitely with the nipple in -- there was significant vacuum built up by the...