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  1. kelvinator

    Black powder substitute in TC hawken

    My .50 cal Renegade wouldn't, with standard #11 caps. But it worked fine with RWS 1075+ and musket caps.
  2. kelvinator

    Lymans great planes rifle barrel, want more twist.

    What is that, just a little over 2" group? At 100 yds... ? I'd be plenty confident hunting with that. Good luck on your hunt too.
  3. kelvinator

    Blown out patches? bore, crown, patching material, lube where to start?

    Very interesting, and good to know.
  4. kelvinator

    Blown out patches? bore, crown, patching material, lube where to start?

    Not Familiar with the GPR as I've never had one...but from all the pics it appears to have 5 land and groove rifling with the grooves approaching twice the width of the lands. That's a lot of groove area for the patch to fill and seal. Do barrels like this benefit more from a smaller ball and...
  5. kelvinator

    I've gone modern!

    Nice shooting Brits. I've got to get me an OU muzzleoading shotgun. I have nice SXS but there's just something about the sight picture that messes with my brain, I always shoot better with a single barrel or an OU.
  6. kelvinator

    Nipple wrench for Crocket rifle

    I have these 2 wrenches, look like the same manufacturer but no idea who. They are different size between the flats, the turned down one being slightly smaller, it won't fit a rifle nipple, maybe for a revolver? Don't have any revolvers to check.
  7. kelvinator

    WITHDRAWN Western Arms Santa Fe Jedediah Smith Hawken

    Some good back ground on the Uberti/ Ithaca/ Western Arms/ Allen PA Santa Fe Hawkens rifles. http://grrw.org/uberti-santa-fe-hawken/
  8. kelvinator

    I need some 1/4-28 nipples with long cones

    I would think a lower nipple would result in (very slightly) more impact force than a taller one, given the (very slightly) increase in stroke/momentum from the hammer. As stated, addressing the spring is probably a better approach.
  9. kelvinator

    Leather percussion capper question.

    This is another ML accessory gifted to me from my Granddads cache. He made it in the mid 70's - early 80's and it was left full of corrosive old Italian made percussion caps, so... it was corroded up pretty bad with the green funky stuff and the leather was broke down and flaky as well. So I...
  10. kelvinator

    Interesting find

    I saw that on Ebay too and thought it was really cool and priced right. Glad someone here ended up with it.👍
  11. kelvinator

    Powder Valley free Hazmat

    I already did, but thanks for the suggestion.
  12. kelvinator

    Powder Valley free Hazmat

    Minimum spend is $99 for the code 😊
  13. kelvinator

    SOLD Custom LH Hawken .54 (SPF)

    Almost makes me wish I was left handed LOL. Very nice rifle, GLWS.
  14. kelvinator

    Thoughts on Percussion Caps

    Great info n.h., thanks! I did test fit a couple on my rifle and they are indeed more of a snug fit than the garden variety #11's. Duly noted on the corrosive. $5 for a thousand... wow, them days are gone eh?
  15. kelvinator

    Thoughts on Percussion Caps

    I was gifted some caps from my Dad this weekend that were part of my Granddads stash. They are probably from the 80's or 90's sometime. Got 7 full plastic "tins", hope they work, I'm gonna give them a try.
  16. kelvinator

    Powder Horn Help.........

    Maybe find or make a brass sleeve that will thread into your spout and fit it to the horn, that way the spout threads onto metal.
  17. kelvinator

    Older Goex black powder

    I was gifted some older Goex BP yesterday from my Dad that was apparently in with some stuff from my Granddad's belongings that he'd forgotten about. Best as I can remember my Granddad was fairly active in muzzleloading well into the 1990's so this stuff could be from there about's or older I...
  18. kelvinator

    History od my rifle

    The chart can be confusing, BF would be 1995.
  19. kelvinator

    Velocity vs pressure. Am I gonna kill myself?

    Some years ago I was using T7 and Pyro in a TC Renegade, It would frequently have hang fires. I got a musket nipple for it and that solved the issue, latter I tried the RWS 1075 plus percussion caps and those worked perfectly with the substitutes as well.
  20. kelvinator

    My Kibler SMR Build Log

    Any good glue or bonding agent will be stronger than the thin walnut wood in the area of that crack. The whole key to a quality repair will be in clamping/strapping it together with the crack seam perfectly matched together tight to minimize or near as possible eliminate the visibility of the...
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