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Went out today and shot some of the Elephant. Shot GOEX 3F first for comparison. Then shot Elephant 2F. Accuracy was on a par with GOEX but was a bit dirtier. I could feel a slight buildup at the breech but not that bad. Then I shot a target with a 50/50 mix of GOEX 3F and Elephant 2F. It...

From what I saw at my friends house, the powder was from 1999 and 2000. Back in 2004 I met Bill Knight AKA the Mad Monk, at Dixon's and spent an hour or so listening to him discourse on black powder and its manufacture. From what I remember it jives with what was said here about the latest lots...

Gentlemen, thank you for your replies. Since I already have a pound of it I might experiment with mixing small amounts of Goex and Elephant together to see the result. I am more interested in accuracy and performance than making smoke. The date on the can is 2000 if that's any indication of...

The FIL of a friend passed away recently and my friend has to sell his ML accessories. The FIL mostly shot the unmentionable rifles but he did have 7 or 8 cans of 2 F Elephant powder....I've never used Elephant, always made sure I had enough DuPont or later GOEX on hand but he's willing to give...

After all the good reasons given for not using tubing, consider this. You might only use 20-30 grains of powder. What about the next owner? Do you want that on your conscience?

If you're in for a good read, Bernard Cornwell's novel, Sharpe's Tiger, deals with the Tippoo and the siege of Seringapatam and the paperback copy I have has a similar in style flintlock on the cover. The Sharpe's series of novels about the adventures of Richard Sharpe in His Majesty's Service...

As always, an interesting and informative post. Your posts contain a wealth of information not only on how to do the nuts and bolts of the build but are full of historical background on the technical aspects of the build and how to make it correctly. Thanks Dave.

I thought you were going for a free floating barrel for better accuracy. 😉

It's actually Muzzle Blasts, journal of the NMLRA. Muzzleloader magazine is a commercial publication

Thanks for bringing this up. I started reading Grant's memoirs about 2 weeks ago. As someone mentioned his memoirs were published while he was suffering from throat cancer. The publisher was Samuel Clemens, best known as Mark Twain. Twain lost money on this venture but Grant's family was...

Yes, it is based on Annie Proulx's book according to the advertising blurb I saw.

I built my favorite deer rifle in 1977. It's been out in all sorts of weather including all day rain. I've pulled the barrel twice in that time. Other than light staining from surface rust there was no damage. I use Johnson's Paste Wax with a light skim of RIG on it. More damage is done to thin...

I've been waiting to see that movie again. Just reread the book about 2 months ago and wanted to see how closely the movie followed it. Last time I saw the film was probably 20 years ago. I can remember scenes from the movie like Herkimer losing his leg and the old lady making the Indians carry...

Color case appears to be a good approximation of the Colt case colors. If I had to guess I'd bet Turnbull could have done it. Well thought out revolver made for one specific purpose. Enjoy both its looks and performance.

I believe the P58 Enfield had progressive DEPTH rifling, deeper at the breech, but not gain twist rifling. Both originals and the P-H P58, but not the Italian repos.

Yes I know but the shell casings were lying around and I like homemade instead of store bought. I also make my own powder horns and rifles. YMMV. 🙂

The only PH in .451 that I'm aware of is the Volunteer. The others, whether P53, P58, or musketoon use a .58 Minie ball. If the Volunteer is what you have I'd suggest getting a platinum lined nipple. The increased pressure from shooting the 500 grain bullet the Volunteer uses will blow out...

I took a .22 Hornet case, cut off the base and soldered it into another shell that I cut about one inch off the neck and body ( .270 maybe?) Then took an old cap from a powder can , drilled a hole in it and soldered a shell from a .38 Special into it and drilled out the primer hole to about...

The grips and trigger guard from the Old Model Blackhawk will interchange, but the New Model uses a different trigger set up. However you can make a part to adapt the New Model grip frame. The ROA has a coil spring in the TG behind the trigger IIRC. On the New Model there is a square slot where...

Thanks for the replies. Still a week left on the auction for me to make up my mind to buy it. Seeing as how my 10 year old vehicle needs work its looking like I'm regretfully going to skip this. Living on SS and a pension has its downside.