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Mike Belevue is one, if not THE most knowlegable guys in Black Powder shooting, historical firearms, loading, shooting and maintaining them AND the history of the weapons as well as so many people and battles of the 17th,18, and 19th centuries. Capnball is very good too. I guess you are intitled...

There are many dweebs on Youtube who get a BP gun of some sort and because they can make it go BOOM, they now believe they are an expert in BP shooting and because they know how to post videos, they are goig to tell the world how to do it. I have seen so much crap on Youtube.

Most any wood of reasonable quality can be made to work well. Technique is the issue. Use the rod correctly and you will be fine.

The thing about muzzleloading is that it is a multi-step process. Shooting with friends often involves talking, telling stories, jokes etc, or even just talking about what your'e doing at the moment. It is very easy to get distracted in the loading process and dry ball the gun or maybe even...

I have several BP rifles and have made a hickory rod for each and 2 48" hickory range rods for myself plus several rods for friends. I glue and pin the brass ends on each end and have one end tapped 10-32 and one end 8-32. I keep a properly-sized jag on the muzzle end to help grasp the end of...

Shooting a caplock, no matter what I do, I always get random misfires. Shake it down, dont shake it, pack it, dont pack it, this nipple, that nipple, whatever, just random. Hangfires and misfires.

If you return from a hunt in cold weather with a charged gun, do you leave it in an out building or unheated area to avoid condensation or do you bring it inside and wipe it down?

Im wondering what your technique is for cleaning a patent breech. What rod ends and patches, rust protection etc? What do you do specifically?

I use "gun oil" on all my guns. Used to use Bore Butter but I seemed to have problems with it "drying out?" in the bore so I switched to an oil. All I do is wipe the bore with an alcohol patch before shooting. I've not had any problems with that. I think "seasoning the bore" and using gun oils...

They didnt need to kill the enemy soldier just incapacitate him. That .58 slug would do a lot of damage to an arm or leg or guts.

It's funny the way people respond to odors. Some like the smell of Ballistol, some dont mind it, some are sickened by it and others say it smells like old socks, licorice, or whatever. My wife was extremely sensitive to smells. If I sprayed WD-40 or opened a bottle of Hoppe's on the other end of...

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Tell me, what gun product ISN'T overpriced? I don't think you really know what cat $hit smells like! It will mix with water but I wouldn't use it on wood or leather and darn sure wouldn't rub it on a scratch like you can with Ballistol.

I dont mind the odor, I just find it a bit strong. I keep the small spray cans in my shooting boxes for various uses an I use the liquid, in various strength, as a mix with water to clean and lube patches. I'm glad it is becoming more available now, after 100 + years.

Im going to try to get there.

I'd like to get a few good pieces of flint, ready to use, for fire making. I have several good strikers. Can anyone set me up?

The cheapest I remember seeing Goex for was 8.99 a pound. That was about 1987. I still have those metal cans.

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Anyone who puts their lips directly on to the muzzle of a freshly fired muzzleloader is some kind of weird. Or brand new. LOL

Hodgdon sold off Goex late last year (I think) and we all thought it was gone for good. Estes Energetics picked up Goex just a little while back.