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Same here, I'm in the process of building my GPR flint kit and I removed all the markings on the barrel, looks nice a smooth like it should. I am tempted to restamp it with the caliber once I have it all polished up, wish I had access to a nice bead blaster, they make barrel finishing so much...

I have the privialage of living close to Doc White and for years he was our family doc, even delivered on of my children. I have been able to sit and visit with him at many shoots in the past, we used to have a club out here. He is a great guy, bit honery acting, takes a little getting used...

I go along with what Brown Bear said above, be consistent when loading. When I first got into this sport some gentlemen who had been in it for years gave me that advice above all others. Some folks will ram the patched ball down on the powder and then tamp it all down by "throwing" the ramrod...

My wife has always liked to shoot, just not the heavy stuff I have been into, and my two daughters love to try their hand at it any time they get a chance. My one daughter wound up taking ownership of my one and only air rifle, silly girl, and now uses it all the time to chase stray dogs from...

I have never had a mold line on my cast slugs, round ball or for my more modern antiques, but I do get the flat sprue. I was always told to just load the ball with the sprue at the top, the loading process will round it out some and what is left is centered in the forward portion of the ball as...

I am going to jump in here just for the fun of it. Some years ago there were a number of people building black powder rifles in our area, among them Dr. White of Green River Rifles fame. I was building a rifle with a friend of mine using a left over stock he had and I was just using what ever...

I am building a Lyman Great Plains flintlock and would like to replace the set triggers with a single pull trigger like found on the Leman trade rifle. Can any of you see any problems with making this change, is there anything I need to look at as far as what I purchase to replace my triggers...

I own several L&R locks and have had no problem with any of them. I thought I had a lock problem with the first, the frizzen would snap open, creating a good shower of sparks but then snap back chiping the edge off from my flint. I tried a couple of fixes, that did work but didn't look so good...

Ok, so this happened and I really didn't want to have to try and order a new fly, so I carefully swept up all the ash and trash under my feet, put it into a gallon can of water and washed it good, letting all the floaties come to the top to be removed. I then took all the junk in the bottom of...

We call them "Pot Guts," don't ask me why, but it takes in all varieties, rock and wood, or what ever. The little buggers can distroy an alfalfa field if you don't stop them.

Years ago I belonged to a shooting club, we set the targets at about 30 yards or so and the normal load was around 35 grains of powder. We found that at that range that load would just about equal a hunting load at 100 yards, so it gave us some good practice for hunting, those who hunted. This...

Hi folks, I'm new to this forum, well I've been registered for a while but never posted or introduced myself here. I have been using muzzle loaders for many years, built several kit guns and then built three rifles and one pistol using pre-shaped stocks with the barrel channel and ramrod hole...

Building the Hawken rifle by Hershal House is good but his video Building the Kentucky Rifle is also a very good one. I've watched both several times, checked them out of local library and they were very helpful with my building project.