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I once had a Zoli Zouave that shot quite nicely with the Moose Molds Wilkinson bullet, not so well with the home cast minies.

I have a Euroarms 2 band Enfield (.581 bore,1-66 twist, constant depth rifling} and haven't had much success using home cast minies of soft lead sized to .580 or .581. Worked from 35 - 70 grains of 2F and 3F powder, sorta groups at 50 yards, a pallet sized pattern at 100 yards. Very frustrating...

Sending a message about this. Mark

I use electronic ear muffs, work about as well as my hearing aids between shots. (be sure to check into the 'wife cancelling software' option for your ear muffs)

Hitchcock & Muzzy were barrel makers https://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2013-B107-New-Hampshire-Gun-Makers-1835-1875-The-P.pdf

Originally produced by Parker Hale in England with 1-48" twist barrels (I think with progressive rifling), later produced by Euroarms using Parker Hale barrels and Italian parts, still later produced by Euroarms with 1-66" barrels after their supply of English made barrels ran out. Very nice...

I looked through the 1977 and 1998 Dixie Gunworks catalogs without seeing anything that matched.

I’ve always smoked my Lee molds before their first use.

The English Cartridge: Pattern 1853 Rifle-Musket Ammunition Paperback by Brett Gibbons (Author) probably has all you need to know and more :)

Took the Austin Halleck flintlock .50 to the range, at 25 yards had 5 of 10 shots in one ragged hole using a .480 ball, moved out to the 50 yard gong for a few more shots but it was getting hot outside fast.

Variety is the spice of life. You've asked the impossible question.

Advertised as an African trade gun, made up with mostly surplus parts, imported by Stoeger I think in the 1950s - 60's from the ads that I remember.

One of the great defects of being at work is not having your reference library at hand :(

Circa 1860's- 1880's when Brockway was active bullets were often called balls, a hold over from the round ball days. The target rifles he made would have used picket or sugar loaf bullets, as pictured above. Later parallel sided bullets used a two piece construction with a hard lead nose and...

not mine, found it online - Italian date codes since 1945 to 2015 - I = 1945, II =46, III = 47, IV = 48, V = 49, VI = 50, VII = 51, VIII = 52, IX = 53, X = 54, XI = 55, XII = 56, XIII = 57, XIV = 58, XV = 59, XVI = 60, XVII = 61, XVIII = 62, XIX = 63, XX =64, XXI = 65, XXII = 66, XXIII = 67...

My Parker Hale 2 band is all Italian, it has Italy engraved on the trigger guard, but I don't know where in the series that started.

Not mine, I found this online awhile back - Here, from the MLAGB archives of 2010, is the skinny on serial numbers - ALL rifles and Musketoons - two band, three band and Whitworth - ALL calibres, that is to say, both .577/.58" and .451" - 0000 to ~9000 were made in Birmingham ~9000 to 14000...

is gas leaking from between the drum and barrel? photo isn't clear enough for me to tell

Shot the pietta 1860 revolver, 30 grains 3f and .451 round ball, my results were not impressive with more of a pattern than a group. However the all of last cylinder full hit the 12” x 16” gong at 10 yards. Fuzzy eyesight isn’t helping.

1850 - 1870ish sporting/target rifle, muzzle turned round for a bullet starter. Would be interesting to know the rifling twist rate.