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Welcome from another Brit - in New Zealand!

I often use spit (saliva) on my patches when target shooting or just having fun but always shoot them straight away. If I'm hunting then it's always a lubed patch - usually with ox-yoke. Never had any issues with rust

Haven't smoked a pipe in a while; still have quite a few; will probably go back to them one day; My favourites are bent stem Peterson's and Borkum Riff Black Cavendish. Watching the sun go down over a NZ Mountain Lake with a pipe in one hand and a good single malt in the other is pretty close to...

No contest my 40cal Bedford built by Rudyard for me - even if he did put both our names on the barrel - Douglas Premium barrel/ L&R Percussion lock and a corker piece of Maple from Pecatonica. It's just lovely and shoots as good as it looks; mind you at my age now I shoot the same groups from...

Not won but I have been fortunate enough to be gifted a number of guns over the years; A 50 Cal Fullstock Hawken (actually built by myself and Rudyard); a delightful little 40 Cal Ohio (thanks Rudyard), a 92 Winchester in 38.40 and lately a Single barrel M/L percussion shotgun by Colley. Raffles...

Those USA made CVA's are tack drivers - I've had experience of a few - including the 2 piece stock 'Kentucky' all have shot really well. We did encounter a 50 cal Mountain Rifle where the bore must have been 'bent' inside the barrel - shot way off to one side - being in NZ there was no chance to...

Agree with the comments I have 2 40's - the Bedford that Rudyard mentioned (Douglas Premium Barrel) and a Flint Bucks County with a Getz barrel - both are superb shooters - my usual load is 60gr Goex FFFg (or NZ Holy Smoke) and a 395 ball cast or swaged with pillow ticking - Ox Yoke or spit...

I was on the Jury at Pforzheim in 1989 and inspected the target when a Japanese competitor posted a 100 - from memory 2 of the 3 other shots were also 10's - that's on the French 200m target - still very impressive. And that's still smoothbores; my own 16th Century Dutch style Matchlock by...

I agree looks Indian to me - still a nice piece tho'

Hideous is in the eye of the beholder - clearly someone has taken an old M/L Shogun (rather nice) and sleeved a rifle barrel into it (obvious in the muzzle pic) -with a Lyman front tunnel and a Redfield rear aperture. If it shoots I could certainly live with 'hideous'- sorry Rudyard I was...

The first Red Deer (a big Hind) I harvested with a Muzzleloader was with my second rifle; range about 50 yards- a Numrich Barreled Half stock - 90gr of FFg and a patched .440 ball the ball entered mid chest, penetrated through to the off- side the ball lodging just under the skin; she ran about...

My friend's Steam passion much worse than mine - he has a 2-1/2" Gauge Loco he built whilst still at school - also he's been building a 5" Shay for a long time: I've acquired over the years; an incomplete LBSC Tich; ; A Sentinel and the wreck of a 3-1/2" Jubilee - all projects for when I can...

Confusing guys? I live in New Zealand but I used Bucks Co as my name because I had not long acquired a very nice Flint Bucks County - Rudyard was a little peeved I didn't use Bedford; as a Bedford largely built by him is my go- to rifle most of the time. The Hawken Classic is on my Bucket list.

It's far too easy to blame something other than yourself when you have an 'incident' - I agree with Rudyard; I've plenty of experience with Douglas and Orion Barrels both reportedly 12L14 and never a problem. 12L14 may not be 'ideal' from a metallurgy point of view but can it be determined that...

I met my life long friend at high school; we share an interest in Hunting Shooting (and Steam Power) Dave introduced me to another soon to be very close friend who had a 45 Kentucky(Numrich Barrel - Robbins Lock - NZ Rama-Rama wood stock) to my 17 year old eyes(I'm now 72) it was absolutely...

Lovely example - first saw these being shot at the World Champs in Madrid - ignition speed quite impressive. Just had to have a 'Matchie' - couldn't quite get on with the 'cheek' stock so had Rudyard (when he was staying with me) build a Dutch style snapping Matchlock - used a piece of recycled...

You'd be surprized what shows up on NZ - I've seen a J J Henry (missed out on getting it myself - dammit); A Derringer Rifle; I briefly had a couple of Springfields; I have a rifle almost certainly by Levi Smith Sandusky County Ohio and another could be by Stilgenbauer. All sorts of 'exotica'...

Had a great day - went over to Marlborough and shot the 'Ted Maher Memorial Trophy' - any Black Powder Rifle;10 Shots rested at 50M on the UIT target: I shot the Bedford 40cal and finished up first equal with Bruce C. shooting a Sharps 45.70 with apertures! I matched him shot for shot in the...

Welcome Ralph from the Southern Hemisphere - looks like you've discovered Muzzleloaders and Black Powder are a terminal condition - it doesn't actually kill you you've just got it for life! Enjoy the journey.

I'm running .395 Hornady balls through my Douglas 40 Cal or I use cast .395's from a Green Mountain Mould (wish they still made them) if anything the cast balls are more accurate than swaged. Won the Marlborough Round Ball Trophy last year with cast balls. I agree with previous post very tight...