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That powder will be fine. DuPont eventually stopped making that black powder and GOEX was born. I believe that was the same powder that I bought in 1968 for my Pedersoli Kentucky cap & ball Pistol. I stored some in a jar at home when I went to college and I still had that jar in ~2004 or 2003...

I can't believe nobody listed Stumpy's Moose Snot here. I started using it about 20-years ago after the tube of bore butter I took to my target session at a quarry in Vermont froze solid. It was a warm winter day there and the temperature had reached 11°F, still well below freezing. Stumpy...

I cut blue pillow ticking into about 1" wide strips (yes you should wash it to get the stiff sizing out of it). I'll pull the strip out, rub it in my tin of "Stumpy's Moose Snot" until I feel it coming through the fabric with my thumb, and set it over the muzzle, lubed side down. Then put the...

Thanks! I couldn't afford it at the time but bought it anyway. She's a sweet one and is a pleasure to use.

Then no worries mate! Substitutes work great with percussion cap pistols, rifles, and cannons.:thumb:

I did not pre-treat my patches then nor do I do it now. My Bore Butter was in a plastic tube that I had set on a stump, while I arranged my gear for the shoot and set up the targets. It froze as hard as a rock, so I used it to hammer in the brads. I think I had just started carrying a strip...

Yes that is in a flintlock. In fact Ed, the gun-builder in our group, was amazed I got it to go off at all. I still do have my cap and ball Kentucky pistol but haven't used it in years. It worked fine in that and would clean off fouling by the nipple by just running some water over it. I...

I have a pair of straight-lasted half-boots from Fugawee. Swapping feet each day is not practical at all. They were not comfortable that way and after wearing them on the same foot for a couple of days they could no longer be swapped because they took a set and uncomfortable pused against my...

The strap on your hammer stall is an elegant solution. Looks a lot better than the leather lace on mine.

Hey Gus, It's good to not let those things go for very long. I had an abdominal hernia for years and suddenly ended up in emergency surgery to clear a block in my intestines. They'd twisted and nothing could get through. Surgery went long but well and recovery was slow but complete. I ended...

I had a problem with bore butter one time when I was living in Vermont. It was a sunny winter day and the temperature had risen to about 11° if I recall correctly. Went to a quarry a few miles from my house and went to set up some targets, but left my hammer behind. So I leaned a few things...

Then don't ever buy a flintlock because Pyrodex won't light off in a flintlock. It has a flash point of over 400° hotter than Black Powder. Pyrodex works great in percussion cap rifles and pistols, but not in flint locks. I bought a Pedersoli percussion cap Kentucky pistol in 1969. that...

Still no map?? Can you give me an address to put into Google maps. I think I'm a long ways from there but it might be doable.

Thanks for that! I was wondering what you meant.

You know a hammer stall is actually really easy to make if you're interested in making one. Mine are a folded piece of leather in the shape of a half moon with a tab on each end that is folded in the middle and stitched on one side. I punched a hole through that little bump of leather on the...

You're confusing me with the use of the work "mandrels". The mandrel goes inside the barrel. The mandrel was the round rod of steel that the skelp was hammer forge-welded around. The mandrel was like a long round rod bent at 90° on the end so you could use a hammer on it to get it out of the...

They do look good, but nope, wasn't just for style. There is a HUGE difference in carrying, mounting, swinging, and holding on target between a swamped barrel and a straight or straight-tapered barrel. I speak from experience. I have two longrifles. One is a Traditions Pennsylvania...

At reenactments they require you to hang your rifle or musket by the trigger from your index finger with the lock in half-cock position. If the half-cock can't hold the gun's weight without firing, you are not allowed to use it. You can go fiddle with your lock and re-test it, but you can't...

I use one. It was required safety equipment in all the reenactments I've done, so I was very used to using one and don't even think about it. It lives on my rifle hanging in the living room. Never gave it a second though hunting - just used it all the time as I always have. And of course, I...

That sure looks like a LOT more than a 1/16" increase in diameter from the smallest part of he barrel (above the sling ring) up to the muzzle...a lot more than 1/16"