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Once at the Alafai I had a couple targets left to shoot and my last flint broke. Badly. I quickly began to venture among the closest vendors and found nothing that would work. Then I found some new made arrowheads. I bought a few, went back to the line, trimmed them with pliers to fit my lock...

Pre cut patches were used more often than people think. In old original bags they have often been found. Square or octagon (corners clipped off) likely cut with scissors on a table at home.

Appears to have a platinum blow out plug.

I've tried all the tricks, potions, snake oil and secret stuff to clean my guns and found nothing better than regular old water.

Oh hell yeah! Those folks work hard.

Business is booming for Italian gunmakers, who mightn't be making as many percussion revolvers as the have in previous years but still can't keep up with demand for cartridge revolvers that sell for more $$...

Stash David (Ohio) made this one. It is a smoake hawk, so I don't throw it. Smokes very well though!

Nice rifle but it appears the loading muzzle was added to a roundball rifle.

It's easy: a properly fitting patch on a jag, cold water, dry patches and oil A properly fitting patch (not too tight) does a much better job of removing fouling from the bore than a brush.

No need to ever use a brush on a muzzleloader barrel, ever.

Original Colts were quality guns: in my opinion better than most of the replicas made today, especilly the springs! I purchased this one in 1986. I bought it to shoot, and had Ozzy at the Log Cabin do a trigger job on it. Over the years I won a lot of matches with it. Might wish to find a...

Yes, FL deer look like house pets

I use fffg for everything including .58 caliber rifled muskets because it fouls less and provides excellent accuracy.

The fire destroyed the tooling but I believe they quit making the guns quite a bit earlier. I got my Patriot in 1980 and and was warned about the snapping stocks from other shooters early on.

Guns were often browned during the percussion era. They were also blued and left in the white. During the flintlock era a lot of rifles in the US were left in the white, presumably to follow in the fashion of military arms of the day. This included locks, where after case hardening the plate...

The bullet made roundball target rifles obsolete in the 1840's.

I went to my store this morning and saw pegs were installed for muzzleloading supplies but no product had been put on them yet. I asked the lady working if she could check and see if they were in back. I described them to her and she said she would look for them. Went back this afternoon and...

I recommend no loading stand. T/C quit making the Patriot because of the large number of broken stocks from loading in a stand. T/C made a very nice walnut loading stand for the Patriot in kit form but these are rare today.

They were cleaned with water and lamp (whale) was used on the bore and exterior of the arm. Yep, even the wood. When an arm was going to be put up for a while tallow was often melted and poured in the barrel. A great many guns were preserved this way.

I am buying CCI primers every time I go to my local shop: they have plenty on their shelves. Cabela's has lots of primers on their shelves as well. Caps are another story.