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Been dealing with the Log Cabin over 40 years: they are the best.

Most people use too much powder to get the best accuracy at 25 yards.

Locks were case hardened and the colors carded away to leave a gray finish. Barrels were also left gray.

The New York based media are the ones spearheading the "crooked Wayne" stuff. Believe them if you want.

I have an original bag somewhere that used an original large cent to hold the button closed. Looks pretty cool.

True. I have examined, owned and used many original rifles and the lock mortise and barrel channel is never sealed or finished.

For those who use it the Log Cabin in Lodi OH has a few yards of Teflon ticking.

Here is an iron stocked rifle from the shop of William Billinghurst. Used in experiments and trials, the forging scale on the stock still exists.

Ox Yoke is where I buy 0.010 linen to patch bullets for a .38 caliber picket rifle I shoot.

Ox Yoke Originals has the patches you need

Is there a name on the barrel?

Pretty cool!

The most accurate muzzleloaders ever made had barrels under 30".

Roundball. Be mindful of the wind....

The picket rifle was pretty much washed up when folks began using slug rifles in the early 1860's. Mr. Brockway made many slug rifles which used a bullet more than 1 1/2 calibers in length and an oiled paper patch.

The Minute Men (Jerry Devaudreiul) passed away a few years ago. Also believe his son has as well. No more Minute Men stuff.

Someone might have de-breeched the rifle and reinstalled the plug so the barrel is slightly canted to one side. This would also cause a less than perfect fit of the barrel in the channel of the stock. An improper fit of the breech plug with the tang could also cause the problem you describe.

It's Florida: likely no other place in the state to buy them.

I shoot old guns. This one was built in 1885.

A view of the side slapper lock on my target rifle from 1885.