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You are very welcome, Numlok. I'm only passing along what works for me, and all of this I learnt from others, so really no credit to me :). Yep. Every shot. Fire. Swab. Powder. Spit patched ball. Cap. Fire. Swab. Powder, and so on ... This is an easy cycle in competition, allowing 13...

Hi Numlok! When we shoot a competition run here at the local club, we shoot three runs of thirteen shots - that's 39 in total, that makes the Tryon 54 real dirty! What most of us do is swab between each shot with good old store-bought Windex. Place the Windex in a smaller spritzer bottle for...

The Iris came from a neglected Parker Hale sight that I picked up at a gun show in Melbourne, years ago. The iris was the only part salvaged - worth the dollars I parted with. If you do want to go the route of a homemade peep, you could tap for the Marbles peep sight set or Lyman set and change...

I lusted after one of those sights for a long time, then came to the realisation that I wasn't happy with the bulk. I fashioned my sight from a simple piece of bar stock, drilled and tapped for an adjustable iris. I used the front sight to correct windage and elevation (filing height) for the...

Nice looking rifle, Jshorter. What distance were the targets set at? Cheers, Pete

Hi Widow's Son. I take it that your mix is 80% beeswax and 20% tallow? Not the other way round? If mostly tallow, I would advise to switch that ratio about. I have a Parker Hale 53; I have it shooting remarkably well now. I found my rifled musket was finicky as to the amount of lube it...

Ah, that's some fine animal history there, Gordoncourtney. Your pigeon incident reminded me of all the fine dinners that my grandmother once made, with local wild varieties, when I was a youngster. All the below species vigorously protected now of course. Cheers Pete

Gorgeous images! Thanks for sharing the adventure. Cheers, Pete.

Not a discussion about God or religion, bpd303. Simply my observation of a group of people who attended some sporting shooting and enjoyed it. Kind regards, Pete

Congratulations, Daryl! Well done to you! We have a men's church group who have a day out at our range every year. They alternate between other sports venues and such throughout the year in fellowship. We had close to 100 participants this year, all on a round robin, trying pistol, rimfire and...

Take your device to a good technician, deerstalkert. They'll recover the data that stored on the hard drive and transfer it for uploading. All that appears lost, will still be there. Still, go and shoot something by all means; it'll make you feel better! Cheers, Pete

Yep. I should have explained that better, Terrier. I assumed too much with my abbreviation to 53. The rifled musket is an 1853 Parker Hale Enfield, a replica of the Enfield Pattern 1853 (or.577 Enfield) rifle-musket that was the standard-issue musket of the British Empire beginning in 1853...

Wonderful, wonderful rain. Man, we needed it. Just for grin factor, I went out this morning with the Parker Hale 53 to do what muskets weren't meant to do. I got a couple of round ball moulds; one in .562, the other .570. Both types, cast in roof lead (dead soft) worked a treat with a .015...

I'm not sure if your sight is a little loose in the dovetail, Rlosekamp, but if so, you could shim it with a single strip cut from an aluminium drink can. With a pencil, mark the windage across the flats to where your sight currently is, and tap it out. Lay a strip of aluminium cut from the...

Great outfit! Cheers, Pete

Yeah. Since I've started using spit patches, I've never forgotten to take my lube to the range! Cheers, Pete

Enjoy, Loja man. Have a great excursion. I look forward to the trip report. Pete

Yes, sir! That middle one's a beaut! And you had fun with every single one of those shots, Mark, and that's what it's all about. Cheers, Pete

Wonderful! Get out as often as you can, Kev308. Thanks for posting those great images. I do like the look of a fall forest. We don't see a seasonal change as drastic as that in our Eucalypt and Wattle scrub. Cheers, Pete

Ah. Wonderful couple! Wonderful table setting! Cheers, Pete