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Stop every quarter inch, clean the bit, take drink of water or coffee, and study the progress of the hole carefully from all angles before proceeding. At the first half inch of depth it can be corrected if it isn't headed in the right direction by backing up in the hole and putting a little side...

Buy a five-pack from our friend at Powderhorns & More and keep trying. No better way to get better. p.s. if a cow horn, smooth off the pointy end if it isn't cleaned up already, stick a bright pen light as far into the horn as it will go and you can see from the outside by the shadows where...

Sounds like my morning less the puppy whiz! Joined some coworkers with our recently-formed "Smoker's Club" (an older, lifetime competitive powder burner, a relative newbie, and me) for breakfast at daylight and some shooting. After we built a fire to stave off frostbite and got some warmup...

I know of a lady pilot who has no arms. No ADA equipment is approved for installation in aircraft, so she manipulates (pedipulates?) all the necessary controls with her feet. I think about her spirit, grit, and determination any time I get discouraged by a challenge. Now I will also think...

Mark a line around the circumference of the horn at the end of the natural cavity as found by the wire. Mark four center lines coming back from the tip to that line. Follow the lines with the drill, eyeballed from all sides as you go. Ignore the curve of the horn, focus on following the...

Store it muzzle-down after wiping it out for the day. Even cold water cleans just fine, I clean with whatever comes out of the cold-side tap, garden hose, or water bottle. Wipe dry and dampen a few patches with WD-40 as was mentioned, then wipe as dry as you can. I strongly discourage WD...

Pure ignorance.

+1. Those pits are deep.

Put a shoe of known correct material on it and never look back.

Freaking legends. Is Doug Schwartz going to help him sight it in?

Install patch box lid catch, inlet catch spring, drill butt plate and stock for release pin, acquire and fit split hickory rammer, drill/tap/install/finish quality coned flash hole liner. Parts inexpensive and available from Track of the Wolf and many other places. The lock, stock, and barrel...

Don't go enginerd on it. That's coming from an ME, for what it's worth. First, unbreech it and read the light rings to discover exactly where and how much the bore is curved. Ignore the outside of the barrel, it is meaningless because all gun drills wander a bit and any barrel which has...

I person could do a quite passable job with a an old reciprocating saw blade, a Dremel tool, some JB Weld original cold weld, and a couple of clothespins. Seriously.

For harder PRB in rifles you need a thinner patch or a steel loading rod and a good short and long starter with a big ball on it so you don't bruise your hand. The ball is imprinted by the patch and if done properly, actually upset slightly by being started into the rifling. This is much, much...

Butt plug. What goes in the big end of your powder horn.

Jute.

Pin gauges, the "minus" variety. Don't F with it until you have shot it extensively and exhausted every reasonable option.

I made some a while back to try it out, Jute rope de-constructed works really well. Now I need to make a bunch of 8-32 tow worms.

I coat mine in Turtle Wax and if the shine bothers me I sharpie the tips. Bicycle spokes are a good idea since rust-locked pins are a disaster.