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Welcome from France. Damned cold here just now...

This historical tale illustrates how unstable our propellant can be. I always store my powder in a wooden box in the plastric containers it arrives in. On the range, I never keep it in a flask - always either in separate paper cartridges, or plastic 'test tubes' with a set amount in each. Static...

Welcome from France!

Here's mine. I haven't a clue how old it is; I reckon it is around the turn of the last century looking at the artistic style. Judging by the word 'Cartouches' as opposed to 'Amorces' it might actually be a tin for tiny rimfire cartridges for small 'Bulldog' type revolvers. Or it could be for...

All of my shooting is done at paper, on a range. France is far better than my native UK when it comes to available countryside and hunting, and I have been invited to join the 'Chasse' as they call it here. But it looks so boring, with men in high - viz vests stood on platforms at the edge of a...

I just looked up Derbyshire Arms. I cannot believe the prices! How does he do it? A fully functioning Baker Rifle replica for 1500.00 quid?! I wish I had known about this manufacturer before I bought my first (Investarms Hawken) rifle 18 months ago!

Welcome from France. I can't really add to what others have said here, except to say that I took my own (Pietta) Remington, cleaned off all the surface grease and ran some cotton patches through the barrel and chambers. After that I took it straight out to shoot. I would NOT advise disassembling...

I have .44 remington and Colt, but find that the colt takes a slightly 'shorter' cartridge. Incidentally, I use a 15 grain powder charge which to me is perfectly adequate for shooting at paper over 25 yards. With 15 grains of powder and an identical measure of semolina, the cartridge works fine...

That is sad to see with what seems otherwise a fine gun. Would it be possible to place a very thin steel plate on the worn surface to extend its life? Seems like the issue with brassers is wear rather than stretching.

I've often considered buying a 'brasser' simply because they look (in my opinion) really nice. Earlier this year I bought a Colt advertised as a Brass frame... only to find when I received it, that it was in fact a steel one! For about 100 Euros less than I should have paid. Nice surprise! But...

Wasn't General John 'They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance' Sedgewick killed at a distance of 1000 yards by a sharpshooter using a Whitworth Rifle? I know Whitworths were more advanced than the early rifles of the Revolutionary War, but I cannot imagine this feat being performed by a...

No, mine was a smoothbore. I think it started out as rifled. Made by Parker Hale.

In which case it would be fine. I used to load my Enfield like this back in my re - enactment days!

Do you intend to load the cartridges in their entirety, like you might in a BP revolver? That may not work for two reasons. Firstly, ignition is to a degree reliant on at least some of the powder charge entering the flash channel. Secondly, your spark - whether from flint or cap - might not be...

250 grams of beeswax, add a tablespoon of olive oil. Heat until all the beeswax is melted and the olive oil mixed in. Works fine for me! I expect you could use Lanolin if you cant get beeswax and half the amount of olive oil. I can't, I'm allergic to the damned stuff!

I'm not sure that at 61 years old I qualify - yet - for this conversation. But, my dad is still around at 85 and trims his own hedges, still grows his veggies and walks around 5 miles a day. Hopefully I will follow likewise, and therefore intend to keep shooting right up to that age. And beyond...

Welcome from France!

I think that's probably the way I should go. I already load with an aluminium range rod, so the issue of the broken rod is in some ways cosmetic. It looks funny without one though, so if I am going to replace it I may as well make a fully functioning one.

@ColonialRifleSmith ...your assumption, without any evidence, being that I shoot my guns and handle powder whilst having a drink. Which I certainly don't. Or that I was blind drunk when I misplaced the ramrod, which I wasn't. Are you're saying I shouldn't have a drink whilst relaxing several...

By Jove sir, I thank you for solving my problem! I do of course have an Aluminium range rod which loads the rifle quite adequately, but my gun somehow looks naked without the precise item in place. EDIT: I would add, that this is a splendid online store to which I will be placing many orders in...