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May I ask which ones? Gus

I found your post on your short answer of why you feel the Colt is stronger, but would like to read your long post on it. Could you provide a link to it please? Gus

Please understand I'm not being critical of you personally, but the emboldened part of your text really got me curious why you wrote that? Open top percussion revolvers put all the stress on the cylinder base pin/arbor. Even Colt recognized solid frame revolvers were stronger than the open top...

Great answer! Gus

I think you got a very good deal, especially as it is a Colt and there wasn't near as many made as the other makers. Gus

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw it on the end of your measure. Great Idea. I have long ago lost track of the hours I've spent wandering in thought in the "Nuts/Bolts/Fittings/Lamp Parts/etc." isle of large and small hardware stores. I've had many folks ask me why I bought...

I originally tried 2 FG in my Brown Bess Carbine when developing my accuracy load. I had tried 1 Fg and it didn't work. Well, I made a mistake and didn't get enough powder for a monthly match and used 3 Fg, as that was all I had on hand. Turns out that Bess Carbine liked 70 grains of 3 Fg...

Original Percussion Hammers were originally case hardened Iron and much later made from steel. The casehardening assured the hammer didn't wear out too fast in the square hole for the tumbler and the face of the hammer didn't batter too quickly from hitting the cap and cone/nipple. I would ask...

Thank you for the kind words. OK, for wads and cards, you want their diameter to be a bit larger than the bore size so when they compress a little in the bore, it seals the bore well. The following chart shows why 11 ga. wads and cards fit the Pedersoli Bess .753/.754 bore so well. Below the...

Hi Pacanis and WELCOME to the forum! I had a Pedersoli Brown Bess "Carbine" I shot competitively with .735 cal. round balls and shot. My bore measured .753/.754 and ELEVEN (11) gauge cards and wads were a perfect fit for that bore size. I never had time to develop the best shot load for it...

The point to make is it has to be hide glue, not some more modern glue. As far as the fabric, I'd use a period correct type of modern cloth as well. Gus

Hi Mark, What kind of competition? The reason I ask is because Accra Glas is forbidden in International Muzzleloading Competition and may be in some other competitions. Gus

Maria is one fortunate girl as a High School Senior, getting what amounts to Postgraduate muzzleloading gunsmithing training from a modern master. I read Dave's info on checking the quality of locks a second time before I understood completely what he meant. Gus

I'm very impressed that Maria could cut the lug and file one end into a round peg "circular enough" to get good threads on it. Looks like you two are having way too much fun. GRIN. Gus

Back in the late 1970's, the Kekionga Long Rifles Club a little ways outside Fort Wayne, IN held a live turkey shoot very similar to how it was done in the Sergeant York movie. It too kept ducking its head, especially after being shot at a couple of times. I was the fourth shooter and...

PathfinderNC wrote: "I have good results with a Dremel tool doing my lock mortises. (Being able to actually control the bit is the key) but that’s it’s only use with a gun stock for me." It looks to me like Dave has Maria using the Dremel tool to "break through" the hard outer skin of the...

This and two other quotes were actually from Americans writing to the London Newspapers to scare British Soldiers. IOW, it was some of our first international propaganda. More info may be found here: https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/18th-century-rifle-accuracy.103783/ Gus

"Maria cleaning up the welds with the Dremel destroyer." Got a big kick out of that. Once she masters that, she can begin on the Dumore Godzilla Grinder or "Hand Held Milling Machine" with 0-5/32" Adjustable Chuck. Gus

The dream of any serious Apprentice is a Mentor who not only does great work, but can actually teach how to do something. The dream of any Mentor is an Apprentice who is eager to learn and holds themself to high standards. Looks like you all have a real dream team going on. Gus

I sold/traded most of them to (I think) Bill Osborne well over 20 years ago. He sold Lodgewood Manufacturing in 2012, so I have no idea if he is available. I used my Starrett Precision Caliper and Starrett Thread Pitch Gauge Set: Unified Inch, 51 Leaves, 4 to 84 TPI to check the TPI's and...