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Great job ! Enjoyed the videos :hatsoff:

Super glue works goos for small cracks like that . Put a little on crack , pinch it down quick with a popsickle stick and wipe with damp cloth.Quick and permenant :thumbsup:

If veg tanned it should be like horsehide , forms well for making knife sheaths and it tough.

Reading yer post made me curious , found a bunch of shears for sale too while looking !! Cheap too !! :wink:

A quick search on net shows them dating to the Roman times.

Very cool set up ! I made up a pot around 12"dia. x 8" tall for melting scrap lead and wheel wts . Found an old gas burner from a hotplate and fashioned a stand for using propane . I like the idea of using used oil and look forward to seeing more pics when you have a chance ! :hatsoff:

TOW has the Shumway.Brockway book and it is well detailed .

If it was originally breeched with 3/4" plug it would be fine . And it should be bored end for end but wouldnt effect threads.

I made the trigger guard, pipes,lugs and sites on this poorboy. Ive been trying to make more parts rather than buy them . I've made the triggers, sideplates ,buttplates ,nosecaps on other builds and locks for matchlocks .

I had a Leman turn green after it dried. I read in Buckskin Report to wash it down with vinegar and it turned a medium brown with almost black stripes .

I wont argue with that Ruger had that problem in the cf wheelguns also early on .And my first Remmy58 from Navy Arms in '70's was that way . Ball would dang near skip down the barrel. Now to problem at hand I would suggest sluggin bore and cylinder to check dimentions and see if that could be...

I had little to no resistance with .451 and had scattered groups until switching to .454 and these dont shave a ring but swage nicely into chambers.

Ive used both end nippers and side cutters for clippin the sprus off . Use bottem pour and dipper both for casting . With a 75 cal ball and bottem pour if I go too fast the mould gets hot and when droppin ball onto pad it has enough weigth it will egg so I have to pace myself and somtimes fan...

RM , in both of mine the ball could almost be thumb seated using .451 . Thus.454 ball .

In my Pietta '60 I use .454 over oxyoke wad and 28 grs fffg . Havent shot it over my chrony yet but it is very accurate. This is a target from '60 Euroarms same load 5.5" barrel at 25' 5 shots online match .

I just run a patch with Kroil down the bore then a couple swabs with dry patch and forget about it . Before I shoot swab with dry patch and go for it .

As dark as neck is I thought you had dyed it . On mine after getting it carved down is kind of a grey/light green color that I dont care for .

Thanks fellers :hatsoff: I have some experimentin to do now :thumbsup:

Thanks Swampy I'll do that :thumbsup: Soggy , what did ya all use for colorin yer horn ?? Hows that Swampy :rotf:

Awessome job :thumbsup: