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I shoot both cap, and flint rifles, also cap and ball revolvers, I find flint more challenging(more involved fiddling), and rewarding after a good day at the range. Actually they are all fun to shoot, hard to pick a choice.

They are blaming it on new confusing gun laws

Check around with different muzzle loader suppliers , Track Of The Wolf sells some with different lengths of same thread size

Hobbling around on 1 foot is going to make it a little harder to strip and finish a gun stock. wish you well on you operation

If you do a search you will find an lot of talk about it. From what I understand you will get hang fires more than likely

I would guess 20-30 dollars for that weight and insured

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Two 1851 Navies, 1 brass framed **** mfg. (old) & 1 steel frame PIETTA mfg includes 1 paper cartridge maker & 300+/- .380 round balls (for brass frame ****) Pietta uses .375 both guns have all new internal parts $ 335.00 + shipping for all. I would prefer local sale (Lancaster...

What is more scarier than a man blowing down a bore of a muzzle loader, is a man that does not know that his gun has or has not fired the main charge and was a misfire or hang fire o_O

I would bet that these guns will have bad bores +

Looks like Sucrets still selling in the metal tins

no not at all just drill slightly undersized for a tight fit

I very highly doubt you would see a 3/10 of a grain difference in lead ball weight show up on a target with all of the numerous other variables in a flintlock or caplock rifle.

Whether the leaking threads are your ignition problem or not the threads need to be tight and no leakage past threads when tight. Wakuspi said it the best please be aware

I have a T/C Seneca .36 cal cap lock that I have have fun shooting, fouling no issue, use mink grease for lube. for best accuracy it seems to be very touchy to patch and ball combo and powder charge, and how you go about seating said components. I use the holy black and triple 7 in 3f, triple 7...

I use duro felt wads over powder for my .36 rifles and colt 1851 Navy revolvers. 50/50 bees wax and mutton tallow treated.

60 reply's and not a hint of original op for a rebuttal. :dunno: Classical pot stirring to rile up the folks, maybe ?

What size would you recommend

Do any of you folks know the name of the process for making small minute dimpling on the surface of the jaws on a flintlock? I think it is used for better grip on the leather. Also is there a special tool, and name of it. It gives me the feeling of tiny teeth as you rub across it.

When using air around any gun project, cleaning or building, do not do without a filter and water separator and pressure regulator