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TAYLORS AND COMPANY sell them in .44

I like an adjustable rear V sight with a rounded out bottom of the V, and a front sight that is a post with a small bead on top, nothing shiny. When I aim I put that bead as far down in that rounded bottom V as tight as I can get, and hold that on what I want to hit and adjust from that.

Sorry on your loss, great story, and yes to many like to complicate things when actually they are real simple

Search fANNIEANDFLO.NET lambs tallow $12 a pound already rendered plus they have other animal fats

At this point you are going to have to put a bore scope down the barrel to really find out the real problem. Easier said than done, not everybody has one sitting around. If you could find someone you know with one to help you out, or borrow one would be a plus. Might be worth the trip to a...

"This another product I’ve tried, JB worked better in my opinion although this did continue to pull black out of the barrel." Just remember that even if your bore was never fired , and you ran JB through it, JB will give you black patches. JB minutely removes steel from your bore turning your...

Some where in time I read an article about the caps of that time period. I took from it that they were not like the caps we are now using, and they were made of a softer material so they fit the nipple better and did not fall off as easily.

On my T/C I shoot a 490 round ball with a .015 patch and Mink oil, 70 gr. of 3f powder. I can go 25-30 shots before thinking about barrel swabbing. I have a rmc touch hole liner. For consistent shots I need to pick the vent every shot and clean frizzen, flint, and flash pan with alcohol, then...

My last T/C flint lock rifle I worked on had some what the same problem. I removed the lock and could see where the frizzen was touching the pan and where it was not. At that point I started filing down the high spots, slow as you go till you get them to match together. Before you start filing...

Brands/makes and powder granulation can be a very subjective topic. I have over the course of time shot the few different types and have no real conviction one way or the other which is best or better. But I am not trying to drive my hunting loads for every last screaming feet per second, and...

I have put the sneak on many of bedded deer in inclement weather;). On my cap gun I put tape over muzzle, and after the cap is on I smear chap-stick with small artist brush around cap and nipple and Saran wrap around that. On the flintlock I tape muzzle and seal pan very carfully with same...

No matter what brand or smokeless or black powder I have, I buy dessicant packs to throw in when I open a fresh container. Also kept in controlled environment. It may be over kill but I try to take care of it the best I can

Back a good number of years ago in the modern firearms there was a mass shortage of everything, and I got caught with my pants down. After it eased up and there was a decent supply again, I sat down and figured what I would need at the rate I was shooting per month to give me a 4 year supply...

That is a hard one to answer, every gun can be different what works for one will not work for the other, experimenting is the answer. Now having said that, in these times of today that can get expensive. As of years past you could buy powder easy enough because of the availability and price...

Today I called 11 gun shops in my area, visited 5 personally out of all only one had any thing in powder or lead, and that included 1lb 4f, 3 lb 3f of Goex, 2 boxes of Hornaday .490 round balls an 2 boxes of .350 Hornaday round balls and that was it as far as black powder supplies. The stores...

Britsmoothy just said that he would "like" to take a crack at it, I can not see where he stated he "could" hit it

When I used it I put it in shoe polish tins an rubbed it in to the patch. If you would like it stiffer just add small amounts of bees wax to get it to your liking.

You will have to experiment with that for your rifle and how it performs. they are all different, myself I prefer leather.