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My mom killed a deer with an '85 Chevy van. Some of us like a challenge.

Yeah, I think that's likely. your bigger surface area due to density and irregular grain shape is giving you a faster burn rate, which would result in reaching peak pressure earlier in the combustion cycle. There should be an ideal grain size where your powder would have approximately the same...

Ye Yeah, I'd definitely be cautious abut the burn rate. You may have good results if you adjust your granulation to compensate. For example, if your 3F burns like 4F, then your 2F might burn like 3F. I'm 100% sure there's more to it than simply granule size, but that might get you in the...

Lin Linseed oil will definitely turn into a finish. It polymerizes over time, the boiled kind does it a lot faster. I have a can that I've been using for years, and I can peel a piece of polymerized oil off the top, it has the feel of hard rubber.

I think that might be your answer, or at least part of it. Your powder is less dense, which means it has more surface area for a given weight. More surface area means it'll burn faster than the same charge of the same granulation of black powder at standard density. In essence, your 3F might...

Technically a Shiloh Sharps in 50-70 is a modern firearm, and I'd say shooting one of those with blackpowder cartridges feels exactly like shooting a .50 Hawken with blackpowder (about 70 grains of it to be exact).

Are you press corning your powder? Have you checked it by weight against the scale on your powder measure?

When's hunting season, and how many are you looking for? I may have some at home, but I won't be back until next week.

Could you explain the bucking process in a little more detail? Everything I've read is basically just soaking the cord in a potassium nitrate solution, playing with the concentration and soak time to get the correct burn rate. Then again, most of those sources start with commercial Jute or Sisal...

I'd like to make some slowmatch for my Tanegashima matchlock. Does anyone know what type of cordage they would've used in Japan at that time? Would it have been twist, or braided? Some type of bamboo fiber or did they have something like hemp? Is there anything available that would be even close...

Even the breech plugs are amazing. I can't imagine how they cut these threads in the 1600s. This is the breech plug out of mine, it took me about 6 months to get it out.

Is that the CA/NY legal version of an Enfield?

Is it a model 1866 or model 1868? The 1866 (second Allin conversion) is the only one that was both a .50 and also a muzzleloader conversion like you describe. An 1866 will have two flathead screws in the nose of the receiver, on top of the barrel. If that's the case, the "receiver" is fitted...

I got some from Traveler's Antiques and Trading about 6 months ago when nobody else had it in stock. It's house repackaged Schutzen. How much are you looking for? Stocking up for the long haul or just a pound or two? If you're just looking for a pound or two, shipping is usually a killer. You...

Gaston and Mitchell counties.

I got some from Traveler's Antiques and Trading about 6 months ago when nobody else had it in stock. It's house repackaged Schutzen. How much are you looking for? Stocking up for the long haul or just a pound or two? If you're just looking for a pound or two, shipping is usually a killer. You...

I'll take this if you don't mind dealing with a new guy. Sending PM.

Hey all. For some reason I'm just finding this forum that I never knew existed. I'm from NC. I have several Thompson Center sidelocks, a few other modern sidelocks, a M1842 Springfield, a P-53 Enfield, and a 17th century Japanese matchlock.