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Well, I am not going to make a recommendation, just a historical comment. The old-time chemists, doctors, pharmacists (barbers), and alchemists dispensed Quicksilver, a.k.a Mercury, on request. Shooters could use quicksilver to swab leaded-up tubes, as liquid mercury would immediately dissolve...

I bought a.58 cal. InvestArms rifle with a 15/16" bbl; seems like it was back at the end of the seventies. Never have seen another one like it, but good to hear I was not the lone wolf in owning one. Nice rifle to handle in brush or a stand. That barrel has very shallow rifling grooves and sort...

You might search for joe woods coning tool.

The stock will have a good bit to do with determining your perceived recoil. IF you could use a single stock with interchangeable barrels that were spec'd as you say, then the results should be an apples to apples comparison. I don't have such a setup, so would only be able to speculate, but...

Nice looking lock! Regarding fashioning a flat spring, almost any ferrorous strip can be made to work...I might even consider modifiying a flat spring tine off a leaf rake and putting that into service. :-)

I've had the charge vent entirely with an older arm that had an enlarged touch hole...the outside limit I'd use is 3/32 inch; Preferable smaller to get better velocity.

The link provided above seems to be for a locally stored file on a Windows computer, drive C, etc. If you please, could it be possible to more readily access this material elsewhere?

NO witness to a burst barrel. The closest personal event was almost 50 years ago, when as a new, young (ignorant) BP fan, I attempted to shoot out a stuck cleaning jag while on a hunt, my own sheer folly being the cause. The 15/16" forty-five cal barrel fired, but ever-after there was a 'loose'...

Discriminating General is no longer around. They have undergone a change and are now known as MilitaryHeritage dot com. They are located in Canada, and I must say that the website does have some very interesting historical articles available for reading. I have had no direct dealings with them...

Circle Fly has excellent muzzleloading smoothbore products; however, some of us live thousands of miles from their PA stores, so they have online distributors listed on their website. Here is where to find those sellers: https://circlefly.com/buy

@Treestalker - if you need sources for 24 guage wads, try Ballistic Products or TOW for starters. https://www.ballisticproducts.com/Overshot-Cards-500bag/productinfo/OS/24/ or https://www.ballisticproducts.com/Cards-Filler-Wads/departments/856/...

This is an amusing thread. So, for what it might be worth, here is another take on it: If you wish to fashion that brass wire into something approximating round shot, perhaps just cutting the bits into short lengths that are the equal to the diameter of the wire, it would perform more agreeably...

try this link: http://www.hootalrifleshop.org/nose_cap.htm

Here's another affirmation; NOT A RECOMMENDATION though!! I've tried this because somewhere I read the practice was not too uncommon in early nineteenth century America. I believe the Eastern settled areas began producing smaller bore rifles, and some hunters felt more secure in loading a...

Sure enjoyed my little buggy gun, created due to a ringed barrel. I just cut off the bad portion, and was left with about 19" of good tube. Trimmed down the fore-stock and it was perfect for use in cramped hunting space such as brush. You might be able to scrounge up a damaged 28 gauge barrel...

Here is a link for Starr: http://home.insightbb.com/~bspen/starr.html

Hi there, I can't help but say this was the first load I tried in my early ML/BP days. The rifle was loaded with 65 grains of 2F and a patched ball using Crisco on .10 patches. It worked fairly well, but accuracy was was mediocre. HOWEVER, I had to stop hunting with it, due to causing brush...

Well, if you are running 40-65 grains of Holy black, the thinner skirt probably would be better. Those thick skirts are made for the heavier powder charges and may not be expanding into the grooves properly. You can bump up the charge, though recoil will be a bit heavier too. Also, might want to...

Interesting - I also had a .58 cal percussion model 120 B by Investarms. It was factory-made using a 15/16" octagon barrel with shallow wide grooves for rifling, so a conical was most accurate. http://www.investarm.com/media/img/120b.jpg

I just re-read the post, and what TX-GRIZ actually said was: "...a large barbed hook out of my thigh..." Seems that the horse never never actually left the barn for this caper. :)