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I thought this was called "The Muzzleloading Forum "? A place to discuss "MUZZLELOADING". Yes, I am a purist. I only shoot muzzleloaders. I didn't join this forum to discuss cartridge guns be they black powder or not.

Not at all, I was just making a statement. Don't get your panties in a bunch.

Not at all. I was just making a statement

If the rules stated muzzleloaders only, you were in the wrong regardless if your gun was period correct. Would it have been okay if guys showed up with Henry's, Burnsides, or other CW cartridge gun? I think not.

That's 1996 not 1990.

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If it's a Rice barrel that came with your kit, it would be marked "Rice".

I use linen from Jo-Ann's fabric. It's butternut in color and is slick to the touch. Runs about .015 th.

Ya get what you vote for!

Scrape the face of the breechplug.

It's against federal law to sell black powder without a license.

P Pick the vent with a vent pick before each shot. See if that helps.

A .45 will do you well. I had a detached retina. I have no problem with recoil.

Hang it outside.

If you try to push a bullet out of a barrel too fast, the bullet can skip the lands and not spin. No spin, no accuracy.

Think of a spinning top, when it first starts to spin it wobbles a little bit then it stabilizes. The faster it's spun, the faster it stabilizes.

Long bearing surface bullets require fast rifling to stabilize the bullet in flight. 500 plus grain bullets sometimes won't stabilizing until they're out 200 - 300 yards.

Black powder is an explosive. Gun powders are fast burning propellants.

I'll say a prayer for you.

I If your patches are shredding it can be one of two things. The rifiling is new and sharp and is cutting the patch allowing blow by or your patch is too thin. I believe you are dealing with the latter. Cut the charge back to 50 grains and try a thicker patch. I think you'll see improvement.