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Some time ago Mike Beliveau (Duelist 1954) did some testing with a ROA and different projectiles. One was a bullet from Kaido Ojama (SP?) that is a real hunting bullet with a very wide meplat and did a number on the water bottles. Look it up Respectfully Bunk

Yes i did have to open the flash hole in the very nice TOW nipple. Obviously the fire path in a musket is shorter than the Sharps so a little drilling and I get 100% ignition when using RWS caps. No nitrate just tracing paper (thanks Mike B.) and hair curler paper for the flat base. Also for the...

Black MZ, Jim Shokey's Gold, American Pioneer, and that "new" sulfur less powder from Shooters World are all the same thing.

Hello Badgerfarm, I had good success with BMZ by using a nipple primer for a little extra heat. Perhaps if I would open the flash hole to allow more flame to reach the cartridge base that might work. But there is a good supply of FFg Gunpowdwe on hand so there is no motivation to fudge up a...

Cartridges? Cartridges? we don' use no stinkin' cartridges! Bunk

there is no doubt the ROA is the Rolls Royce of percussion hand guns. It also does not take a back seat to the kind we don't mention either. Italian guns are a kind of sort of working kit gun. The ROA is shootable right out of the box no problems. If it were not for the odd caliber ball I would...

After all the good success with BMZ I cleaned the rifle completely including cleaning the breech block. My assumption was that the careful cleaning knocked all the fouling from the corners of the firepath that helped direct the cap flash around those sharp corners. BMZ is a little harder to...

I must have been doing something right, but I do not know what. Suddenly my APP cartridges are notional about going off. Sometimes it gives a bang sometimes I get a not bang. Priming the nipple with FFFFg cures the problem, but going back to real Gunpowder solved the ignition problem completely...

depends on what you use the mould blocks for. As a hammer aluminum moulds are not so good. But I cast a lot, and use aluminum blocks from Lee., Moose, and Accurate.. The only mould i ever had problems with was an very ancient Lee that did not use line up pins for the blocks and finally stopped...

My best solution is give that stuff to someone you don't like and get some real honest Black Gunpowder and ignition problems go Bravo Yankee Bravo Yankee Bunk.

Hello the Camp, As I was rolling flat base tubes for cartridges to use in my Sharps carbine a thought struck me, not hard enough to hurt, but enough to turn on a light. It is not what you put on the outside of the arm, that makes no difference Ballistol, Rem oil, CLP, Kumquat oil, take your...

Amen brother this is getting ridiculous. There is little new information here. Bunk

very interesting, but will it dissolve salt? If it will it is a wonder product. If it will not dissolve salt it is worthless as a cleaner. As a protectant after cleaning it may have possibility. Respectfully Bunk

Along with the Slixshots cleaning sharp edges in the hammer "safety" slot or just JB Weld it shut will also help. A couple of my Colts have them and cap jams in the hammer channel are a rarity. Cap jams from fragments wedging under the cylinder happen occasionally. Hold center Hit Center Bunk

My results with the grease (Mobil 1?) pack was after about 150 rounds the grease was black and looked and felt like lapping compound. With brake cleaner and a lot of patches I got it clean and went back to my normal method of cleaning inside the frame. I am glad you had success I did not. All I...

It also denotes Pyrodex "rust in a bottle that burns"

Shooting Colt open top revolvers cleaning is easy just make three parts barrel,. cylinder, and frame. The cylinder goes into a jar of moose milk to soak. The barrel likewise goes into a jar of moose milk. The frame gets carefully wiped with a wet moose milk patch cleaning all fouling from...

Isn't this horse dead? or will it continue to be beaten? Just sayin' Bunk

Friend fastburn, Ballistol is what I use on all my guns modern and reproductions. I use in on my unfired pristine bore original Smith carbine and see no problems. Blueing, browning , and case hardening all stay rust free. Like I said Ballistol is not the be-all or end-all I think it is just a...

Listen Guys, I did not say Ballistol is the be-all end-all for cleaning. Water is the key ingredient to dissolve and remove fouling. A combination of soap, alcohol, or even oil extracted from the rind of the kumquat harvested by a blond, blue eyed, 40 year old virgin ,wearing a red D cup bikini...