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I love ITX-10 in modern shotguns and have reloaded it for years now with no special wads or wraps to protect barrels. Would not hesitate to use it in a muzzleloader.

Ballistic Products has ITX shot that is soft enough for gun barrels and is about the same density as lead. They sell 7lbs for about $150, and trial size packages of 1lb for about $27. Still kinda pricey, but I have had such poor results with steel using modern shotgun I can just imagine it at...

Can't imagine that Triple 7 would burn any hotter than smokeless powder in a modern shotgun. I would suggest biting the bullet and get some non-toxic shot other than steel. Steel requires high velocity to have good effectiveness...higher than we can achieve in a muzzleloader, aside from the...

AMEN! :hatsoff:

What ever alloy is in the ww is what you are stuck with. I get a lot of ww's from a buddy who owns an auto repair shop, and here in Ohio they are still mostly lead alloy. Zinc can be a big pain, but it melts at a higher temp than the lead ones. When I first start melting and burning off all...

I have done some shooting on the primitive range at Friendship years ago, but have never been to a rondy. I decided what the heck and preregistered for the Eastern since it is so close in Ohio...will give it a try! Probably set up Thursday, and maybe try to make one of the "work weekends".

rawhide, I saw your post on the smoothbore forum, and assume you're asking about 75 cal because you are buying an Indian made musket in that caliber. You should definitely wait until you have it in hand and can measure it. If from Middlesex it will state the actual bore size in the "paperwork"...

Well rawhide, I guess you know you have opened a real can of worms. Get ready to hear what awful pipebombs all Indian muskets are. I recently purchased one of Loyalist's "special offers", a doglock musket with a damaged stock. It was not quite finished and I made the repair and put a stain...

It is really difficult to tell the difference between machine stitching and actual 18th century hand stitching. I think we tend to forget that people did not make everything themselves. There were very specialized trades and craftsmen. Not everyone lived in a log cabin and had to hack out...

I've never had any leading in my muzzleloaders, but for my modern guns Kroil has worked great. I just use it on a patch with a cleaning jag. With light leading it just comes right out on the patch. It comes in an orange can with a plastic spout. Has a distinctive odor.

I also carry on half cock with a hammer stall when hunting deer or squirrel. If hunting something to be flushed, like rabbit or grouse,I just forget the hammer stall and be careful. I do find myself checking my prime fairly often if I do alot of walking,though. Probably more than I need to...

I was not trying to imply that using unpatched balls in a rifle was the norm, just that Black Horse was not the first to do it, and that it was not unheard of. It certainly is not the best way to win a rifle match, but also not completely ineffective and instantly disasterous to a rifle...

Not trying to stir the pot, but there is plenty of historical use of unpatched balls in rifles. Rifle units in the Rev. War carried loose balls and patching material, but it is widely accepted that they often also carried a supply of cartridges to be loaded and fired the same as a musket. I...

I always found the stick-ons to be soft lead, but in the last batch of wheel weights I melted down had quite a few floating stick-ons that would not melt. First time I had seen that happen.

Foctris, Bottom line is not all Indian made muskets are the same. It depends greatly on who you buy them from. MVTC I know from experience puts out a good product. On the other hand I have seen junk from others. I haven't seen any from Loyalist Arms, but they do say they finish them in...

If Indian muskets are wallhangers because their govt. doesn't consider them real guns, then by that definition neither are any made here. A muzzleloader is not considered a firearm...no ffl required to sell or ship. No proofing. Like I stated before, I have had zero issues with my MVT...

I think it really depends on the vendor. I have a MVT fowler that has functioned absolutely flawlessly since I got it. They drill the touch hole and apparently check the lock fit and function. It needed a new ramrod and I removed what I considered excess wood to suite my tastes, but I...

Best thing you can do is try it out if possible. I'm a lefty and shoot rh flinters all the time and it doesn't bother me a bit. But as you see from other's posts, some leftys are very much bothered. Only one way to find out for sure.

I can't remember off hand what book I read it in (possibly Bakeless), but it stated that Daniel Boone took a "large fowler" when he set off for the Battle of Blue Licks. Didn't indicate exactly what was meant by large, but he did have a suspicion that they were headed for an ambush or at least...

They are not meant for running around with a gun fully cocked. They are an added safety should the gun slip off the half cock position. Like the saying, "going off half cocked". Especially comforting when loading a musket per military style of putting cartridge down the bore AFTER primming.