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You didn't mention the caliber of the rifle that you are getting but, since .50 caliber is most common, that is likely the caliber of your new rifle. I have found that about 80 to 85 grains of 3f black powder will give very good accuracy. However, you will need to check this out with your...

For a number of years now, I have been using felt wads in my rifles. It enables me to use a thinner and more easily started patch. The wad does the sealing of hot gasses that a tighter patch would do. Secondly, it helps to keep the fouling down. I get more shots between swabbing the bore...

Ever so true about cooking only over hard wood. One should never use soft wood such pine, cedar, etc. It will make your meat taste like....uh...well, it is hard to describe. Well, it just tastes awfully bad, about like it was something found after a house fire and will be difficult to eat.

The basic British recipe for grog was rum and water with citrus juice (lime or lemon, whichever they had). The ratio of rum to water depended on ones rank, the higher the rank, the greater was the proportion of rum to water. There were variations and sugar was added when it was available.

I have never tried to use 1f to launch any kind of projectile, ball nor shot. My only experience with it was when I was doing Civil War reenacting. We were given a big supply of it to use in our reenacting. I found it to be very dirty and was a mess to clean up. I don't own a smoothbore...

I do love pumpkin soup. There are lots of ways to make it http://allrecipes.com/search/results/?wt=pumpkin%20soup&sort=re and I have found that I love most of them. Some not so much, but most that I have tried have been delicious.

I was aware of the southern sympathies in Southern Indiana. Actually, had the southern part of Indiana had their way, Indiana would have been a Confederate state. However, the northern industrial part of the state had a greater population and was inclined to be part of the Union. The northern...

You have my deepest sympathies, sir. :hatsoff:

For those interested in the Civil War period, I am in the process of enjoying a book entitled "The Longest Raid of the Civil War" by Lester V. Horwitz. It is an excellent look at the raid into Kentucky, southern Indiana and Ohio in July of 1863 by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. It is a...

I don't know if there is a place in Cincinnati but I would think that surely there would be in a city of that size. They must have a Bass Pro and/or a Cabela's. If you check either of these stores, be sure to talk only to the manager of the gun department because often the sales people do not...

Some years ago, I was building a horn and was looking for something with which to pin my base plug. At that same time, I was in Friendship and ran across one of the vendors in vendor's row who was selling "coon bone" tooth picks. I bought three of them, I think I paid something like $5 for...

When adjusting your sights, usually a 3 shot group is sufficient for that purpose. However, when wanting to measure something such as any variable affecting accuracy, I prefer a minimum of a 5 shot group but usually shoot a 10 shot group. The more shots, the better your measurement of...

Well, obviously your chicken recipe is not "chili" :shake: ......but I'll bet it is good eating whatever you may choose to call it :hmm: . In fact, I may give it a try myself :hatsoff: . Thanks for sharing the recipe. :thumbsup:

The solution to this problem is to use smoking tobacco rather than chewing tobacco. Smoking tobacco (not pipe tobacco) does not have any sugar or flavors added. If you use pipe tobacco, do not use the flavored stuff, use only the pure unscented and unflavored tobacco. Most cheap cigars will...

After having read all of the posts on this thread, I think that most all of us agree that it is not how you measure your powder but the consistency with which you measure it. Tap or not tap your measure, it makes little to no difference so long as you do it consistently.

As has been said by many others, use coals not flames to cook. You never cook over the main fire because you cannot control your heat that way. Place your cooking utensil, pot, grill or whatever, off to one side of the main fire and rake coals under it to cook. You control your heat by adding...

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Black powder is pretty forgiving and not as finicky as smokeless when measuring it. The secret lies in being consistent in how you measure your powder. If you just pour it into you powder measure and level it off, that is fine, just do it the same way every time. On the other hand, if you...

I don't know what you paid for it but it sure looks nice. As long as you are satisfied with the price, that is all that matters. I will say that I think the .40 caliber is at the upper limit for a squirrel rifle. Most "squirrel" rifles are .36 caliber or smaller. On the other hand, as long...

Yep, you are absolutely correct in saying that every variable matters. However, the OPs question was not about all of the variables, only about patch size.