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:redface: Actually, due to my work schedule and weird Iowa weather, I have just recently got out to the range (between rainstorms) - and am currently working on loads for my (also new) NSW Chief's gun (both rb and shot) instead. The Va rifle is next on the agenda ! But I agree with you ... the...

Mac - If you were asking about my rifle, it is a bit of an oddball: TVM Early Virginia in walnut, 54 cal 42" Long Hammock barrel, rifled, octagon to round, turtle front sight. L&R Queen Anne flintlock, 14" LOP, 8 lbs. Probably not exactly what you were looking for, but I like it !!!

More reason to go for a finished gun, or at least a mostly finished in the white.

IMHO, If I were you I would see what a Tip-in-the-white would cost you and save up / go for that.

I agree. I really don't think you will be happy with anything less at this point.

Note in my post that the contract was Bill Shipman's, not Matt Denison's (he shoots for 90 days, but it was very understandable why my order took a bit longer). Here is my TVM ... very happy with the workmanship:

Well, I got my TVM rifle quick enough - bought it "used" (he had never shot it!) from Kermit at a great price, and he shipped it out to me by 3-Day Priority mail !!! The gun I did wait for was from the "other" Matt at NSW ... took a little over four months (which included the Christmas and New...

In terms of a patchbox design for a squirrel rifle, is this one better? (Yeah, it's mine now.)

Thanks - will do !!!

Thanks, Bill, for the info. No need to hunt for the photos - you described the process very well. Will have to give it a go!

That sounds reasonable, Spence. I wonder ... is there a "standard" for granule size? Does 3F from one company equal the same size as 3F from another company? If Swiss "3F" was equal to "3 1/2 F", say, from Goex, that would account for the difference in charge size needed. It would also mean...

Thanks for the info, Bill. Did you use the felt wads for both OP and OS, or just OP with a OS card ???

Billnpatti - Have you tried the felt wads with shot, too ?? If so, how do they work ??? (Sorry for a bit of a hijack, but I am REALLY interested in trying felt wads !!!) Thanks ! - Dewey

Yeah ... that's why all the smilies ... I was joking. Thus my last sentence - I would never really do it, and most folk wouldn't have the means to make it - and if they do, they should know better! Fun stuff, though! I've demonstrated it many times for my college-level chemistry classes...

Hey Clyde - You seem to like chemistry ... What about GUNCOTTON wads !! :shocked2: Looks and feels like cotton, but gone in a flash, and no smoldering residue !! :applause: Plus a bit more "omph" to your black powder load !!! :wink: A bit tricky to make, but fun to demonstrate ...

Here is the latest GOEX one: http://www.goexpowder.com/images/LoadCharts/SDS%20Sheets-GOEX%20Black%20Powder.pdf (MSDS became SDS in 2012)

Just make sure the cotton balls are 100% cotton - I've run into some synthetic ones !!!

He didn't say what SIZE feather. I need to find some the right size for my flinters and try that!

Thanks for that quote, LaBonte! Shows that all those "patch knives" were really used to cut patches! Who would have thought it, LOL! Also interesting that the knife handle served as a short starter of sorts.

Less chance of a spark to plastic than metal, I would guess. Still, I like the old metal cans, so I "recycle" my remaining metal ones (a 4F and a 3F) by refilling them from the plastic ones.