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Trapper, nice tight group, and good shooting too :)

Thank you everyone! Like I said, d*** sure not gonna fart around with smokeless. I just wasn’t clear on why. Good physics discussion! Shadowalker

Question asked, question answered. This forum is OK

Broomstick, your post beggs the question, at say 60 grains, would the ML still rupture? I get the pressure gradient on faster smokeless, but this can be engineered around. I saw another video where the guy claimed a 3000 fps ML! I’m fairly sure he wasn’t using BP! If the question is engineering...

I agree with TDM, if that wicked beauty of a blade could talk, what tales! I don’t imagine that their are many left in this world, wonderful.

I crossed paths with a video on this forum, can’t remember where, that demonstrated what happens with smokeless powder. Scary! It blew up every ML it was loaded in! I thought it was a bit of an over charge at 150 grains, but with BP I think the barrels would have survived? Is the issue the metal...

Actually yesterday… First outing with my Kibler Colonial 50cal, 60 grains, 25 yards. Love this rifle!

I used the aniline alcohol dye approach on my curly maple Kibler Colonial. I think it went very well! One has a fair amount of control over color saturation and tint. I went light, but any color combination is possible

The trick is a small clean round hole. I paid too much for a commercial product, but it came with two hole sizes. I read a hot paper clip makes an acceptable sized hole in electrical tape

I read a lot about flinching with a flintlock, I found it to be no more distracting than a cap. I use musket caps. It’s the follow thru, the idea of remaining still thru the shot. As I practiced that art (think Zen) my groups tightened up!

BigD63… post pix

I’m a lefty

It is also my first outing with putting a peep on my shooting glasses. I got bad eyes, and a peep gives me maybe 2 degrees of clear sight picture. I can hold the front sight and the target easily! Your mileage may very.

Longcruse, Frankbowet: I will go thru her with hot water. I do not like a dirty gun. I enjoy building them, love shooting ‘em, and take some pride in knowing they are clean when I lock them up.

@#%&$ spellcheck… Frankbrowett

Housework! Frank rower, It took 15 or more cleaning patches to get an almost clean one out of her. I was firing Schuetzen FFF, and priming with Schuetzen FFFF. Dirty, dirty! By the time I dry balled her, I looked like a coal miner! After clearing the dry ball I started to clean her. I tried Bore...

Thanks Frank, for our 4th date, I hope to take her to the 50 yard range :)

My first trip to the range with my Kibler Colonial. I have never discharged a flintlock before, and my Kibler long rifle is brand new! She is 50 cal with a one in 70 twist. I used a 0.49 ball and 0.015 prelubed patch. 60 grains of black powder with open iron sights. I also used a bench rest on...

I am no explosives expert, but if my horn lit off, it holds almost a pound, nails in the plug would not be my problem! I think popping off a pound of black powder on my hip might spoil my whole day no matter what

Sorry about this bone head post