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Have a CVA Gobbler, discussed above. Good patterns with right load, but also as mentioned, light and recoil can be a factor Also a Mowrey, mine is brass frame, steel barrel, cylinder bore, built froma kit. I think they can still be obtained, i just bought a Mowrey rifle kit, steel framed...

please report on your Chambers Stalking rifle. thanks rayb

Let's get a picture of it up quick before Claude or Musketman conjures up one... :crackup: that way we know its real. rayb

I like the brass tube. neat idea. Saw a brass forearm on a Mowry action years ago, but didn't get it then.. Nice work, good thinking and ideas on a neat gun. rayb

please do so, especially the disassembly chronology... that may be very interesting. rayb

definitely. one local dealer has started selling lots of stuff over the internet. simetimes even us locals jokels get to see the items before they are sold off somewhere else... but not always.. i have tried to support the local dealers and not the chain stores, but this kind of thing sort of...

Yes please, i second the request for pictures of the brass forestock to go with the other very nice pictures of your work. rayb

:crackup: Agreed Have looked at a few, & i'm now waiting on the winning lottery ticket... Trying to build a saw handle patterned after a picture of a set ofduelers, but all i've accomplished is gathering a few parts... rayb

Very nice especially the walnut stock... and the "plain" attitude.. very nice project rayb

get a good quality 1860 Army shoot it a lot you'll like it rayb

maybe heart of texas muzzleloaders vicinity brady 3611 FM1121 Brady, TX 76825 probably a bit more than 100 miles though. its about 75 from my place at buchanan lake rayb

Isn't the 7000 grains by weight , not the usual blackpowder units by volume??? A 70 gr black powder charge by volume may not weight 70 grains by weight... i think???? Smokeless charges are grains by weight, not by volume.... so you could measure a certain charge by volume,weigh it in grains...

Congratulations. A notable achievement. rayb

well, under the definitions posted by Highpower, i am (or was until retirement) a pioneer according to item 3. I don't qualify under item 1. Althought i can claim a few modest successes, i don't qualify under 2. Hope i don't qualify under 4. Since i don't reenact, i can't say how i'd have...

OK, here's the deal: I have a cast iron, round bottom pot, about 1 1/2 to 2 gallon size. When i first got it (new) cooked pinto beans in it, it didn't work too well for that. Was ok for stews, etc. Then, in a fit of brilliance i used it to melt some lead. Wheel weight i think. Made a...

Well, i've had multiple boxes, bags, containers, etc. Finally decided to try & get organized. Make a "blue Jean leg" bag for each gun/caliber, had someone stitch the info for each gun on each baft, as in "54 cal flint pistol". Now trying to get the boxes organized, reduced to a manageable...

Great idea on the breech face brush.. thanks for the post, i'm going to steal it (the idea) if you don't mind. rayb

I like meardean's way of thinking!!! I have both 50 & 54 cal rifles, shoot mostly the 54 flint because that was what i started with. 70gr ffg & round ball for target. Like am earlier response above, I also didn't know that 54 was "too big" for target work, and have a blue ribbon to prove...

Glad you decided to shoot it. It gets better with every shot. rayb

When i was there (1978-1981) it was used for military training weekdays, and was available on weekends for private use, i think through the Rod & Gun club system. No idea what the status is now or who controls it. I think it had 100, 200 & 300 yard firing points, but it has been a long time and...