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  1. Howie1968

    Zouave Rifle Rear Sight - Options?

    This is what's on mine flip up peep one is regulated to 50 yard the other 100 yard my bore has been realigned with a bobby hoyt 7 groove land barrel the front sight is extra tall
  2. Howie1968

    Kodiak .72 caliber double rifles....

    They shoot well i mainly hunt hogs and my set ups are 25 yards or less so the maximum distance i ever shoot is 50 yards both balls touch at 50 mine is regulated good
  3. Howie1968

    SOLD Cva kentucky 45

    May be interested I'll send a message
  4. Howie1968

    Lyman GPH .54 front sights

    i went to TOW websight and i found a couple for lyman said thich blade.62 high 9mm dovetail 1/16 ive damaged 3 sets of dovetails trying to install sights in the klast few years ive learned to not touch the dovetail. so once i get the sights centered i put a dab of epoxy on each side of the...
  5. Howie1968

    Lyman GPH .54 front sights

    Thank you bubba I appreciate it I will go look
  6. Howie1968

    Lyman GPH .54 front sights

    what front sights do you men have on your GPR or GPH, initially i went with the lyman with the white bead but after breaking 3 of the beads i bought a lyman fiber optic front, once again snagged it on brush broke the fiber optic. switched to a globe front sight made by lyman and in low light...
  7. Howie1968

    Navy arms Buffalo hunter .58 carbine accurate

    i owed 2 of them mine prefered patched cround balls i dont shoot long range at all all my hunting is done 50 yards or less and thats how far i practice from i sold mine whe i got my 2 tc big boar 58s i like my big boars better for 600 gr maxi balls
  8. Howie1968

    No Excuses NEW 54 cal 485 gr bullet Reviews?

    I read that in my muzzleloading manual, as for my experience on big hogs when i move up in caliber the first caliber when using roundballs that gives me consistant low forward shoulder shot passthroughs is .58. in the manual it talked about when power is increase is needed you go up in caliber...
  9. Howie1968

    54 caliber projectiles

    I have some experience its pretty much all i muse in 50 and .54s in 54 i do use the 430 gr tc maxi the hornady great plains 425 cva deerslayer 375, lee 300 and 380 gr real, no excuse 485, 525 and 535. i have quite a few boxes or casts made up of the lees. of the 425 and 430 grain the 425 is...
  10. Howie1968

    No Excuses NEW 54 cal 485 gr bullet Reviews?

    what does the water quench do
  11. Howie1968

    No Excuses NEW 54 cal 485 gr bullet Reviews?

    Ive spoke of .54 roundballs vs Conicals on giant boar hogs many times I just don't get consistent pass throughs on the big ones with a round ball the .535 gr no excuses hammers them passes through with no bullet to be found. Not knocking the roundball because I love shooting them but if I'm...
  12. Howie1968

    No Excuses NEW 54 cal 485 gr bullet Reviews?

    Yes I've got about 5 boxes of them I shoot them out of my Lyman gph and my 2 Lyman deer stalkers . The reason I went with these is they offer in size .541 and .542. Mr Dave I have the lynan stopped making the .535 gr as he stated he broke the mold those only came in size .540 which was 2 loose...
  13. Howie1968

    WITHDRAWN TC Hawken .45 w/Upgraded Lock

    does that lock have a coil mainspring or a flat mainspring sir
  14. Howie1968

    6 x .75 musket cap conversion???

    should worke my deer stalkers use 6x.75 and i put the treso 6x.75 on them
  15. Howie1968

    Pan lubing Lee R.E.A.L bullets

    there are 2 things i do differently than pan lube when using REALS, as stated the grooves are shallo3w so being that alot of times ill use 50-50 mix beeswax crisco when melted i take along pair of tweezers and dip them and put on wax paper and done. my favorite way is i bought the lube called x...
  16. Howie1968

    Rear sight on a smoothbore

    Would this work for a sxs 12 gauge
  17. Howie1968

    red dot sight

    WHY!!! does everyone seem to give a guy so much flack about a simple question??? gee wizz men not everyone has perfect eye sight why knock a man for a small question. what i tried. a couple wise men on this forumn reached out to me and said if i abolutre needed one to try a scope first. me...
  18. Howie1968

    Rebore to 54 caliber tc hawkens

    im fortunate to have alot of .54s i did have bob rebore them ive had one rebored to 1-20 twist forc the no excuse 535 grain my 1-32 on my lyman greast plains hunter loves 1-32 especially with hornady 425 great plains bullet it also loves the 380 grain leeor the 375 deerslayer bullet. in my...
  19. Howie1968

    what scope mount for tc hawkens

    10 point here is the mount you need they are getting hard to find, i used and bought several of these and do have one mounted on a tc black mouintain magnum. by all means if your eyes are getting bad scope it. i caught some flack over it but i took the hits and kept hunting. i do use peeps but...
  20. Howie1968

    Pig with 1858 36

    good job Mike!!! you are deadly with those what should i shoot out of my 54 plains pistol i have a 300 real mold and a 380 gr real mold blus rb in 530 and 535
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