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You are not alone. I used stain conditioner with one of my traditions kits per the advice of others. read the instructions before using. Listen to others suggestions before you jump on this though. Next one I do (if I do another Traditions) I will use leather dye which someone also advised to use.

I think I average 2 a year. Just can't wait till it happens to me with my Charleville. I do have a TC flint pan charger with 4F in it.

I researched this alot before ordering something from both Veteran Arms and Loyalist Arms. Never found anything that was documented real. I think the only thing I found was someone trying to use a NON firing replica that he converted himself. I will say that you should clean up the barrel and...

It is SOOOO worth it. My first Kit was a Lyman Great Plains 54 and the billboard was hidious! Draw filed. My recent Enfield with a round barrel had to use progressively finer sheets of sandpaper. Again, worth it. Here is a shutterfly page with the original billboard and the finished gun. I was...

Locally to me a guy sells it for $1.50 a lb cleaned up in ingots $1.00 lb for sheets. I have tested his stuff in my lee hardness tester as pure lead hardness of 5 Late last year, I got some from ebay and I can say that you have to look for feedback on these guys and that they are really PURE...

yup, I had like 90 lbs of dive weights I got free when I started molding. molded bullets for "unmentionables". When I went to mold balls for patched muzzle loading, that is when I noticed the difference. That .535 ball for my Lyman GPR 54 was a pain to start. Really took a pounding. Plus...

noonanda, Thanks! makes the rear sight a tad easier to see also! Nope, it was still spaced incorrectly

Very common materials for each I have found to be: Shooting Patch Material: Walmart Blue Pillow ticking. Sewing section at Walmart, sold by the yard. (about $6/yd) Looks like this...

Grenadier1758: "Ah, melnic, in that case, a few drops of solvent will penetrate into the patch, dissolve enough of the fouling to let you pull the jag and patch out. At least that worked for me." (don't know why but quote button does not work for me) yes, that has been my get out of jail card...

Every time I hear someone say to send something to a gunsmith, I have to ask, how much is that gun really worth to you? BTW, If you have a soldering gun (gun, not pencil) you can spot heat pretty well.

oh, one thing I thought about, when you make the mistake of putting in a dry cleaning patch down a fowled bore and it goes down easy, then bunches up and gets stuck no matter how hard you pull on the way out, you know it is the right size :)

Since recently learning I needed to turn mine down I have been using a drill press. don't go too tight or you can mess up the threads. IF there is something I can wrap around the threads to help, that would be great. I have been doing a couple things that seems to work so far (still working...

I'd rather have a wider slot that has flat vertical sides or slightly under cut than a slot that is thinner but opened up. If you widen it and make it flat, you can take a cheap or junk screw driver and grind/cut it shorter to get to the fatter part of the screw driver. You want the screw driver...

video in post #17, What is that puff of smoke just above the shooter's left hand in the middle of the barrel at the top?

I can hunt from my back yard. During deer season I may get home early and hop into the stand. For several months during the year, I have a loaded but not capped muzzle loader in a secure location above my garage. I do have a bag and rubber band around the muzzle with a note saying the bore is...

Rat, Interesting you mention about getting the funky Patina on the gun. I actually was contemplating artificially aging this some. When I blue'd the barrel, I started with the ramrod just to make sure I had the process down good as I had always used liquid blue and not the creme Oxpho. After...

Mushka, My appologies if I did not see this in another thread but can you tell us more about your rifle? What is it, where did you get it/who built it?

I was thinking that the people on this sub section might know how Smooth bore barrels are manufactured. Specifically, a smooth bore. Do they do something like button rifling where they pull or push something through a slightly undersized barrel to make the barrel internal diameter uniform?

Sand paper on the rod did not make good progress so I notched the Front lock bolt. Traditions offered to take the kit back but I was so far along (my bad for not catching this on the trial fit). I asked Traditions for 2 spare lock bolts in the event it fails and they are shipping them to me...

I think all the "why nots" are covered. I know its the way of this forum but don't confuse those who don't want to learn the ways of traditional black powder with intelligence. I know plenty of people who are "smart" but just not interested in Traditional BP ways. (unless they are there to...