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There are so many different ways to clean a barrel. As with all other facets of muzzle loading, the one that works best is the one that works for you.

Since each rifle is an individual, the best way to determine what gives you the fastest ignition, or at least an ignition that you are comfortable with is to start small and work up. A pan charger (Treso) is nice to use so that your priming charge is pretty much always the same. The...

Lyman rifles, due to their quality, are heavier than other rifles. My 24-inch barreled Deer Stalker weighs about the same as a standard 32 inch Traditions.

With the present powder scare, I wonder how many Californians are abiding by their state's laws.

I wondered when my new kit would get here.

Check out gun broker

Traditions sell a 32. Crockett rifle kit that is pretty accurate

Sell it

1/2 inch for sure. Also use a pretty heavy chain as they do get hit every once in a while. When you are done take a good size sledge hammer and whack it a few times before the snow arrives. Expect every thing down range to get a few hits once in a while.

Buying for looks and buying for use are two different things. I see the single trigger, the flint far from secure in the lock, the wrong screws holding the lock plate, the gap tween the barrel and the tang, and all the sanding marks not smoothed out. I am not trying to be mean. You asked for...

I did see a picture on the net of a young man with a ram rod hole scar on his fore head and on the top of his head. Wish I had saved it.

Hello from Idaho

Nice for woods huntin.

Hello from Idaho

I read your post.

I guess it's a WD-40 dislike discussion cause most muzzle loader persons don't like it.

Great picture, beautiful rifle.

The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket used by the United States Army and Marine Corps during the American Civil War. Commonly referred to as the "Springfield" (after its original place of production, Springfield, Massachusetts).[4] It was the most widely used Union Army...

Actually about 48 yards once you got that deer dropper up to your shoulder. The deer is nice, but there are great memories of the voyage getting there. Many many more be in your future.

To determine the thickness of the front sight that I needed, I took electrical tape and placed it on both sides of the front sight until I could plainly see the sight. Then measured with a micrometer.