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As far as I'm concerned, it's a very common occurrence for objects to take it upon themselves to "hide out" for extended periods of time. Pretty ungrateful of them - am I right? Some years back one of my shotguns must have really been upset with me. It "hid out" in a ten by twenty foot room...

Yes, they do. I have the identical model shown in Snake's photo for my flintlocks, and another one designed for caplocks. I bought both of them decades ago when coaching 4-H. I will add this thought though - I always used this method first. If other methods have already been tried in removing...

Once Upon A Time - after a number of consecutive and really stupid decisions on my part - I ended up with a bronze brush twisted off all the way down into the breech of a 50 caliber. My Co2 discharger was useless of course so pulled the nipple and worked 4f powder in behind it and shot it out...

These folks also showed up as 'very bad' on a different firearms forum I spend time on.

I'm 1400 miles away or I'd stop by and help out!

Welcome to muzzle loading! In what part of the country are you located? Maybe one of us is relatively close and could help with some mentoring.

Very glad you're excited about this sport. Here in Minnesota I coached the muzzleloading discipline for the local 4-H Shooting Sports organization. Try checking with your local 4-H organization, you may find others that feel as you do. Good Luck!

OP: As other responders have shown, squirrel rifles are typically lighter in caliber and weight. I have a couple of 32's (a flint & a percussion, can't play favorites after all) so that's what I like. Happened upon them at an auction so I have 32's. If I had tripped over 36's I'd like those...

I was thinking of that scene while reading through this thread. In some commentary somewhere I believe Costner claimed that it was first filmed as his character fanning the remaining rounds from revolver #1 before switching to revolver #2 and fanning it empty for a total of nine fired. His...

I have used various Rush Creek bullets/roundball from Track myself and have run into similar problems. In my case it was .715" roundball, two or three different .45 roundball and some .50 caliber minie ball. It seems like multiple molds and alloys are getting packaged together. I had a sweet...

I have placed several dozen orders with Midway over the years, total amount spent maybe in the low thousands. In my particular case I have had no problems. I'm not saying others haven't had problems - I'm just saying my experience has been good. In one instance I needed a magazine for an...

I like brass range rods with brass muzzle guards. For hunting carry a pinned wooden ramrod.

Condolences

Fifteen or more years back I was on the road for work. Found this place and it is really something. It was beyond my expectations to see a pair of Richards-Mason conversions in addition to a smallish countertop glass case dedicated to hold the three or four Remington rimfire derringers they...

Twenty years ago at an estate auction. Went home with (among other things) a pair of .32 caliber Pedersoli Frontiers, one flint and one percussion, for a total of $200. Still got 'em.

If the goal is to have your own range on your own land - it's my opinion that combining that aspect with a membership, use of the range by that membership, plus coordinating hunting by that membership is combining oil and water. In the case of our private range, there is no membership. There...

My Pedersoli is a 12 gauge from 1996 with the chrome bores and choke tubes. I haven't hunted waterfowl with it so all my experience has been with lead shot. Good ignition with good patterns that arrive at the point of aim. No problems with charges moving in the unfired barrel. I believe the...

Back in the day I coached the local 4-H Shooting Sports blackpowder discipline for a 'significant' number of years. Our weekly practices had my dedicated shooters always wanting 'just one more shot' as dusk was approaching. There were slapdash efforts at firearms maintenance due to a somewhat...

As many here have experienced, I was an active member of and volunteered for years at the local club. Time took its toll as a few 'members in good standing' proceeded to leave behind their trash and empty beer cans, not to mention (well, I guess I am, aren't I?) bullet holes in a lot of things...

Sometimes they charge when they're wounded.....