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pipe barrel build?
I am not posting to dispute what has been said about the wisdom of using pipe for a barrel. What caught my attention is the above statement and how it compares to an article I just read about making barrels for rifled musket barrels for the US military up to the 1860s. A picture was shown with...- DonH
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Tapered round barrel?
"Before you get to deeply envolved in your fast twist round barrel muzzleloader you should know that shooting a heavy bullet in a percussion gun eats nipples like they are going out of style." Thanks for mentioning the nipple erosion issue. I had not thought of that. I know nipples made of...- DonH
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Tapered round barrel?
Hello guys; I'm new here. Good site. I have contemplated for a long time the building of a percussion conical bullet rifle with a tapered round barrel(stalking-type rifle?). Has anyone here built such a rifle, possibly with pics? Or maybe have pics of an original? I have been looking for...- DonH
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