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  1. K

    3F in Pedersoli .54 Frontier

    I have a Pedersoli Blue Ridge in .54. Since it has a relatively narrow barrel (7/8") I wanted the Pedersoli Max load data that was not provided in the paperwork provided with the gun. A chart on the Pedersoli website indicated the max was 80 gr Swiss 2F. My best load is 80 gr Goex 3F which I...
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    Sheet Lead

    I bought some sheet lead from a company that produced a lot of roof sheeting many years ago. They gave me an invoice that said it had 4 to 6% antimony. It seems to me that pure lead sheet would be too weak for most commercial applications so I don't think it would be available very often...
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    question for yall flinters

    An old trick mentioned on this forum a lot is to install a piece of wood to replace the flint and dryfire. This helped me get used to all the movement going on when you pull the trigger. It solves part of the problem of all the noisy distractions of flintlocking.
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    Pedersoli blue ridge

    I have a Blue Ridge in 54 cal., brown barrel, beautiful stock and good shooter. But the unset trigger pull is approx. 10 lbs. which is something I can not shoot accurately. Using the set trigger performs as expected and has shot 1.5" groups at 50 yds. The trigger pull problem has discussed...
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    Patch Lube

    I wanted a lube that lasts from mid October thru mid January to cover the PA ML seasons. I don't believe any of the wet lubes would be acceptable. I settled on Stumpy's Moose Snot, (recipe available on this forum). It uses castor oil, beeswax and Murphy's Oil Soap. Other home-made lubes...
  6. K

    ignition problem

    If not already done, look inside the cup in the hammer. I had problems when 3 or 4 fired caps got stuck in it.
  7. K

    Blue Ridge / Hatfield barrel screws

    I bought them from VTI.
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    Blue Ridge / Hatfield barrel screws

    When I got my Blue Ridge I bought some spare parts in case I dropped something and lost it. One was this screw. I mic'ed it up at .194 dia and used a scale to estimate the thread pitch. A table of metric screw size idicates a best guess from me that the screw is M5 x 0.8. Length of the...
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    T/C single trigger: Way heavy,strong main?

    I have a TC Hawken, w/ set trigger. Initially it had a heavy single trigger pull. I slowly removed coils from the trigger spring and got a trigger pull of approx 4 lbs after grinding off approx. 1.5 coils. I did this about 6/14/ 2008 based on a post on this forum discussing the same problem...
  10. K

    Best Production Flintlock

    I also have the 50 cal, 28 inch twist rifle and have been suprised to discover that it shoots PRBs very well. 90 gr Sw 3F, .490 ball, .018 patch, Moose juice lube produced 3 shot groups of 1.8" at 50 yds. I was working up loads and ran out of the plastic skirted bullets (shooting 4" groups)...
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    .58 GM Max Load

    My copy of the GM Instruction and Safety Manual for my 58 cal IBS says "NEVER exceed the recommended maximum powder charge of 120 grains Black Powder FFg, Pyrodex RS or Select by volume or its equivalent.
  12. K

    frontier rifle nipple....

    I have a Pedersoli Blue Ridge. It is a flinter but ALL the fittings are metric. I doubt the 1/4-28 will fit on a Pedersoli made gun.
  13. K

    improving ignition

    The single thing that improved my flintlock shooting the most was to replace the flint with wood and dry fire a lot.
  14. K

    Measuring bore size

    My notes indicate the Lyman barrels have 5 grooves so when you take a micrometer reading you are measuring fron a land to the opposite groove. I went to the Lyman Users Guide which gives the specified bore dimensions. The 50 GPH is supposed to be .502 land and .510 groove diameters. Actual...
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    GPR Loose Ramrod?

    I have a GPR caplock with the same problem. I tied a piece of twine through one thimble to snug up the ramrod fit. Not real pretty but it keeps the ramrod from sliding out.
  16. K

    Lyman plains pistol

    The rod that came with the pistol is not very useful for either cleaning or loading unless you have vise-grips for fingers. I recommend a pistol loading rod from Track of the Wolf. It looks like a short starter but is long enough to get to the bottom of the barrel for cleanin and loading...
  17. K

    Ramrod

    I bought an aluminum rod from RMC Sports for my Deerstalker. The gun is light to start with and the minor weight addition is not a big deal. This is a strong rod with threads on each end which Delron rods don't usually have.
  18. K

    weight of powder charge

    I did an experiment with the brands of powder I have on hand. I used the TC plastic, adjustable measure set at 90 gr volume because it is the load I use the most. I measured the weight of three charges and divided by three to reduce the measuring error a bit. Swiss 2F weighed 97.3 gr +8.1%...
  19. K

    Rebarrel or add Rifiling

    I would recommend getting a good measurement of the bore diameter, decide what you want to shoot, bullet or PRB, and call Bob Hoyt 717-642 6696. Also provide barrel length and barrel width and Bob will tell you what he can do and how much it will cost. He has several machines running at the...
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    Pedersoli Missouri River Hawken in .50"

    The 24" twist is designed for bullets and not roundballs. However strange things can happen at the range. I have a .50 flinter with a 28" twist that shot three PRB into 1.8" at 50 yds. It shot plastic wrapped bullets into 3.9" at 50 yds with the same load. Used 90 gr Swiss 3F, which is an...
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