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  1. Twisted_1in66

    hunting eastern washington

    Good to hear that. It was a tough thing to put up with. I was playing in a touring nightclub group and we played there for 2-weeks. As long as I didn't go outside, it was fine. From 2005 until 2015 I lived in the Blue Ridge Mts. just south of Roanoke, VA and I would fish the Jackson River...
  2. Twisted_1in66

    hunting eastern washington

    Beware of the paper factories in the Tri-Cities of WA. Haven't been there in many years because I avoid it. I was in a touring nightclub group in 1971 through 1973 and we played the Red Lion Inn in Richland. Everywhere we went in a car in Pasco, Kennewick, or Richland, we had to keep the...
  3. Twisted_1in66

    Spear head load board

    If you want to make period correct cartridges and just carry those instead of a powder horn, they were doing that all the time in the Rev War. Here's a shot of an actual French cartridge from the American Revolutionary War. They kept these in cartridge boxes riding on their right hip and the...
  4. Twisted_1in66

    Bacon breakfast

    Must have been very early in the morning as it wasn't even light yet. Bacon in the morning was one of the things I enjoyed most when I was a member of the Virginia 7th Regiment at their reenactments. We had one member, Private Drummond, who always brought his spider-skillet with him (cast iron...
  5. Twisted_1in66

    Goex Powder from Moosic PA Plant

    yeah that's the stuff in the old can. I bought some in 1969 when I bought a Pedersoli cap and ball Kentucky Pistol. For some reason, I stored some of it in a quart jar. Then in 2004 when I got my first flintlock, I couldn't find any black powder so tried Pyrodex RS, which didn't work at all -...
  6. Twisted_1in66

    Carburetor cleaner

    Cold water by itself works fine, hot water better, but watch out for flash rust. which comes back as rusty color on your wet patch. I just use cold water when I run out of my MAP solution. I don't remember whether it's warm water, or boiling water that causes flash rust...might be boiling...
  7. Twisted_1in66

    Carburetor cleaner

    The MAP mixture I've used for the past 20 years was equal parts of each. I mix 16-oz. Murphy's Oil Soap, 16-oz Isopropyl Alcohol (rubbing alcohol at least 70%, 91% even better), and 16-oz Hydrogen Peroxide). I mix it in a 48-oz. plastic container with air-tight seal for storage at home. I buy...
  8. Twisted_1in66

    Can you get 3 aimed shots a minute?

    That's real true, I broke a wooden one myself. Luckily didn't go through my hand and I learned to take short strokes with the ramrod (9" to 12" at a time) to seat the ball instead of trying to seat it with one or two stokes. Be aware, that during the Revolutionary war the ramrods for rifles...
  9. Twisted_1in66

    Can you get 3 aimed shots a minute?

    That part of the movie was inspired by two battles. First was the Battle of Cowpens (January 1781) where General Daniel Morgan had taken 600-men of General Greene's Continental army and 400 militia and headed northwest in North Carolina. British General Cornwallis split off a contingent of...
  10. Twisted_1in66

    Traditions Patented Breech Help

    Once you get it clean you can use hydraulic pressure to keep it clean. My first longrifle was a Traditions Pennsylvania Longrifle and it uses a patent breech. I still use that same method with my Early Lancaster Rifle from a private builder (was "tg" from the forum) although it has a standard...
  11. Twisted_1in66

    Can you get 3 aimed shots a minute?

    I've attached a pdf template with instructions for making paper cartridges like the one in my post. They are for reenactment rounds so we don't put a lead ball in them, but can easily be made to include a lead ball. Be sure you use a short piece of copper pipe or just a piece of a dowel. The...
  12. Twisted_1in66

    Can you get 3 aimed shots a minute?

    One thing you have to remember is that British Line soldiers who had to accomplish the "three shots per minute" rate were doing so using paper cartridges loaded with undersized balls (.69 cal. for .75 musket) and measured powder. they carried them in a cartridge box hung from their left...
  13. Twisted_1in66

    Flint to frizzen angle?

    You need to move the flint back a bit, especially if it is resting against the frizzen at half cock. It appears that you are using a rather thick piece of leather to hold your flint that is causing that problem. You should be able to actually fix this pretty simply. Just take the flint and...
  14. Twisted_1in66

    L&R Locks

    Did you oil the parts before storing them? I've had an L&R Queen Anne lock in my Early Lancaster Longrifle from a private builder. It works first time every time and I used it for a lot of reenactments while I lived in VA between 2006 and 2015. Not a lot or reenactments since I moved to...
  15. Twisted_1in66

    How many years Muzzleloading experience?

    I purchased my first black powder gun in 1969 at a local hardware store at the ripe old age of 19. I actually went in looking to buy an 1860 Army cap & Ball revolver, but they had sold it and weren't sure when they would get any back in. I ended up walking out with a Pedersoli Kentucky pistol...
  16. Twisted_1in66

    CVA Flintlock ignition issues

    Actually it works Great. Please see my post in message #17 of this thread. For the Three years that I used my Traditions Pennsylvania Longrifle in reenactments typically firing about 100-shots (blanks) per weekend in about 8 reenactments per year. All of the Traditions and most other...
  17. Twisted_1in66

    CVA Flintlock ignition issues

    A little clarification in how I personally clean my longrifles. First thing I do is remove the lock for cleaning. Then I put a toothpick or twig in the touch hole. Then I pour what I guess to be about 2" of my cleaning fluid (can be water but usually I use some MAP) down the barrel and stand...
  18. Twisted_1in66

    Flintlock Rifle Flash Hole Placement

    That flash hole is low but shouldn't be causing ignition problems. My first longrifle was the Traditions Pennsylvania Longrifle. I had a hard time getting some good reliability out of it because Traditions uses that darn tiny lock on it. It's actually the size of pistol lock and is much...
  19. Twisted_1in66

    1750 period rifle

    You know, most flintlocks would do OK for reenactments until you can get a better one. I had purchased the Traditions Pennsylvania Longrifle in the early 2000's (had a longer barrel than it does now). Nobody gave me grief about it except the fellow in our group who was a gun builder himself...
  20. Twisted_1in66

    From washington

    Welcome from Washington state!
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