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    Cleaning bore: Is boiling water advantageous?

    This fouling you've described is the worst I've encountered. Right now I've got a gun with two areas in the barrel encrusted with what can only be the grease/BP condition you've described. I may try your gasoline method, though I've found extremely tight patches made of lead removal cloth, and...
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    56 cal TC w/rb's

    I have some .005 patches and they work fine in the T/C .56. I find them still intact after firing. Still snug with the .550 ball, but much easier to load then with the .010 patches. The .005 patches can be found online/mail order, but rarely in local stores, in my experience. No doubt the...
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    Newbie with a Bess

    Congrats on the Bess. Don't own one, myself, but wish I did. I also like shooting modern rifles, but the BP bug got me a couple of years ago. I love the history, simplicity and tradition in it, as well as the beauty of the firearms. All the reloading and shooting done at once is very cool...
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    I've finished the silver kentucky pistols

    Those are exquisite. Congratulations on such a fine job x 2!
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    Hello from France

    Hello Lonesome Rider, and welcome! I think you'll find, as I have, that there's lots of interesting discussion here. Sam
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    I'm curious, what would you make?

    I'd build a very dark, stoic looking New England fowler. A gun fit for a Parson. I've been on the lookout for a piece of black walnut to do just that.
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    56 smoothbore

    That was my first muzzleloader, and I'd say it's a keeper. Very accurate”“won a prize at my first shoot yesterday in the rifle class (rear sight's on the gun) shooting my Renegade.
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    New guy from Maine

    Welcome, Geoff. I can relate to your interest in the guns our NE ancestors got along with. Sam
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    I'd say that's just about right. Yup! :thumbsup: Just the thing for the Fourth of July.
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    HA! I was just editing as you wrote that. A mortar might be something not too tough to make, and would be an excellent noisemaker. Soup can size would be pretty good. Bowling ball size would be better.
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    Thanks GranpaJ”“I did order a stainless for the range but not the gun. If I break the next wood one maybe brass'll be the way to go. Or, I could find some tougher wood, maybe. Some of the archer's claim poplar holds up real well for arrows. Zoar, I have to admit I've considered all those guns at...
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    I have not tried .535, as I was told to stick with the T/C caliber and I've since gotten a .550 mold and found a few boxes of ball as well. I do have a box of .535 I got somewhere I'd intended to use, as the .550 ball is (was) a little harder to come by. So if I don't end up with a .54 caliber...
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    Perhaps I should try a thinner patch. No way I was going to get it started with my thumb! I was wiping between shots, too. But the Colerain barrel does have deep grooves and I was worried about a good seal. Next time I'll give .018 or .015 patches a try. It did seem accurate, though, and that...
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    I am hooked. I like the looks and I like the pace of shooting these old style guns. Don't like cleaning them, though. It is amazing flints ruled for so long”“you've got to wonder whether metallic cartridges will be around so long before they're replaced by caseless ammo, electronic ignition or...
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    Well I shot my rifle yesterday. Except for a few flashes and a blocked flashhole the gun seemed to shoot great. My first three shots offhand at about 50 yards grouped at 2"! All the rest were right in there as well. Only shot eight rounds or so, as I managed to split the ramrod a little even...
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    Thanks RC and Le Grand. I did buy a shot starter a couple of months back. Thought I could do without it, but the.56 cal. T/C is wicked tight”“really, that one could use .005 patches”“and I finally split the ramrod. Should've listened to advice I got to begin with and got the starter at the...
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    Thanks RC, I won't be afraid to try spit, and I'll see what I've got for old jeans that might make a decent patch. Got some bore butter. Some olive oil. Got some good bacon, too, and I suppose I could cut a little fat off it :haha: . I do have some .010 and .015 lubed patches I was thinking I...
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    Never in a rifled barrell. I've got a T/C Hawken caplock smoothbore and that's pretty much the extent of my BP long gun experience. I suppose there needs to be some room for the patch between the ball and the lands, and plenty of patch and lube to fill the grooves as much as possible?
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    So I picked up some Speer .490 ball. Nice and round, but they'll roll down the barrel. Am I more likely to do well with a ball that's a press fit into the bore”“maybe .495, or whatever?
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    New Shooter/First Flintlock

    Thanks Zoar and Many. I think this is a pretty nicely made gun. I purchased it off the sales area here on the forum. Nothing real fancy, but darn handsome. I like the steel parts and it's a nice piece of wood and the barrel's swamped. I'd say it was priced fairly, too. It really looks new. Don't...
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