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Was pretty cool and rainy so into thy shop for a day of running ball, and minie. I cast a heap (the technical term) of .585 Stakebuster, .578 Lee minies, 40 cal REAL and .515 Spencer. I went thru almost 20 pounds of lead.

Doing a little more digging Eley was under ownership of IMI. IMI ceased sporting ammunition in 1970. I think I'll tear open a package and see if they go pop!! My 20 bore needs to go for a walk.

I'm very familiar with ELEY. I shot on the rifle team in college. We practiced with Remington match and competed with Eley. I guess I didn't realize how long they've been around.

You may be right, EB very well could be Eley Brothers. It's hard to imagine the caps are 100 years old.

In 1980, when I got my first muzzleloader, Remington caps were $1.00 a tin. But they were lousy caps; the tin was always full of the compound which fell out of the caps. Thank goodness CCI got in the game.

Lol, maybe I should. But I've had these in storage a while.

This is the last one...I promise. I know these aren't that old. When I started reloading shotshells in 1980 Alcan wads and primers were listed in my loading manual. I never knew Alcan was made in France. Check out the original price. Eighty Five cents per tin. But I bet minimum wage was...

More of the stuff I bought a few years ago. What is an EB cap, and approximate age? Again, these are not for Sale, swap, or trade. @Artificer @Feltwad @Britsmoothy

I bought these caps a few years ago. I recently discovered them in a box of stuff. These are not for sale, trade, or gift. I haven't seen a 250 cap tin, nor a No. 16 cap. I haven't opened the tins, ( I have 6) but I might see if they go bang. After all, the tin says Warranted.. lol. They...

What he said ^^

To The Top, a bump.

I agree. I started at 50 yards, but I'd get a serving platter size group, many missing the paper. It was definitely a struggle. I got butcher paper which helped see where they were going. Like cartridge arms, changing anything in the load can have a huge impact. Changing multiple things...

When I started trying to get decent groups I was so disgusted I dropped back to 25 yards. I was getting 12 MOA at 50 yards, benched. After getting a mold closer to bore diameter things got better. Sizing them to .002 under bore helped greatly. I then read where some competitors use scales...

You can expect poor accuracy. A minie won't expand much. I size mine .002" undersized. Also there is an issue with twist and weight. I have a Buffalo Hunter ( cut down Zouave) that won't shoot a 450gr or heavier minie but does well with a 315gr minie. Most 58 minies are from 450grs and up in...

Based on your patterns I think the gobblers are in trouble. The Skychief load works really well on stationary targets like turkeys. You may give it a try. There is a sticky at the top of this section on the Skychief load.

I've hunted on lakes a time or two and didn't have a dog. If a bird hit the water and started paddling we'd hit it with a Swatter load to put it down and let the waves carry it to shore. Truthfully, I've never hunted in a boat with a muzzleloader. I've also Puddle Jumped ducks from the bank...

Spark, were any of the shots Swatter shots; ie to finish off Waterfowl before they get away? If you did, then taking them away would definitely up your shot to kill ratio. That's some Amazing Shooting? I'm not sure if you're Royalty or a Market Hunter. Lol. Keep Shooting!!

I agree with Britt 💯. I attend the Red River Shotgun Soiree and last time I was shooter #62. Many advanced level Trap and Skeet competitors were there. I am not one of them due to my stopping my swing. I saw many use 2 thin overshot cards as their overpowder wad, and 1 thin overshot card over...

@Grenadier , did this one sell also?

@Grenadier, has this fine Revolver sold? If so I'll close this ad.