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    Cook and Brother Carbine

    The cook and bros firearms were a Confederate copy of the Enfield short rifle and the Enfield carbine. Their total production was about 7500 fireams of all configurations.There were many small scale confed. firearm manufactures that usually produced under a couple of thousand pieces. Many of...
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    Question on hollow based minie

    Doug, Here is what the the US Govt stated in a report dated 1856 that was in a document titled "Reports of Experiments with Small Arms by Officers of the Ordinance Department, U.S. Army". I am not going to try to retype the whole document as it is many pages in length but this portion deals with...
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    Enfield 61 carbine , getting better

    One thing I didn't see mentioned was your bullet lube. Having the grease grooves properly lubed is imperative when shooting these minnie ball guns both for accuracy and trouble free reloading. Cheers! Bob E
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    Rifle-musket sights

    Mike, The rules allow for the notching of the front sight base and soldering in a taller blade. The dovetailing procedure has the advantage of allowing the shooter to make windage corrections at the front sight. The rules also allow the shooter to use a rectangular notch in the rear leafs. A lot...
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    Rifle-musket sights

    Mike, I am familiar with the N-SSA as I have been a member for 3o+ yrs. Their rules allow for a taller front sight that can either be soldered on or dovetailed and soldered once the necessary windage adjustments are made. Rear sights can be filed down to produce a lower point of impact and the v...
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    Casting Stove

    Dont use the aluminum. It will melt and spill molten lead all over. It can be a real mess! I used to get good service from the 2 burner Coleman stove that uses white (unleaded) gasoline. Now I use a couple of Lee 20Lb furnaces. One of these is probably the same cost as a Coleman 2 burner. Trust...
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    Best Minie for P.H. Musketoon ?

    The Rapine mini works well properly sized. Its the same basic bullet as the Lymen 575213 but most of them come out of the mold a little to large. Bob E
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    Best Minie for P.H. Musketoon ?

    I used a Lyman 575213 sized to .577 with 45g of 3f goex. This combo shot very well at 50&100 yds.
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    rebore barrel

    Hoyt rebored a 7/8 barrell to .54 a couple of years ago for me but he made sure that the various dovetails for sights and barrell lugs were cut shallow. He also had me swear not to load more than 80-85 grains of powder. I think that this whole procedure made him somewhat nervous. He also talked...
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    how to fire blanks

    Back in the days of yore when I was a CW reenactor we made blank rounds in paper cartridges using aprox 70g powder. at many events we just tore open the cartriges and charged our rifles with powder only. Many if not most event organizers didnt want the papers used as wadding. Admitidly this...
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    Long Range Muzleloader?

    Brian, I have an Enfield short rifle that I can shoot 1 gal. milk jugs at 200yds. I dont hit them everytime but often enough to have fun trying. Cheers! Bob E
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    dripping furnace

    Bryon, If you decide to continue using the bottom pour pot then I have one more caution for you. Stay with the pot while your metal is melting. I have had the dreaded drip rear its ugly head when I wasnt watching and leaked 20lbs of molten metal all over the work bench and the garage floor. I...
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    dripping furnace

    Byron, I have 2 of the Lee 20lb bottom pour pots. One for soft lead and one for alloy. I have been using them for over ten years. Before that I was ladeling metal out of an old iron pot on a Coleman stove. Ill never go back! The drip is corrected by turning the slotted rod. It doesnt need much...
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    PA long rifle

    btech, A .58 cal rifle using a .50 cal prb at 200 yds? Great shooting!!! I usually use a .577 minnie ball and only get that accuracy on rare occasions. Good stuff! Bob E
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    Help shooting my rock lock

    Every post on this thread has some golden nuggets of information in them. I agree that a marksman should develop an accurate load and a sight picture from a bench before trying them offhand. I personally prefer the bone rest method for supporting the rifle but I know many shooters who extend...
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    Help shooting my rock lock

    While you are dryfiring work on several important techniques; Target aquisition. Find out what sight picture is best for you and your rifle and work at consistently using it. Breath control. When I was taught to shoot I was taught to take a deep breath and exhale 1/2 of it. These days it seems...
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    Burnside RM mould

    Jeff Tanner in England will make you any size rb mould that you want. Do a Google search to find him. Cheers! Bob E PS. I am assuming he is still in buisness. He is reasonably priced and has a quick turnaround.
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    Elephant Powder vs Goex

    Ive shot over75 lbs of elephant thru my minie rifles over the years and it performed well for me. It was a little dirtier and built up more coke in the breach than Goex but I would buy more if I could. Cheers! Bob E
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    1841 Mississippi-small problem

    If you are new to tinkering with sidelocks I advise you to buy or borrow a mainspring vise. That would apply to leaf springs. I have no idea what a coil mainspring would need to remove it. If you decide that traditional muzzleloading is your passion then you will eventually learn the skills to...
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    Question for the "old guys"...Is it just me or are there others?

    Bob P, You are just plain nuts! Cheers! Bob E Enjoy it while you can
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