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    Tuning cap and balls for Cowboy action style shooting?

    Burrs and drag lines need to be attended to. Polished riding edges for the internal parts are needed for smooth action. Do you have a drag line on your cylinder? Any gouges in the cylinder lock slots? How would you describe the trigger break on your gun?
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    Tower

    I was thinking of converting mine to percussion. The strike geometry is rather frustrating on those Towers. A new mainspring sparked some life into it but after awhile the samo-samo. Then I sold it. Still it would be neat to convert a big .69 cal pistol to percussion. I had a problem hunting for...
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    1858 nipple rust

    < Only ever used Bore Butter. After drying, I swirl the nipples against a buttered up wad down on the table. Sounds simple but it is much like greasing a wheel bearing. Bore Butter gets pressed up into the flash holes while oiling. Displaces the water. For extended storage, I oil wads for each...
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    Crossdraw blows into town

    Howdy, just rode into town. (You can fill in the sound of spurs when I walk - chink chink) Have one 1858 Remington NMA reproduction by Euroarms. I shoot .454 round balls backed with 25 grains of 3F Pyrodex, cornmeal filler with CCI percussion caps. The Euroarms is pretty accurate with 3 out of...
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