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Can 45 and 50 caliber Minie balls as sold by companies such as Track of the Wolf be safely and practically used in Thompson Center 45 and 50 caliber rifles with 1:48 twists? How about hawken type rifles with 1:66 twists?

Thank you. Will use pure lead. Just curious as to what the others on this forum were using.

Several outlets have 5lb boxes of Hornady .350 buckshot sized 000. Can this be used patched in a 36 caliber Green Mountain barrel and not hurt the barrel?

Thanks for the advice. I cleaned and cleaned and shot some maxi balls through it. I sighted it in and it seems to be at point of aim. I wonder what kinds of bores those Mountain Men may have had.

I bought a 50 caliber Renegade. The bore is pitted enough that when I run a clean patch down the bore, I can feel the roughness of the patch rubbing the bore all the way from end to end, and it is somewhat hard to pull the patch and rod out. With a flashlight, I can see where pieces of the patch...

I have one, new in 1993, that is tapped. But this one isn't. The stock has the channel, but no through bolt and not tapped. In the new one, the area immediately below the tang and into the channel has some glass bedding to support the through bolt in the channel. The rifle in question didn't...

I just picked up a GM .36 caliber TC drop in that is like new. Anyone know the twist rate?

I own a TC White Mountain Carbine that has the forward tang bolt that screws down through a channel in the stock into the trigger guard. My understanding is this was a modification that TC implemented to prevent cracked stocks on this model. I just picked up another WMC, and this one has a wood...