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    T/C Renegade

    Goex (real black powder) is generally preferred by most in the traditional guns. Less corrosive than a lot of the synthetic powders and ignites easier. As for that renegade, that's one of my favorite factory rifles. You don't have to worry about a cheekrest slapping you in the face or a...
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    For the Lyman Shooters

    A lot of times you can place the flat part on something flat like an anvil and knock the slight bend out a little and make hard ones easier to go in. Of course all of them are different. Sometimes it's a chore to get everything lined up right.
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    For the Lyman Shooters

    Bend em slightly if they are loose and flipping them over doesn't help. Just pop em slightly with a hammer with both sides supported on something. You'll get a feel for it eventually popping it harder and harder all the while testing and get them to stay in afterwards.
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    .54 TC Range Results

    100 yards is a good number to live by when thinking of a 54 prb. It is effective to just over that, 125 would be a long shot for the average good shooting fella with a prb. 150 starts getting into the territory of risking wounding the animal and being inhumane even with a very skilled marksman...
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    T/C Hawken .45 -vs- .50 Accuracy

    It generally boils down to the twist rate if everything else is out of the equation. 1-48 is ideal for .40 cal and a ball. As you go up in size there would need to be a slight reduction in twist rate for every successive caliber for it to have the perfect twist rate. The same can be said with...
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    Lee minieball question

    Might try 50 gr with that Minnie. They are a little long for a 1-48 the lee REAL 250 does better. But what the heck you already have it so may as well have fun with it.
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    Lee r.e.a.l. Mold

    You'd need a faster twist for the longer one. 250 is more accurate in a 1-48.
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    Lee minieball question

    Try this, cast a session on 4 or 5 then one on 9 or 10 and measure the difference in diameter with an aluminum mould. Pure lead doesn't fill the mold as good as it cools too quickly and contracts slightly. Get the lead hotter, the mould is hotter, cools slower with not as much constriction. As...
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    .54 TC Range Results

    Yeah would like to see it. Those 1" hawkens are getting few and far between these days. You have a good one it sounds like. Just for kicks and giggles try 55 gr and see how she does. I have a renegade that loves 55 for target and 85 for hunting.
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    Lee minieball question

    Also there are 3 minnies I believe that Lee makes. One looks traditional, one similar, just fatter looking, then the one that looks like a soup can. The traditional one takes a lighter charge or it will blow the skirt. The other two have thicker skirts and can take more powder behind them. But...
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    .54 GPR effective range...

    150 is pushing it with a ball on game. They just don't retain energy that well. You need a bullet for long range and of course the twist won't support it like you already know on a gpr. You could load one up heavy and probably push the range a bit but most of them won't shoot that good loaded...
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    Peridersoli dixie cub

    No sir, not really, but I don't think many folks would want authentic these days, even though they imagine they would. If you want an overly heavy, unbalanced rifle with so so rifling and rudimentary sights then you'd have a hankering for authentic. If you want a well balanced, short, light...
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    Zouave

    Doesn't look bad to me. Maybe if it isn't right yet then you could keep at it. Another option may be to sell the stock on ebay to recoup the money for the new one. I think I have $275 in my pedersoli, wouldn't want to have $550 in it myself. Right now if I get tired of it I can sell it to...
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    Leman .32

    A friend of mine has one in 32. It is a very good rifle. Great fit and finish. Very, very accurate. His was a kit that he finished. I've heard mixed results from their finished rifles. Some folks say they are bad, some say excellent. Folks online claim it's luck of the draw, some of their...
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    .32 versus .36

    Just think of all the powder savings. It will pay for itself in no time. :grin:
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    .32 versus .36

    Well I use 30 in the 32cal, 30-45 in 36 cal, and anywher from 35-70 in the 40 cal on mine but thats just me. A 36 caliber prb is not to light for a coyote at all, people kill deer all day long with a 36 cal prb in some places. Just saying nothing against ya Yeah no problem buddy. A 22 mag is...
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    .32 versus .36

    I agree with you on the excessive fouling deal. It seems like a lot of folks must use bore butter or something similar. I use a 25 for squirrels and rabbits. According to the info on a 32 it would be unshootable after just a few rounds if I didn't swab it out hunting.
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    .32 versus .36

    In general small game loads would be 10-15 gr 32, 15-20 gr 36 and 20-25 gr 40. Every gun is different though, the ones I have tend to like loads on the lower end. A 36 with prb is a bit light for coyote. Sure it will kill one just like a 22 or 22 mag rim fire, but they are marginal just like a...
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    .40 crockett?

    Shh, they only shot balls, you're ruining it. Moulds are hard enough to find for the smaller calibers as it is. It's strange that you see more original conical moulds that look like a set of pliers, than a modern block style mould for sell these days. Of coarse the big companies used to make...
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    .40 crockett?

    Remember as the bore diameter grows you need a slower twist to accomplish the same thing. A 1-48 in a 32 is a slow round ball twist. In a 54 you want a 1-70 to accomplish the same. That's really where the accuracy tales come from for the 40. 1-48 is very slow in the 32, a little slow in the 36...
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