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Ruger Old Army caps?
Ruger Old Armies are notorious for developing this problem. They are designed for dry firing, but that means that the tolerances are very close. When one of mine starts misbehaving, I find that replacement nipples are a significant improvement. I do not use ruger or ruger replacement nipples... -
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working up load for Rem 58
Melnic, In your first pic are there 4 in the one group and then two high? same pattern but a larger group in the second? If it were me, I'd repeat that first load for a couple of cylinders full, but keep track of which shot came from which chamber. It is most likely that you pulled the two... -
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working up load for Rem 58
Now I'm approaching 100% agreement with Dave - that's scary! He's right about there being no hurry to get your cylinder reamed unless you have already decided to make this a top notch target gun. Richard is right that for some of us, X's count the most. For others, you just want to ring the... -
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working up load for Rem 58
I agree with 98% of what Smokin 50 says. I would try the 27 gr to see how well it works for you, but I would also try smaller loads with corn meal/cream of wheat filler as well. I use 23 gr 3F filled with corn meal compressed with the loading lever or stand till the ball just clears. A 50-50... -
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Feinwerkbau Under Hammer Pistol
Flintlocks Inc - (317) 933-3441 sells cast balls in lots of the rarer sizes. I use their .355, .360, and .400 for various pistols. No web site, but might be worth a call to see if .362 is one of their offerings. Alan -
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Kentucky Kit Pistol Trigger Issues
In my experience all of the non-set triggers rattle some. I am not familiar with the kit you built - is the trigger in a trigger plate, or just pinned in the wood? The triggers in a plate are slightly tighter, but still rattle. The only thing that TOTW sells that would solve the rattling...- aross007
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IFG Guns - What's the story?
Sorry it took so long to reply - I was at the California State Muzzleloading championships. You are correct in that it shouldn't be much different from the LePage. When you say "adjustment screw under the trigger," where is the screw? If you mean the one that sticks down into the trigger... -
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IFG Guns - What's the story?
I don't know anything about IFG, but your replacement pistol will probably have exactly the same trigger pull as the one you returned. If you set the trigger by pushing it forward, it is supposed to be a hair trigger. If you don't want that, pull the trigger without setting it, you will find... -
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First Flintlock Pistol
I commented in the le-page load thread as well, but will add my opinions here to your other questions. I find that all flintlocks need slightly heavier charges for accuracy, which I attribute to the open touch hole sapping some of the energy. I also notice that when you seat the ball in a... -
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Loads For The Pedersoli Le Page Pistol
I use 27 gr of swiss 3F in my .45 smoothbore flint. Most seem to use heavier loads then that. You'll have to work up. I also use a .010 pre-lube patch with a .440 ball. You may find that the .433 ball is too small. Smoothbores are much more art then science - good luck. Why the cream of... -
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What Do You Use To Lubricate Your 1858 Revolvers
Another vote for Ballistol - I wipe the pin with it every ten to twenty shots and run a small patch through the pin hole of the cylinder. Works fine. -
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Pedersoli Le Page Rear Sight Adjustment
If you are comfortable working on the pistol and have screw drivers that properly fit the screws you can easily take the tang out of the stock (after you have taken the barrel out of course.) You will then be able to see and reach the sight adjustment. It should move much more than two turns... -
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Pietta 1860 smashing caps and jamming
In a normal NMLRA as issue pistol competition, (as issue meaning revolvers "as issued" in the Civil War) we usually shoot 50 or 60 rounds or more. As the match goes on, the cylinder gets stickier and stickier, until, as the OP reports, the hammer won't turn it. The solution is to take the... -
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Wasting Powder in A 5.5 Inch 1858
This thread has gone in another direction, but back to the original question about the powder charge, I once observed a shooter who was loading his revolver with pyrodex pellets. His load of choice was two pellets in an as issue .44 Remington. Not many shots into the match we observed that his... -
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Problem with Ruger New Army.
I always expect caps to come apart, and don't pay too much attention unless they fail to come apart and stick on the nipple. Most cap locks have a shroud or hollow section on the hammer which traps the cap pieces. Revolvers have a flat face on the hammer, so the fragments can go anywhere... -
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opening Uberti 1858 .44 chambers up
Richard, Reaming the chambers to match the barrel is permitted in as-issue matches. The originals were carefully machined so that the chambers and barrels matched, no reason we cannot make the reproductions as good. If you are shooting an International "original" match there are strict limits...