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    Can you Fix bad Flints...?

    I have been shown and have used the big round end of a turnscrew to gently tap on the top edge of the flint. Looks good, works fine, last long time...
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    It all started with one!

    Lets see I started a little under two years ago and I have.....ummmm..1..2..3..4..5..6...then sold two others and have ordered one from Mike Miller. Addiction !!! I don't think you have started on the hard stuff yet..
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    >45 fouling

    Thanks the next time I go a plinkin I already have some thicker patch materal and will load a little tighter and pack a tech harder.
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    >45 fouling

    I will gat a nylon brush and give it a try..40 gr in the 45 hit on target at 60 yrds, tried 50 gr a couple of times but the rifle seemed to loose the crack sound when it discharged..Fergot to take my chronograph to clock the loads ..Oh well save that for next time. Speaking of the time I am...
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    >45 fouling

    Sorry for the delay but I took Stringbean (the 45 cal longrifle)out to play this past weekend. I used the WWF to clean the bore of the rifle....plug flash,pour an amount down the bore swih back and forth then dry the bore, works good without over cleaning the bore.I used nothing this time but an...
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    >45 fouling

    Easy 4f black powder in the flash....Thanks for the responses I have ordered some Old Eynsford powder and since it will not arrive until next week I will use some of the water based patch lubes at this weekends shooting session...I believe some of you are right and I am using too much oil based...
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    >45 fouling

    Thanks for the replies.I have shot percussion for a few years without any problems except in 45 cal ?? The bigger bores would go almost all day long without fouling.. The plug has a groove in the face to channel the flame from the touchhole liner to the charge..The gun had set for a couple of...
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    >45 fouling

    I have a 45 cal Tenn/Kantuck style longrifle with the flat style groves and lands in the bbl. I can at most get three shots off before the PRB will fail to seat on the powder load...I have tried Goex fff, pyrodex fff,KIK fff and 777 fff all foul the barrel quickly..I tried wiping the bore...
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    Recovered range lead

    I will have to agree with the pistol balls being to hard...the scrap worked fine in the rifles but it was a job loading my 1858 pistol!!!Fergetted bout dat...
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    Recovered range lead

    I seem to have good results with the PRB cast from recovered lead in the rifles....I will try to melt them at the lowest temp that will melt the lead so the impurities will float to the top for the most part, Then skim off the crud and cast into little bricks,Later remelt a little hotter and...
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    I am starting to think flintlock....

    14"pull, 56" total..I have not got the picture on the internet thang figgered out yet.. Yep the rifle has a gold tone to the light green with brass fittins, hence it looks like a long thin Stringbean......P.S.....Live in GA. but the family came from the Seiver County Tn area..Still a bunch with...
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    I am starting to think flintlock....

    Too late!!!!! I've already got a 56"long Kentuk .45 cal smoke pole That I acquired from an estate sale that was 75% done, curly maple stock that was finished in a light gold,green color( Its name is "String Bean"). I am in the process of breaking in the barrel.
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    I am starting to think flintlock....

    HillbillyAO...my super great grandfather was in Capt. George Taylors Company as a private.He was only 17 yo when he fought at Kings Mtn. Hey weuns might even be relations......I got my first flintlock about one year ago(one of them Italian remakes)Its ignition was so bad that I named the gun...
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