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    wax "slug shots"

    I will. I recently moved and have a LOT of honey-do's in front of me at the moment. :haha: So it may be a little while before I can post results.
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    wax "slug shots"

    Thank you for all the replies. Now at least I know what to call them. I may try to make a few for the Howdah and see how they perform.
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    wax "slug shots"

    Had an old time shooter suggest for ease of reloading on a LeMat or Howdah maybe using candle wax to make a "slug" filled with shot. Anyone tried it? I have never heard of such a thing. He says a friend of his does it. Uses a wooden "mold" of proper diameter for the 20ga. Fills the cavity...
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    Percussion Pistols

    The cartridge explanation does make a good bit of sense. I think I saw a pic and account once of a Civil War soldier who survived being shot in the forehead with a revolver. I've often wondered how he'd survive that unless the shot was a lucky one from some range, now it makes a little more...
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    Percussion Pistols

    18 grains in a revolver seems light. Especially considering the intended target. Is that for a .44 or for a .36? Oh wait, just noticed that's Navy. That would be .36 then, wouldn't it?
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    hello from Arkansas

    Caught the bug early in life with that first Remmie and have a love of machines of all types. Although I don't think I'll ever switch to inlines for muzzleloading. I kind of like keeping them more traditional. Love my Hawkens too much as well. Inlines seem somehow like cheating. My family...
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    hello from Arkansas

    Thought I ought to do the intro thing. My first handgun was a graduation gift many years ago. It was an old steel frame '58 Pietta Remington. Since then I've added another not so old Pietta '58 with a steel frame, a brass frame Pietta '58, a brass frame Pietta'51 Colt I did from a kit, a...
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