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Did you mean 30 yards?

I honestly don't remember but I do believe it wasn't put back on the rifle between shots? I only recall that Dr. Frasier had a rifle range well set up with concrete shooting bench and stations out to 300 yards. There were five or six of his friends there that were all doctors and I only knew a...

Yes it generally does win out! I will say one thing Patched said that was dead on the money,that being in a M.L.s range they are accurate enough.

I know very little about muzzle loading rifles? I bought my M.L. to hunt M.L. season that is all I wanted to do. I have owned several and all of them were accurate with or without the ram rod attached to the rifle. I have worked on several in my shop and they all were accurate as well. I can say...

I think you misunderstood what I meant by weight? I should have been more clear. I was refering to the thickness of the barrel not the weight of the ram rod. most muzzle loading Rifles have a thick barrel which does nullify a lot of vibration in the barrel which is what harmonics creates and...

I agree with your statement and might add that anything added or taken away will effect how a rifle performs.If you can't take something away you can cancel it out by adding weight to the barrel. A thick heavy barrel is used in target rifles because of this very thing. Muzzle loading rifles by...

Its like a dieter counting calories! You can't see it but it must be there? I dare say that the shooter has more effect on accuracy than a ram rod? LOL!

Your situation is different than his. You are not correcting a problem but you are adapting out of nescessity. This is a huge difference. What is strange to me is my rifles burn out nipples after many rounds. I can tell by how my shots perform at longer yardage. Once I replace the old nipple...

Check the bourbon boxes and see if anything happens to left inside is so I'll take them all! LOL!

Sometime back I traded a bull horn for some misscellaneous items . In the package he had some home made cleaner in a spray bottle. I decided to clean my Ithaca Hawkin .After running a bare patch to see if there was any sign of rust , the patch came out spotless. I took a patch and with the spray...

In my shop I make a lot of jewlry boxes for gifts. I like the moisture content of the wood to be 6%. A stock will work well at 6% I would think? 11% is way to high for me?

Listen to Phil! There is something else wrong. If you can't figure it out get help before you create a problem that is harder to fix!

I have said many times a man is wealthy if he has a horse, a dog and one true friend. It appears your friend had a true friend in you.

Makes sense to me! It might be a bit quicker than my method?

Why not give it four thin coats of Tung oil? Not pure Tung oil what the big box stores sell!

Very good information!

I know that soap and water will clean a B.P. rifle . I think we can all agree on that? What is an enigma to me is if the barrel is clean of all debri how can what was down it make a difference in whether the barrel will rust or not after cleaning? The only logical explaination I can come up...

I have several friends that are doctors and three that are dentist and now you tell me about getting dental tools?

I have used a lot of Pyrodex as well and never had a problem? I have one rifle I bought in the eighties and it is all that has ever been used in it and the barrel is fine? I use water, soap with patches made from old tee shirts. I lay the barrel over two burners on our cooking range and get it...

Not at my age now but I use too!