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It's a big rifle for sure. Now to show my ignorance. How much more recoil would it have compared to a Brown Bess? 50 cal is the biggest muzzle loader I've fired. Does the rifling add that much more to the recoil? Inquiring minds wants to know.

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Welcome from the Lackawanna Valley..

A really novel way of dealing with the cross eye dominance. I have the same problem with crosseye dominance. I violate all the rules about shooting with both eyes open except for unmentionables with an unmentionable red dot thingy. Keep the red dot thingy (won't call it a sight...don't want to...

Aqua Fortis is Nitric Acid. Aqua Regia is a 3:1 mixture of concentrated HCL acid with concentrated Nitric Acid. Should be careful with Aqua Fortis...Be ABSOLUTELY paranoid cautious with Aqua Regia. Aqua Fortis will not dissolve gold; Aqua Regia will. FWIW I wouldn't play with either of them.

A little late to the party, but I have purchased both a Crocket 32 cal, a Traditons 50 cal Kentucky Long Rifle and various bullets from them. Never had a problem and fast shipping. I understand your caution. Good Luck. You should be fine with them.

How would you design a split mold with three wings? It would appear that however you would do it you would have either a seam in the middle of a wing or an asymmetrical split that would be equally hard to remove the bullet from because one "half" would be past center.

I believe he said that there was a rough spot in the barrel. He used the corn meal to increase the height of the load column in the barrel so that the PRB sat above the rough spot in the barrel. I could be wrong. It's been known to occur...just ask my better half.

Just plain electrical tape? It didn't melt or leave a gooey mess? or am I thinking the heat needs to be left there longer than it does?

Glad you got it out. Did the steam get the gunk behind it out? I've used a bullet puller alternated with a patch puller to break up and clean out gunk that was left in a barrel. ATB. Jerry

Thanks, it felt good when I saw it drop out of the barrel. I looked but could not find if jtlancer, the OP, got his stuck ball out. Anyone know if he did? Did he end up shooting it out? ATB Jerry

Thank you. I did as well...and the barrel looks real good now . ATB Jerry

You are correct. Lesson learned. Thanks for all the help everyone. jtlancer, how did you make out with your stuck ball? Jerry

Thanks be to Heaven...it's out! I ran the endoscope down again this morning mostly because I wanted to take a picture of what I was seeing in the bore. I guess the CO2 dislodger had done some good. There was a little row of dots of light on the one side of the scraper and the scraper did not...

Grenadier, You have given me some things to think about. Thank you. I will update when I try the next step. Jerry

Rudall, As I reread your post I noticed something. The flat end of the scraper is fully inside the stepped down breech. The front of the round body of the scraper is stuck in the stepped down breech as well. So it is a round stopper caught in a round pipe...like a cork in a bottle which is not...

Hi, Rudall, I put an endoscope down the bore. It clearly shows the scraper stuck in the step down breech. It is at the front of the breech where it narrows. It looks like it's good and straight but stuck. When I "mop" the barrel with a heavy dab of bore butter on a patch, there is quite a bit...

Hi, Professor Flintlock, It is a TC Renegade 50 Cal. Serial # 176XXX. Stock is in good shape. The barrel is looking good after a lot of steel wool and bore butter. Finding a gunsmith in these parts is tough. I'd like to be able to shoot it, but at this point I'm getting close to where too...

The CO2 dislodger came. It did not work. Now step 2.

Fabulous article. Thank you for the link. Jerry