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In 1980 a pal let me shoot his .50 cal Hawken. He shot round balls and used poly patches.. A few months later some people at the range offered to let me shoot one of their black powder guns, but they were using pieces of cloth for patches instead of those plastic things that my pal used, so I...

No. I doubt any of us will see another time like we saw three years ago, when anything that went bang brought crazy prices. Maybe if these things really tank in value, it will be possible to time the market and realize a profit, but I doubt "investing" in production black powder firearms will...

Welcome from Pasco, WA

42 years

Somehow I avoided putting it through my hand, but after breaking a wooden rod during a hasty patched-ball reload, I did the same thing Pondo did: steel rod for the range, Delrin rod for hunting and wooden rod for hanging on the wall.

I have used that type of load through my Seneca .45. It was hard on my shoulder, and although there was no damage I suspect it was hard on the gun too. I found that 65 grains of Goex fff with a maxi was tolerable to shoot and produced decent accuracy. Assuming that you are working up a...

Don't sweat it yet. One of your neighbors should be bringing it to your door within a week or two...

Start with 45 grains fff and go up in 5 grain increments until you get the best group. Max load would depend on the barrel make, but I would think about 90 grains. My guess is you will end up somewhere in the 65-70 grain range. Getting harder to find factory .45 cal lead conicals these days...

I've recently started following this thread. A few things come to mind: There is not much worse than an Idaho dirt road..... or better. Eastern Washington is indeed dry. Very dry. Damn dry. (Even drier than Eastern Idaho.) I can't imagine using a properly sized R.E.A.L. (Rifling Engraved...

I have had mountaineering some good pants and neoprene waders ruined by mice in my garage. I am not a "cat person," but we've had a few neighborhood cats take up residence around our property, and the mouse problem has gone away. I'm not quite to the point of leaving milk and cat chow on the...

It depends on where/ when in the cleaning process it gets stuck. If I just stick a wet patch down a dirty barrel more than six or eight inches I can just about count on it getting stuck to the point of very difficult to remove. If I start with a clean wet patch, and just go in a couple...

Not much squirrel hunting in SE Idaho (not much bark either as far as that goes), but in my younger years we hunted rock-chucks. Over the years I went from a .22LR to a .243Win, then a .54 ML and finally a bow and arrow. (A poor hit and a wounded rock-chuck ended that endeavor for me.)...

I live in The People's Republic of Washington and have purchased a couple new Black Powder revolvers in the past year or so, and they were shipped directly to me with no FFL. I don't recall the shipper.

Spent the day chasing muleys on the Palouse, in Eastern Washington. Have a doe tag and saw 25 does and fawns or so, but none inside the 75 yards I prefer. (Bought a .58 cal Kibler Colonial this spring, but I'm not dialed in enough, so I carried my old TC .54 Hawken, for its 42nd year.) I was...

Are you saying that the over powder felt wad is actually glued to the bullet - it stays on the bullet after it is fired? That doesn't sound right..

Welcome from the Tricities!

When all of the CWD news and testing came around, I started wearing rubber gloves when I cleaned my deer. Can't be too careful you know. Don't have a clue if it helped me avoid any neurological disorders - but my fingernails are sure a heck of a lot cleaner!

I've had good luck with Outfitters Supply.

The one thing we've all got in common - we've made an error in judgement - or two. Welcome back Sussex!

I recently purchased a Ridgid 165# anvil. I don't know about a ball bearing but it sure does bounce a hammer! Now - if I can just figure out how to make something with it!