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You are right it's definitely easy to fall for gimmicks. I definitely haven't had the benefit of first-hand knowledge. I'm the first person in my circle of family and friends to try muzzle loading. I have been going off the plethora of information on the internet. As far as my cleaning process...

That makes sense. I will see if I can make that homemade mixture. What do you mean by water soluble oil? Google is giving me multiple results. I just want to make sure I get the right stuff and don't add to the problem with the wrong oil.

I have no idea. I am still very much a beginner in regards to black powder. It could be all or any one of those things. I will say that the bore is shiny but it does have what looks like circular tooling marks. It has a few small scattered pits but is by no means a sewer pipe. I can tell you...

I'm going to charge up the paddles and resurrect this thread from the dead once again. I read the article attached to one of the posts above this one and was left with the impression that everything I know is wrong. There was a lot of information to process in the article. It doesn't help that...

Does anyone have experience with Spitfire nipples? Are they as good as hot shot? I am having trouble locating hot shot and flamethrower but plenty of places have Spitfires.

Alright I hit the range today. I had so so performance. I got off three shots no problem other than SEVERE fouling. Had to swab with a dry patch each time and even had bust out the wire brush. I have never had to before. I don't know if goex changed their recipe. Like I said I swapped the old...

So I followed the advice of several folks here. I cleaned the fire channel as best I could. Had trouble finding something to use to clean but when I shine a light where the nipple would sit the light passes down the fire channel and illuminates the bottom of the barrel. I have a different but...

Thank you for the clarification. That sounds like a great idea and I would gladly try it. However, I have never seen a can of 4f black powder ever. For starters I only know of two places in my state got are licensed to sell black powder. These are 2 hours away there may be others but they would...

As far as cleaning goes I use dry patches every one to two shots. At the end of the session I use wet patches with solvent. I don't use dry patches to get the solvent I let it stay in the barrel for the ride home. Once home I stick the barrel in hot water off the stove. I swab the barrel letting...

Are you saying put powder in the nipple before I put the cap on?

I could potentially do this. Did you just use a grinder to make this happen or was there more to the process?

I got a lot of responses with advice I appreciate it. I will try to address all the questions I saw in this one post. In regards to powder I have tried both black powder and Triple 7 and had unreliable ignition with the new nipples. To clarify I have purchased New Traditions nipples in both...

I have always done it after I put the ball in. This could very well be the problem. It makes more sense to do it without as it's not all compressed. I will definitely give this a shot when I hit the range next week.

I don't think I have a number 50 but I have a very small one that came with a dremel kit for some reason. With all the nipple purchases I have some spares. I will give this a try on one of them.

Picked up my Traditions .54 Hawken several months ago used but in good condition. I used the number 11 nipple it came with until it wore out. With this nipple I had good reliability. When it came time to switch I got a Traditions musket nipple with the correct thread. Reliability went to crap...

Patched round ball I believe.

A big thank you to those who took the time to type out all that interesting information. I learned quite a bit. I didn't realize were rifled muskets. I also changed what I do during loading and had a much easier time of loading today.

Thank for the insight Dave. I am still a newbie. Where might I find patches with a selection of different thicknesses? Normally I'm lucky if I can find them at all. Do you Lube your patches? If so with what?

I was using real black powder the other day for the first time. Up until then I have been using substitutes. Apparently my cleaning routine was inadequate for black powder. I encountered flash rust for the first time. I was able to get the barrel under control as well as the area under the...

Something I have been pondering is how it they fought with rifles back in the day. I know from experience with my rifle I can get two maybe three shots without cleaning. One time I did an experiment to see how many shots I could fire without cleaning. By shot number three the barrel was so...