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I use a .678 in my 1816 Harper’s Ferry. Bare ball over a wad and just held by fouling after the first shot, shoots well for me at 50 to 75 yards. Old Shepherd

Gene 721, Is that the same Hege that made specialty agricultural science equipment? I have a Hege plot combine. If so, they are long out of business but I would love to find a Hege made revolver. Old Shepherd

50 years.

Welcome from SE Washington Old Shepherd

Welcome from SE Washington State.

You can either do it old school and use a ball puller on ( preferably) a range rod, or send away on the internet and purchase a silent ball discharger, which operates off a CO2 cylinder. They come with a nozzle for either percussion nipples or an adapter for flintlock touch holes. They are nice...

Thank you Sir. I believe that I’ll pick some up the next time I get to town. We will see how my skills are with it on dissimilar metals. Brass on mild steel. Old Shepherd

I have a question about the Solder-it. Is it an epoxy or is it just a very low melting temperature solder? The reason I ask is that it is very difficult for me to silver solder on old somewhat pitted surfaces like a front sight repair or replacement on an antique. This is because I don’t want...

I have taken that under advisement and will do a better job next time. I just wasn't all that proud of my shooting. Old Shepherd

Leadriver, I fought that same battle years ago with .32 Dixie Southern Mountain Rifle. I could not make it shoot well after the first or second shot. I did most of the things you did to try to figure it out. The lube changes and patch thickness, all of that. The trouble with some small caliber...

A couple of weeks ago, I posted that I had gone out and shot a couple of cap and ball revolvers and my original Smith Carbine. I have had to have a talk with myself and decided that at just almost 65 I need to shoot my muzzle loaders a lot more. Like I did as a young man. I have an abundance of...

Welcome from SE Washington. East of Mt Adams Old Shepherd

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Welcome from SE Washington State

Welcome from SE Washington State.

I got my last 1,000 RWS musket caps from The Gun Works. They are in Oregon. They are good folks. I have purchased rifles from them as well. The reenactment CCI musket caps will work on muskets but they don’t have enough zip to fire my 1859 Sharps reliably. However the CCI’s worked fine a week or...

When I obtained my first original civil war musket, in the early 80’s I could not buy musket caps locally. We just didn’t have them in the PNW in any of our gun shops. We had lots of #11’s, so I got a conversation nipple from DGW. It worked fine. Since the internet and the ability to purchase...

I have that very same pistol and I enjoy it very much. The only criticism I have for it, is the pan is very shallow. I get the best ignition when I use FFFFG in the pan. Other than that, I think you will enjoy it. About 30 grains of FFFG under a patched round ball makes mine shoot well with...

Saturday I got the rare chance of late to go shoot with extended family and friends. I shot my 1851 Navy over 50 times and my 3rd model Colt dragoon about 40 times. They both performed well and I got to use up bunch of oxidized lead balls. When the snow flies I will cast a bunch of bright and...

Saturday, I shot my 1851 Navy that I had loaded since December of 2023. I had loaded bullets directly over 20grs of fffg and greased over the cylinder with 50/50 bee’s wax and lamb tallow. I didn’t cap the nipples and had put the revolver back in my gun safe because something came up and I was...