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    Unboxing disappointment

    I hate to disappoint you'all, but from the European perspective the heydays of blackpowder revival are a thing of the past. During my 41 years of experience in BP shooting, Pedersoli never have produced any top grade firearms, maybe just a little bit better than the rest of the Italian shops...
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    Everything .40 Cal. Muzzleloader

    .40 cal is my long-time favorite. I have been shooting a .40 GM barrel from a TC Hawken stock, own a .40 longrifle flintlock (shoots nice, but I now use .50 cal TC Hawken for easier cleaning) and I have been using percussion pistols in .40 cal exclusively for about 40 years now. All for target...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Tried my hand target shooting my trusty percussion TC Hawken... well, not much of TC, to be honest: Green mountain barrel in .40 cal, "Deerslayer" set triggers, vernier sights ...I had been using this setup with some success at open matches and German state championships over the years. Then...
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    Would it be safe to use .451 ball in 45 cal (.440) Kentucky pistol?

    Shooting "naked balls" (that's what a distinguished British attendant at my club's blackpowder tournament chose to call it!) may be fun, but it will not procure decent groups. Besides, forced loading might damage your gun. A former member of the German national team broke my musket, while...
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    Has Lyman stopped selling muzzle loaders?

    Chorizo, I wasn't thinking about importing guns on a commercial scale. A few years ago, I took a percussion pistol on a flight from Europe to the the land of the free, and had no problem doing so, and taking it to a period encampment and blackpowder shoot at Angel Fire, NM. And back into...
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    Has Lyman stopped selling muzzle loaders?

    This discussion makes me smile... When I started in blackpowder shooting competitions in Europe, in the mid-seventies, Italian made guns were all over the continent. They came under a wide variety of brand names, but were basically all the same - let's politely say junk. By mere chance you...
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    Need some assitance with my first flintlock choice

    Thank you, grenadier 1758, for letting me know about T/C. I did not know at all that their production had ceased. (When?) Way of the world. Feinwerkbau of Germany has ceased their production of the finest percussion revolver ever made and also their excellent underhammer percussion pistol...
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    Need some assitance with my first flintlock choice

    Thanks for the answer, Grenadier - I was asking just out of curiosity. On my three rifles most used, I have replaced former TC-locks by L&R "drop-ins", as in national matches in Germany, TC locks were a no-no because of their coil springs. (And I also replaced the TCtriggers by "Deerslayer"...
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    Need some assitance with my first flintlock choice

    Thanks for posting that picture. Are there any other differences between TC flintlocks old and new, besides the "old" hammer being looking somewhat more elegant to my dim old eyes?
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    First Cap and Ball Revolver Recommendations

    Maybe I did overlook any statement on the type of shooting you're planning to do with that sixgun? For precision shooting I prefer closed frames, like the Remington NMA or the Rogers & Spencer. On the other hand, those didn't work at doing Cowboy Action Shooting (SASS, mode 1870). For that...
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    My first Pietta…issues

    Stan, I agree 100 %. But even if one had the money, to get themselves "a gunsmith who specializes..." to slick up and repair guns not working properly, they would have a very hard time f i n d i n g a craftsman of that kind in Europe. I've had a good friend work over a lousy Italian-made open...
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    My first Pietta…issues

    Sorry to say that most of Europe appears to have made some headway on the route to a life without weapons. In Germany, getting caught carrying a knife with over 12 cm (4.7 ") blade length in public will get you in trouble. Some European companies who used to produce respectable muzzleloaders...
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    My first Pietta…issues

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    Midway

    Fiocchi used to make percussion primers... I once picked up a pile of those as a blanket prize, at some blackpowder camp shoot. And I learned again that most things that come up as a blanket prize have been put there by somebody who did not like them... the primers you can see on the right hand...
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    Midway

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    Erataz Black Powder

    I still wonder why I went through all the troubles of getting my first can of P...., BP substitute, copuple of years ago. Maybe it was just the challenge of getting it. In Germany, getting BP substitutes first meets legal challenges, if they are not printed out e x p l i c i t e l y on your...
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    round balls don't do well

    Scota, that all sounds good to me, and most is identical to my own experience. I've been trying thread cutting oil mixed with water, but found that this lubricant used in mechanics shops obviously is great for attracting mould growth. I come from the land of Ballistol...this old-timey gun oil...
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    round balls don't do well

    Whenever you change something in your setup, take care to take notes of what you did. Never change more than one of your load ingredients at a time. I recall a time when all of a sudden n o t h i n g seemed to wotk for me anymore. I hade been fairly good at German type target shooting...
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    round balls don't do well

    This answer was the best I ever read in any of these forums. Nobody in the above comments ever gave a list of comparable parameters of there shooting: At 100 yards, did they fire their rifle offhand, standing? Kneeling, prone? Resting their gun on whatever?
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    SOLD T/C .45 cal. Patriot Pistol

    When I took it from the strongbox after quite a few years, I found that I had replaced the factory rear sight (which did not comply with national match rules) for a fixed iron sight. I also replaced the wooden ramrod with one made from brass (stronger, safer). The pistol was admitted to a...
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