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  1. David LaPell

    Shot a really nice tree rat the other day.

    Deer hunting where I am here in the Adirondacks has been dismal due to how warm it is, but small game hunting is probably some of the best I can remember. Where I am there's never a lot of larger grey squirrels, I usually have to drive an hour or so south because all we have here usually are...
  2. David LaPell

    Thinning down a frizzen spring

    This is a photo of a Pedersoli Kentucky rifle, a newer one and you can find photo after photo showing the locks on these and the Pennsylvania rifle, which is the same lock. Take a look at the frizzen spring. It's the same spring.
  3. David LaPell

    Thinning down a frizzen spring

    Tell Pedersoli that. It's a Kentucky rifle and that's the frizzen spring they sell for it. I know what the spring on it looks like, but this gun was made in 1984 and sometime between then and now, they changed the way their springs look. I've checked with them and three retailers and even seen...
  4. David LaPell

    Thinning down a frizzen spring

    Because it's so thick that neither of my mainspring vices can even compress it. It's also so thick that it doesn't properly line up with the hole for the screw to fit the spring to the lock. It actually contacts the bottom of the pan too much.
  5. David LaPell

    Thinning down a frizzen spring

    I'm asking in case anything happens to the spring that's on it, I can just swap out springs.
  6. David LaPell

    How Powerful are Black Powder Guns?? - Ballistic High-Speed

    I've shot deer with everything from 6.5 Swede to .30-30 and up to a couple with 16 gauge slugs, but the two deer I've inflicted the most damage on were with muzzleloaders, both in 58 caliber using 425-450 grain Minie bullets that were .577" diameter. One was back in 2010 with a Euroarms Enfield...
  7. David LaPell

    Thinning down a frizzen spring

    When I bought a new frizzen for my Pedersoli .32 Kentucky rifle, I also got a new frizzen spring. The problem is, the spring is way too thick and is too heavy on tension. What's the best way to thin these down and reduce the tension on one. The photo shows the spring the gun came with and the...
  8. David LaPell

    Broken frizzen, is this a common thing?

    About three weeks ago, I was shooting my Pedersoli Kentucky rifle in .32, and the frizzen snapped. Now, the gun itself is 40 years old, according to the stampings on it, they put it as being made in 1984. I bought the gun used last fall, and for some reason, it came with a CVA frizzen on it. I...
  9. David LaPell

    WANTED WTB-.440" roundball mold, bag mold, traditional style.

    I tried ordering from him before, but every time I've contacted him like he says on his website, I never hear back from him.
  10. David LaPell

    WANTED WTB-.440" roundball mold, bag mold, traditional style.

    I'm looking to buy a .440" roundball mold, but only looking a traditional, older style mold.
  11. David LaPell

    When did small caliber rifles become a thing and why?

    I remember this subject coming up once among some historians and older hunters once, and what I was told was that it was much easier and more practical to hunt squirrels, rabbits etc. then deer which in many cases was harder to preserve. It was easier to bag a couple of squirrels and make a stew...
  12. David LaPell

    Ramrod spring and screw placement for Pedersoli Kentucky rifle

    My 40 year old Pedersoli Kentucky rifle in .32 when I got it never had the ramrod spring or the screw even put in. The diagram from Pedersoli doesn't show much where it should go, anyone have any photos where the screw and spring goes?
  13. David LaPell

    .32 Kentucky rifle and water jug test

    Not necessarily anything, but the only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down.
  14. David LaPell

    Egg tanning a bear hide

    I'm going to be going after some black bear here this week or so and I was wondering since I don't have time to really order the tanning solution, I was wondering if anyone has ever used eggs before on bear hides before, and if so, what was the solution? I see some mix with just water, others...
  15. David LaPell

    .32 Kentucky rifle and water jug test

    I did a test was with the Pedersoli Kentucky Rifle using 1 gallon water jugs. four of them lined up, again, same load as before, 25 grains of FFFG Schutzen, and a .010" patch. The .311" roundballs I used were cast from .570" Hornady balls I recycled and melted down. The jugs were shot from about...
  16. David LaPell

    Experiments with a .32 Kentucky rifle

    I bought a small mini gong that was rated for heavier calibers and a thick metal woodchuck target and my .32 smacks that mini gong around with ease while a .22 LR moves it some, but not with anywhere near the authority as a .32 roundball.
  17. David LaPell

    Experiments with a .32 Kentucky rifle

    I looked, I used a small nail with a flashlight to see but the ball was not in there, nothing but wood.
  18. David LaPell

    Experiments with a .32 Kentucky rifle

  19. David LaPell

    Experiments with a .32 Kentucky rifle

    After hearing and reading over the years that a .32 muzzleloading rifle really isn't overall that powerful, I decided to do some experiments for myself to see what it would or would not do. Recently I attended a match where the target was set up 200 yards away and it had to be shot offhand with...
  20. David LaPell

    Fur skin possibles bag

    I was at Fort William Henry today with my son and I noticed one of the guides/interpreters was wearing a fur possibles bag. I didn't get a chance to talk to him but I really like this design. I have a decent size muskrat that would work but not sure how to sew up a fur pelt compared to leather.
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