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    Cutting patches

    :v I have found that the copper coated Power Belt bullets with a fairly stout charge will help season and remove small burrs from your barrel. Good Luck :v
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    Barrel Crown 11 or 90 Degree

    Has any of you guys considered using an eleven degree barrel crown instead of a 90?
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    Trouble with aqua fortis

    :v Here's what I think and what I've seen. The dark areas around the carvings appeared because those areas between the flat of the wood and the carving was not sanded as well as the other areas. The courser the wood, the more oil it will soak up and the darker it will appear. Try a small test...
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    Ball tumbling to remove imperfections

    I've tried the tumbling, rolling in a can, shak'in 'em up, sprue up and down. They all shot about the same. The only thing that I have ever done to make a difference is rolling them on a glossy magazine page with smooth piece of plastic. This was very time consuming but removed all flaws and...
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    Underhammer Kit

    I've done a little of that home color case hardening with a propane torch and an oxy-map gas kit, (which I like better). Just be sure that the piece is absolutely clean. When you reach the desired color, quench in clean water and keep that up till your done. I did a piece about 6 or 7 years...
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    Underhammer Kit

    It's easy now, but it will turn brown in a couple of years, if you must cold blue try Oxpho blue from Brownells.
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    How many leave sidelock half cocked

    I like to use a spent 22 mag. case over the nipple, a small string tied to the case and the trigger guard and there you have it.
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    maxi & mini balls in 1:66

    I casted a few 415 grain mini' balls from a Lee mould for my .54 Hawken. It will clover leaf at 50 yards. Havn't stretched it out further than that yet. I am using 105gr of Goex FFg powder. It kinda stomps on both ends, but that's OK for hunt'in. :m2c: :front:
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    Square Cut Patches

    Been lubing patches by the srtip and cutting them square for years. Put a few marks in the win column like that too. Personal preference would dictate this one, the ball and the rifling don't care as long as they are covered. :peace:
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    Sight formula

    Way back when, I was doing some reading and came across a formula that would give an approximate height of the front and rear sights after plugging in a couple of variables. I'm thinking that the variables were the distance between the sights, thickness of the barrel. Does anyone know what I'm...
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    Ball or minie

    Affirmative on the skirt spread in respect to engaging the rifling and creating a gas seal. I was refering to the skirt spreading outside the barrel and affecting accuracy results. :peace:
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    Ball or minie

    Wolfspotter, Consider trying some Wonder Wads under the Maxi-balls. This has improved accuracy for many shooters in your situation in the past. Mini-ball can be fun but be careful not to try too heavy a load, it will spread the skirt of the bullet. I believe that Lee sells a mold for the...
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    target shooting

    I was told way back when that the old timers choose their loads by the caliber of their rifle, 50 cal.-50 grains, 45 cal.-45 grains and so on. And on the other side of the coin I was reading that the men were loading extraordinary loads of up to 250 grains for 52 and 54 caliber rifles and were...
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    American Pioneer Powder vs 777 vs BlackMag'3

    I have been using BP for quite some time now. I always fire a lite load and reload before I leave the house. Normally when I am out all day I will unload and reload about midday. Kinda cures the itchy trigger finger. But, all that being said, I do not have a misfire or hangfire problem using...
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    Trigger Problems

    Nice post Zonie. That should walk anyone thru lock problems. This post is worthy of the printer for anyone who is not in the know. :RO: :agree: :thumbsup:
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    It hurts to be a Pilgrim

    I've been buying Goex thru the mail in 25 pound case lots for five or six years. I shoot ten or twelve pounds a year. Storage has never been a problem. I usually pay between nine and ten bucks a pound delivered. Have paid as much as eleven. A small story-started in muzzleloading in the...
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    Trigger Problems

    Sounds like it came loose on the inside. Pull the lock out and check it. Careful when pulling it out that the mainspring does not come disengaged. :relax: :front:
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    Shrinking Maxi-Balls ?

    That mid-section thang seems to be an epidemic!!! :blah: :peace:
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    Glass bedding question

    I use Turtle wax as a release agent. It works great. Next time, if you ever happen to get one stuck again, take it to the your local store and see if you can put it in the deep freeze for a few hours, when you take it out it will warm and release. Careful about moisture between the bedding...
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    Glass bedding question

    I like the Brownells Acraglass and have used many times. As far bedding the entire length of the barrel goes, (on a Hawkin style rifle), I prefer to bed the first three inches of the forearm and the breech end of the barrel about three inches from where the tang meets the wood. Several barrels...
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