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    Picked this up ????

    Yep. I bought one of them too. I thought I was gettin a good deal on a flint smoothie musket. Boy was I wrong. I took it home and cleaned er up real good. Dropped a .50 cal ball wrapped in aluminum foil down the tube and shined a flashlight. Bore looked like a sewer pipe. It had at least 3...
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    Wheel weights to round balls?

    I been shootin wheel weights for neigh on to a year now. I just put em in my small Lee pot and when they melt, I seine out the steel clips. I also stir the molten metal around after that, let it set for just a minute and skim off the sludge that raises to the top. From what I have been told...
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    Smoothbore Loads

    Called Green Mountain today. Spoke with a very nice lady "Kerry". She advised me to send the barrel back and they would check it out for me. She said that the barrel should mike from .610 to .612. She said that they had no reamers in .590, so she did not know what was wrong. Guess I will...
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    Smoothbore Loads

    Thanks for the info. I will work on it this weekend. I am going to investigate the patched .570 RB's further. That may be the answer. I miked the RB's after I casted them,.600". That is what I thought I needed since the barrel was marked .62 Cal. I set a ball on top of the barrel and it...
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    Smoothbore Loads

    Well let me answer a few ?'s. This is my first smoothie. Yes it does have a rear sight as it is like a Renegade barrel, to fit the T.C. I wanted a smoothie, well cause I wanted one. I was going to mount it on my .50 cal Renegade, but when I found the .58 Big Bore, I put the barrel on it. The...
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    Smoothbore Loads

    It took some effort to push the ball just past the muzzle, but about 1" down it became easy. Still some pressure was required, but went right on down. This might indicate some sort of slight choke. The .570 with the heavy patch material was the same way. Had to strike the ball with the butt of...
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    Smoothbore Loads

    I have a Green Mountain barrel mounted on my TC .58 Big Bore. I says .62 cal, but mikes out at .59 cal at the muzzle, making it about a 23 gauge. LOL. I casted up some .600 balls of weelweights and lead. Had to beat the balls down with a mallet on top of 65 grains of 3f. No 2 shots were anywhere...
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    Leaving smoothbore loaded

    :( Well the 3 month old load still fired. I shot at a sheet of typing paper with a 1" dot in the center. 60 gr 3f 70 gr measure of #6 shot at 25 yds. I was disappointed to say the least. The load fired, but seemed to have less recoil than I was expecting. Only 4 pellets hit the paper about 3...
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    Leaving smoothbore loaded

    Ok. You guys... I get the picture. I wanted to know and now I do. As for safety... I am. My family is. And we all shoot. Each member has their own gun. From the wife (she has two) down to the 11 year old daughter. For the most part they are not into muzzleloading (yet) and don't touch them...
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    Leaving smoothbore loaded

    I left my .62 smoothie loaded after spring squirrel season was over in June. Of course I removed the cap. What is ya'lls opinion iffin the load is still good to fire. I know that rifle loads have been found loaded for up to a 100 years or more and still shoot. I haven't heard about a shotgun...
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    Price of shot

    Shot Maker?????? I need information concerning this item. I have never heard of one. I got a 5 gal. bucket of wheel weights now. I have heard that wheel weights make a pretty hard ball. Its ok to practice with but too hard to hunt with. Just won't expand like pure lead. Might be good to...
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    Rusty Barrel

    I had already run the ramrod down the barrel. This is why I mentioned the patent breech.. as the rod would not go all the way to the breech plug. I to have found loaded ML's in stores for sale. But this was different. Anyway, I wrapped steel wool with penetrating oil around a .50 cal jag and...
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    Rusty Barrel

    Well guys, I bought it. Figured that the stock and lock were worth the $45.00 dollars I paid for it. I do not know Mr. Hoyt. Please advise of contact information. Took piece a part and started on barrel. It is really bad. Poured penetrating oil down barrel and let soak. Took the nipple...
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    Hello the Camp

    Thought I would introduce myself. I am a retired Marine (1991) and currently employed for the last 15 plus years as a LEO. I live in Southwest Arkansas on 9 acres of land. I am raising kids (still got 3 at home) and enjoying life as best I can. I have been shootin muzzleloaders for over 20...
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    Rusty Barrel

    I was checking out my favorite store (pawn shop) and found an extremely used T.C. Big Bore .58 cal. The percussion lock functions properly and is in good order. The barrel, however is a different matter. As far down inside as I can see, there is no rifling... Just lots of rust. I figure it goes...
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