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You are correct. No O rings in a Shiloh.

Anybody have one they want to part with? I need something to feed my new Hoyt .62 cal barrel with.

It's OK for diabetics. It's not made from sugar, it is made from vitamin C. I have been playing with making my own version of it here and it works fairly well, if a bit hygroscopic. Not quite as powerful as black powder but minimal fouling and makes great smoke. As for Pyro or the T7, I'd...

I sure wish somebody would make a replica of the Remington police model. Those sure are neat. Of course a percussion Bearcat would be too.

Hello and welcome Jason. You have excellent taste in firearms. Keep it up!

I'll just share my own experience with Sharps rifles. I bought a Pedersoli years ago, and it was nothing but problems. There was so much gas leakage that the block would freeze up after just a few shots, and the ignition was very unreliable. I learned that the Pedersoli design was different from...

I've never seen a Whitworth in anything other than .451. That said, years ago I remember one of the big name barrel makers playing around with Whitworth rifling heads. I can't remember his name now, might have been the guy who started K&P barrels. Anyway, the knowledge is out there if you have...

There's one on Gunbroker now. I bid on it because it was listed as a Starr but had pictures of a Rodgers and Spencer. He added the right pictures last night and it really is a Starr.

36 inch barrel, went from 58 cal to 62. Charged $125 plus shipping. It's more for longer barrels or other work, I had de-breeched it and didn't need anything but the new bore.

Potassium nitrate and ascorbic acid (vitimin C). Ho' made version of American Pioneer Powder that the cowboy action guys like so much.

He did a rebore for me a few weeks ago. Told me it was going to take 6 months, and I had it back in a week. Not a bad job either.

If you wanted to be official you could build a powder magazine as described in the BATF orange book, but I always just kept it in the original containers in the house too. I was more worried about smokeless powder deteriorating from the heat than anything happening to black powder. Pyrodex will...

I found out Golden Powder works pretty well in a flintlock if you get it going with 10 grains of black powder. Good power, no fouling buildup, and easy to clean. I had a batch sitting out in the open for a year so wanted to test it, and it still worked after drying in the oven.

I've tried coffee. It's hard to get it to be really dry, and it will mold readily. Sawdust might be a good way to start a fire. Hard to beat grits or cream 'o' wheat. BPI shot buffer works too but it's kind of expensive.

I have done what you are describing by mixing grits or cornmeal with my powder. It works fine, probably the easiest way you could achieve what you want.

Welcome from just over the mountain in Monroe county WV!

Dragon was imported from China at the same time as Lidu, I believe. I have seen and shot both. They are dirty, low powered powder but they will throw balls down range.

A successful hunt and good shooting! Congratulations!

Sure looks better than the hammer on the "unfired" rifle I recently bought on Gunbroker. I think I'm going to end up welding up the damage and recutting it.

After watching Brett Gibbons making pritchett base plugs out of magic sculpt epoxy putty, I wondered if the Pritchett concept could be scaled down successfully. I have a unmentionable 50 caliber rifle I bought to experiment with so I ordered a Lee 50 cal minie' mold. Those cast out at about...