Correct powder

[gl1200a]

Thanks! Got our next shoot on my mind :redface:

 

[AR.Hunter.308]

hi what cal. is your blueridge? I got one in .54 I shoot goex FFg or Fg in mine and prime the pan with FFFFg. I put a white lighting touch hole liner in mine to help with lock time (time hammer drops and gun going boom) they're sold through track of the wolf .com cost is around 10 bucks. I found with mine it likes the Fg better 50 grains of it a cast .530 ball and a .015 patch pillow ticking lubed with olive oil or crisco. shoots very tight groups off the bench. well we need to know what cal. gun ya got bud. that way we can help you more. Rawhide.

I have a .50 cal.

 

[AR.Hunter.308]

AR you are truely a newbe, so welcome to the forum. Rondys is short for rendezvous. Rendezvous is where we go to get away from the modern world and play mountain man. A rendezvous is a gathering of buckskinners who like to portray the fur trade era. A typical rendezvous will have primate camps(pre 1840) competition with muzzle loaders, knife and hawk throwing, and primative bow shoots. As well as a lot of campfire cooking and historically accurate beverages from the jugs.Rendezvous generally are not as strict as reenactments of specific events such as civil war reenactments. But as they say "A good time was had by all".The larger rendezvous have several venders selling accrouments and supplies. So if you are interested in muzzleloading a rendezvous is a good place to find both supplies and people with a lot of knowledge of black powder arms. :idunno: :idunno:

I told you I was a newbie. Sorry for my ignorance. That sounds like a good time. I might have to look into that down the road when I'm not so darn busy. I've thought about doing something like a revolutionary war reenactment, but that was before I had the bright idea of going back to school and taking Chemistry.

 

[AR.Hunter.308]

Go to a local gun club and inquire around. Sure most if not all the guys at these clubs may be modern gun shooters, but they may know who is into shooting flintlocks in your area or where there is a ml'ing club.According to the NMLRA magazine "Muzzle Blasts" there are 4 muzzleloader clubs in Wisc. Send me an email and I can give you PH. No. to the contact people of these clubs. These guys are getting their powder from somewhere.

I posted a note on the bulletin board of my gun club asking if anyone had powder, or wanted to go in on some powder, but no response yet. I'll email you.

 

[AR.Hunter.308]

In case anyone stumbles upon this thread in the future looking for black powder in the SE WI area -- I found a great mom & pop store that carries it. Bill's Sport HQ in Lomira WI carries Goex.

Thanks to everyone who commented and helped.