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If you shoot a burglar does that count as proof of usage?
IF you unlocked your gun safe, loaded up your muzzleloader and shot the burglar, that would be construed as murder. Armed burglary here in UK, regardless of what you might have read, is incredibly uncommon, and might happen if you had something worth taking the risk for. Most people I know, me included, have nothing that would persuade a burglar to pay a visit.
However, defending yourself if you are in fear of your life, or to prevent harm to your family, is allowed, again, no matter what you have read, heard or been told. Many cases result in the death or serious injury of the burglar, and the victim usually walks free.
Remind me never to move to the UK!
Okay, never move to the UK.
You said there is no need for progressive rifling with modern rifling. Why is that?
No modern gun needs progressive rifling - FMJ bullet just don't work like that.
I read through W.S. Curtis' write up on Managing the Enfield and have a few questions for you. It was a good read!
Bill Curtis, with whom I had many a fascinating chat, was THE man as far as the Crimean War was concerned, but was, in fact, an all-round encyclopedia of firearms information. A descendant of the Curtis & Harvey gunpowder millers, he will be very much missed.
You have mentioned putting a copper washer under the nipple. Curtis recommends using teflon tape on the threads. Are you using the washer instead of the teflon?
I use both. I also remove the nipple to clean up, although some here view that as errant sacrilege of the highest order, like stomping on puppies.
Do you use a flash pan under the nipple?
Nope. It's not prototypical, although that's as far as I go with the HC business - to me it just looks wrong, like putting a Harris bipod on a P53. I do, however, have a confession to make. I protect the wood and metal surface around the bolster with a few dabs of the E45 skin cream cream I mentioned in another thread. It works, AND it's good for the hands, too.
And one last question - what is the steel ramrod good for besides stiffening the stock? The previous owner of my gun tried using it as a cleaning rod, but the sharp edges of the slot cut the rag. I've since de-burred the thing, but think it could still slice a bit of cloth pretty easily.
I leave my ramrods safely in the channel, and use a suitable range rod for all else. I use a set of high-quality jags - mine are button-style, like those used by Mike beliveau - they work well for me, and I effectively clean the barrel for every shot. I DO have a correct Whitworth-style hexagonal ramrod for the Whitworth though - about $50 from Peter Dyson here in UK. Sadly it won't fold for ease of shipping. The very best such ramrod I ever had had a series of hexagonal washers that were captive but free to rotate very slightly around the rod per se. In that way it actually conformed to the helix of the rifling as it went down, and back up. Needless to say, I no longer own it, but some thieving ******d does. I wish him a case of violent diarrhea combined with uncontrollable sneezing for ever.
If you shoot a burglar does that count as proof of usage?
IF you unlocked your gun safe, loaded up your muzzleloader and shot the burglar, that would be construed as murder. Armed burglary here in UK, regardless of what you might have read, is incredibly uncommon, and might happen if you had something worth taking the risk for. Most people I know, me included, have nothing that would persuade a burglar to pay a visit.
However, defending yourself if you are in fear of your life, or to prevent harm to your family, is allowed, again, no matter what you have read, heard or been told. Many cases result in the death or serious injury of the burglar, and the victim usually walks free.
Remind me never to move to the UK!
Okay, never move to the UK.
You said there is no need for progressive rifling with modern rifling. Why is that?
No modern gun needs progressive rifling - FMJ bullet just don't work like that.
I read through W.S. Curtis' write up on Managing the Enfield and have a few questions for you. It was a good read!
Bill Curtis, with whom I had many a fascinating chat, was THE man as far as the Crimean War was concerned, but was, in fact, an all-round encyclopedia of firearms information. A descendant of the Curtis & Harvey gunpowder millers, he will be very much missed.
You have mentioned putting a copper washer under the nipple. Curtis recommends using teflon tape on the threads. Are you using the washer instead of the teflon?
I use both. I also remove the nipple to clean up, although some here view that as errant sacrilege of the highest order, like stomping on puppies.
Do you use a flash pan under the nipple?
Nope. It's not prototypical, although that's as far as I go with the HC business - to me it just looks wrong, like putting a Harris bipod on a P53. I do, however, have a confession to make. I protect the wood and metal surface around the bolster with a few dabs of the E45 skin cream cream I mentioned in another thread. It works, AND it's good for the hands, too.
And one last question - what is the steel ramrod good for besides stiffening the stock? The previous owner of my gun tried using it as a cleaning rod, but the sharp edges of the slot cut the rag. I've since de-burred the thing, but think it could still slice a bit of cloth pretty easily.
I leave my ramrods safely in the channel, and use a suitable range rod for all else. I use a set of high-quality jags - mine are button-style, like those used by Mike beliveau - they work well for me, and I effectively clean the barrel for every shot. I DO have a correct Whitworth-style hexagonal ramrod for the Whitworth though - about $50 from Peter Dyson here in UK. Sadly it won't fold for ease of shipping.
The very best such ramrod I ever had had a series of hexagonal washers that were captive but free to rotate very slightly around the rod per se. In that way it actually conformed to the helix of the rifling as it went down, and back up. Needless to say, I no longer own it, but some thieving ******d does. I wish him a case of violent diarrhea combined with uncontrollable sneezing for ever.
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