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On my precarve rifle form hell I had the barrel rebored from .50 to .54, I should have left it a 50. It is tight at the bore and loose at the breech, I am not new to this game (50 years into it so far) but I have yet to find any load that will shoot well out of this barrel, lots of flyers and the groups are huge. I shot today until I ran out of .530 balls, a .535 won't start with any patch thickness.
 
Shot a couple gunloads through my 1851 and 1860 revolvers, didn't do particularly good but it was interesting. With my sorry ass arthritic right hand I have to shoot these guns left handed, no good feeling in my right trigger finger, can't feel the trigger. Also shot my fowler one time with a ball. Couldn't get the ball in the barrel with a patch. Tried ,020 and .18 patches and couldn't get it to start. Finally just bare balled it and it didn't shoot anywhere near the target. Frustrating day. Now I get to clean. I don't love cleaning BP revolvers. My fingers are my problem.
 
Beautiful day, went and shot some percussion rifles, for the fun of it, and unloaded my flint.

It's been loaded since Oct elk season.

Went off like a charm.


Now my truck smells like rotten eggs.




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Today was stock up day. Cut cleaning patches and shooting patches, made some felt wads also to play with. Those rotary cutters can make a pile in a short time. Just waiting for USPS to deliver my balls and I’ll be ready to go.
 
I shot my new to me Kibler SMR I bought from a member here. First time so had to do some experimenting with powder charge. I tried using ffg because I have enough of that for now, but only a half pound of fffg. This is a 40 caliber and it didn't like the ffg very much, as I suspected would happen. It really likes the fifth, though. Fun rifle.

Then I took it and my dog on a walk about trying to find some squirrels, but no luck. Didn't even find any sign. No rabbits, either.
 

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Studied pictures of some Moravian rifles for my next Build. I've been gathering parts. So far I have two nice stock blanks to pick from, a .50 cal B weight 42" swamped bbl, butt plate, trigger guard, ramrod.

I think I'm going to use a Larry Zorne Albrecht lock. I'll make the thimbles myself. And a Mike Davis Christians Spring patch box.
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Went to the range. They are NUTS, the weather people said it was supposedly 40º. BULL ***T! My fingers were turning blue. Enough of the whining.

Did this at 50 yards. .490 dia. ball, .010 lubricated patch, .70 gr. Triple 7 (FFFG), Winchester magnum cap. The weather sucked but at least I got three shots off before the rest of me turned blue. It was one of my shortest trips. I love these big targets, they make me feel like I'm a good shot. 😁

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Beautiful day, went and shot some percussion rifles, for the fun of it, and unloaded my flint.

It's been loaded since Oct elk season.

Went off like a charm.


Now my truck smells like rotten eggs.




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Nice. I love the wood on the flintlock, the wood on the other two ain't bad either but that flintlock........😍
 
Well today I cleaned up the smoothbore - installed a new brass front sight on it and raised a few dings and scratches in the stock from going places I should not have gone hunting deer and paying the price.
 
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