Made my first 25 percussion caps today with the prime all mix, and made 5 with German caps. Will try them out tomorrow to see if they work? Went back to casting rounds again today, got another good run of .454 and .380. Guess I am caught up with round balls now.
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FINALLY run across the lead grease traps I’d stashed away in the bowels of my garage thirty five years ago. I was gifted three of these(brand new, never installed) back in ’74. Taught myself how to run lead in my sophomore science class, the teacher gave me a grade for it because he thought it was cool and kinda…….science-y. Put a lot of lead through my ASM Walker revolver back
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Rock Home Isle
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Back when I first started teaching, I’d setup my melting pot in my science room, in the chemical hood and my student aids would cast round balls for me…they thought it was awesome, I appreciated their efforts. Fun times, fun times…
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Willy
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I've started making paper cartridges for my Navy Arms 12ga double and can happily report that with the start of squirrel season here this morning, they work quite well on the local tree rats hoping to snack out on the nuts in my pecan trees around the house. 2 shots, 2 squirrels. And using the cartridge paper as wad cushioning and as a paper shot cup along with my usual home made over powder and over shot wads, nothing was wasted. I'm still working on the process of making them and loading them into the gun, but that'll sort itself out as I go along with it. The load used is 1 3/8oz of #5 shot with an equal volume of powder (Pyrodes RS for now until I can get some real FFg).
The powder end is up top, the shot in the bottom. L to R, the first three were made using dried out used lens wipes. The next three were made using small paper bags. The one on the right is where I figured to beat the Chinese on making a copy of the design using some Chinese newspaper that was laying around in the shop. At the bottom is all I found of one after it took out a pecan thievin' tree rat. I used the powder end to cushion the shot and the bottom end makes a nice shot cup. At the bottom is on the left what's left of the cushion and the what's left of the bottom of the shot cup. You can see where the shot was at in it. That was formerly a sales paper that came in the mail. Overall, I'm liking the lens wipe papers best so far.
The powder end is up top, the shot in the bottom. L to R, the first three were made using dried out used lens wipes. The next three were made using small paper bags. The one on the right is where I figured to beat the Chinese on making a copy of the design using some Chinese newspaper that was laying around in the shop. At the bottom is all I found of one after it took out a pecan thievin' tree rat. I used the powder end to cushion the shot and the bottom end makes a nice shot cup. At the bottom is on the left what's left of the cushion and the what's left of the bottom of the shot cup. You can see where the shot was at in it. That was formerly a sales paper that came in the mail. Overall, I'm liking the lens wipe papers best so far.
What did that set you back? I would absolutely bet that gun has some stories to tell!
Birddog1911
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I really enjoy last Saturday. I had a blast shooting with you fellows!
Going to post a fun video of that day on here soon...
Birddog1911
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What were you using? I learned the hard way that Bix Stripper is useless against Pedersoli finishes. Citru Strip did the job super fast.
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@Birddog1911, I was using citrustrip. It took me four heavy applications to get it all off. It’s not a stunning piece of walnut. Just your typical dark wood with some grain showing, but nothing spectacular. Haven’t decided what my next step is. Might clean up some of the metal to wood fit or I might not. Final finish for the wood is still up in the air. We’ll see what happens when the mood strikes to attack it again.
Walkingeagle
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Shot the trail walk again today, but this time with my .54 plains rifle. Was a great day with my son!!
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Dave Dworshak
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Held practice with the 4-H blackpowder team this morning. Got some b.p. supplies and caps at Sheel's. rifles and pistol cleaned.
Birddog1911
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Wow, that must have been some serious finish!
FWIW, after stripping mine, I used some Birchwood Casey walnut stain, 2 coats of BLO, and waxed it. Came out looking nice, almost an old military finish, which is what I was going for.
Trapper Scott
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Awesome!
Hi, I just received my New England Fowler from Jim Chambers, of course it needs to be built and this is my first from JC. How do you like it? Mine is 12ga
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Mine is a 12ga also. It was fun but challenging to build but I have no experience building a gun. Just take your time, keep your chisels sharp, and make sure to round off your pins. Really fun to shoot also. Can't say enough about the quality of the parts. Chambers are good people.
# Loja man
It appears they drilled inserted the nails,(pins) then cinched them over.
Did you buy the pistol?
It appears they drilled inserted the nails,(pins) then cinched them over.
Did you buy the pistol?
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