The Damned Yankee
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70gr Swiss 2f, 570 ball and a 15 thou TC lubed patch. Minute of Bambi when I do my part.
You got an accident report on those? They appear to have been in a head on collision.Slightly used lead for sale. 1 owner. Low mileage.
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Apparently lead is no match for steel....You got an accident report on those? They appear to have been in a head on collision.
Thanks for replying, @IronHand. You have piqued my interest in tackling game with roundball from the Parker Hale - I have an 1853 and 1858; slightly longer barrels than your musketoon, and different twist rates too. I have shot the .570 and .568 roundballs at paper targets with good accuracy, but didn't consider applying them to game - watch this space ...70gr Swiss 2f, 570 ball and a 15 thou TC lubed patch. Minute of Bambi when I do my part.
Ironhand
Man other than things that want to bite you or eat you you aussies got er made for stuff to hunt .Thanks for replying, @IronHand. You have piqued my interest in tackling game with roundball from the Parker Hale - I have an 1853 and 1858; slightly longer barrels than your musketoon, and different twist rates too. I have shot the .570 and .568 roundballs at paper targets with good accuracy, but didn't consider applying them to game - watch this space ...
Here's a lad I got using a minie (I did post this fellow a few months back).
Cheers, Pete
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Thanks for replying, @IronHand. You have piqued my interest in tackling game with roundball from the Parker Hale - I have an 1853 and 1858; slightly longer barrels than your musketoon, and different twist rates too. I have shot the .570 and .568 roundballs at paper targets with good accuracy, but didn't consider applying them to game - watch this space ...
Here's a lad I got using a minie (I did post this fellow a few months back).
Cheers, Pete
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I wish there was more on set triggersWorked on some set triggers today. Next up is the springs.
I love WA but no hogs like that, I hear of goats and wild dogs, but never seen any from Bumbry to Exmouth , last time we never went further north as we smashed the car up on its way to mt Augusta . I was disappointed in the gun shop too . All .222 and unmentionable guns WA is a bit like the uk very anti guns. As I said before Jondulup north of perth is the big gun range , I can do that in the uk , I have always been a shotgun hunter in UK, forget about bullets here in most cases . More disappointing as I took my compound bow to France ? It’s over run with hogs, but in over 5,000 miles not seen one, mabe next tripThanks for replying, @IronHand. You have piqued my interest in tackling game with roundball from the Parker Hale - I have an 1853 and 1858; slightly longer barrels than your musketoon, and different twist rates too. I have shot the .570 and .568 roundballs at paper targets with good accuracy, but didn't consider applying them to game - watch this space ...
Here's a lad I got using a minie (I did post this fellow a few months back).
Cheers, Pete
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Pictures would be very helpful.My Navajo neighbor replaced a set of wood belt knife handle slabs with hard birdseye maple ones. He wasn't sure how to stain and finish fancy maple , so this is what we did. Wood surface was beautifully polished w/0000 steel wool. Fiebings black alcohol base stain applied next , thinned to 50 % volumn w/90% rubbing alcohol. Gently dried the stain w/ hair drier , ( industrial heat gun) , warm to the touch , due to the handles and pins installed with epoxie. Too much heat would melt the epoxie. Next we polished the black dyed maple w/ 0000 steel wool. We had previously mixed some red and yellow alcohol stains together and tried the resulting shade on polished scrap maple. This color was applied over the black stained handles , heated gently warm to the touch , , and polished again w/ 0000 steel wool. Next , my Navajo brother dipped the stained handles in Watco Danish oil wood finish , waited a couple mins. 'til the handles were sticky , and wiped the sticky off. Every day for 5 days , another coat of "wipe on , wipe off " coat of wood finish will be applied and allowed to dry. If wear and tear things the finish over time , more can be applied over the first coats of wood oil. Gun stocks may be finished this same way. The black dye colores the maple wood figure , and the mixed alcohol dye gives the final color. Used this stain method on m/l guns since 1972.........oldwoodchas
Zinc will ruin your alloy. Bullets can just crumble or break as they cool.Hope i dont get hammered for asking because i honestly dont know.I know that it has to be pure lead to make the balls. But how can you tell difference between the two?
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