Yeah I got a little cast iron ‘lodge’brand pot, about a pint and a half sized. Came with trivet feet that I dermaled off, can sit flat now.
I cast when the Mrs is out
I cast when the Mrs is out
Sorry for replying myself but yesterday , after reading a post from Rickystl in Photos forum a thread on Moroccan Snaphaunce https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/moroccan-snaphaunce.112585/ I took a caliper and measured ball and bore. It is a .60 cal. , not a .62 one.This one, no kidding, I´m not that old:
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A Marroccan snaphaunce mucala that was decorating a corner of a room till I took charge, cleaned the not very smooth
bore, repaired its mechanism, replaced fastenig rings and ramrod and now fires .62 cal PRBs.
The barrel seems to be a really old one, octogonal at first inches and silver inlaid, rounded till muzzle.
The marroccan name "mucala" is a word derived form spanish "miguelete" or "miquelet" which barrels were in common use to built these weapons.
This one may perfectly be one of them.
The total lengh is 5 ft and 3".
Hope you like it as I do
My first muzzle loader is a 3rd model contract Pat 1853, South Australian marked. Was found in the station store room, cleaned up and given to my mother. She used it to keep me happy when sick in bed, she would pop it on the bed and I would play with it. I was not allow to cock it so as to not damage the cone. I was frequently ill as a small child. I first got to shoot it at the age of 13. I still have it and it shoots minnies ver well. Gordon sepia copy by Gordon Hazel, on Flickr
My first muzzleloader and only one , for now is a TC Omega 50 cal. that is very accurate. I understand that it is a modern inline as opposed to the older pieces some of you are talking about. I recently had to send it in for a broken trigger mechanism and was very happy with service I received, the gunsmith found a bugle in the barrel. They tried to say that it had a double load fired through it, but I am the only one to fire it and have my ramrod marked for different loads and bullets/sabots. They replaced it with a Stainless Barrel as they didn't have the Omega black barrel in stockIt was Ron Shirks that would sell last years model TC Renegade for $90 on an inventory reduction sale at the end of the year.
One of these guns was my first M/L in around 1974.
I bought a variety of TC guns over the years, some were accurate, some were not, we didn't know about working up a load so it was hit or miss.
On my last new TC gun I pulled the lock and found the lock inlet consisted of hot melt glue placed around the inlet to hold the lock in place.
I swore off TC guns after the hot melt deal but ended up making a Renegade from random parts and building a 30 year old TC Hawken kit my father had.
And dang if I didn't buy a new unfired TC Grayhawk at a flea market the other day for $95. I didn't need the gun but couldn't pass up the deal.
TC guns seem to creep back into my life.
This one, no kidding, I´m not that old:
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A Marroccan snaphaunce mucala that was decorating a corner of a room till I took charge, cleaned the not very smooth
bore, repaired its mechanism, replaced fastenig rings and ramrod and now fires .62 cal PRBs.
The barrel seems to be a really old one, octogonal at first inches and silver inlaid, rounded till muzzle.
The marroccan name "mucala" is a word derived form spanish "miguelete" or "miquelet" which barrels were in common use to built these weapons.
This one may perfectly be one of them.
The total lengh is 5 ft and 3".
Hope you like it as I do
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