Hi, I'm new to this group. I am a Revolutionary War re-enactor and I have a short land version British Brown Bess flintlock Musket. I want to use it this year...
Tuning My CVA Bobcat 50 Caliber Well, my journey with my first bp rifle is finished. I got several guns but never owned a bp rifle before. A couple of years...
odie: I too will be hunting with my Bess for the first time this year. My Japanese made bess is a tight fit with .735 balls and shoots well with .715 balls. I...
Mike, Thanks for the quick response. Archery season started Oct 1st here in Ohio with gun season starting November 28th. Our Muzzleloader season is December 27...
Tom and Mike - I too am a reenactor too with a Brown Bess. I have not used it for hunting but I have range fired it. I use .735 balls with a paper patch(just...
Mark- Excellent story! Thanks for sharing. Kurt L. Hargarten Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a nice looking...
Robert, Thanks for the info. I have made up several cartridges to try so I will give it a shot (no pun intended!!). I am a member of the 7th Virginia Regiment...
Colonial. I am the Commander of The Order of the Ancient and Honorable Huntington Militia based in Huntington, NY (Long Island). We are a BAR afflilited unit....
Another problem would be a soft, round lead bullet. A lot of the forensics on the bullets is on the base of a jacketed bullet. Even wad cutters are not round....
Thank you! So far I have not been able to find a forensics expert who says it's possible to identify a muzzle-loader from a bullet. One deputy sheriff in Upper...
Saw some chatter earlier about percussion revolvers. Just thought I would let any "newbies" thinking about buying one that several months ago I purchased my...
Henry, There are more Brown Bess muskets out there than you would imagine. Lots of Brigade of the American Revolution and Continental Line re- enactors have...
Yup the Brown Bess muskets are all over the world! Even in Hawaii. Diamond Head, Waikiki beach, hula dancers, surfing and flintlocks? Flintlocks have a rich...
Maybe I should have said "odd caliber" instead of Brown Bess -- a rare caliber would narrow down the range of possibilities for an investigator. What caliber...
Hi Kuby, Hoppes # 9 should work just fine in your rifle. I don't know how hydroscopic 777 is compared to black powder, but I would not let it set too long...
As far as a solvent you might want to try one from CVA called "Advanced Sabot Shooters Solvent" (it actually comes in thier starter kits). It does remove ALOT...
Tom: I had the bess out yesterday trying to better my load. I tried lubes and patches and wads and even buckshot loads. What I found was that in my bess an...
Robert: That's exactly what I was playing with yesterday. For the life of me I couldn't figure out where the buckshot went though...none hit the target! ...
Yea, if he dropped an uynfired patch (fingerprint), residue (circumstantial but not many people fire black powder), partial print on cap? Later, Trent...
Hmmm, type of cleaning rod? type of lube for patch? Beeswax? particular local beeswax with murder happening in another location (summer cabin/hunting lodge VS...
Mike, My neighbor and I are going to sight our bess's in this week. Mine's a 2nd pattern and his is a 3rd pattern. I wonder on your comment about the rust...
Just a quick FYI, as far as the Wisconsin season being primitive, it is true there is a primitive 10 day season from November 29-December 7th right after the...
Here is a possible explanation about your unpatched rusted musket balls in a Brown Bess - when the unpatched ball is fired in the smoothbore of the Bess it...
Hi Gary- Traditions are O.K. and they are made in Spain, but not the best buy for the money. A better bet would be Thompson Center and Lyman which are made...
Gary- www.gunbroker.com is the eBay of firearms. I have to stay off there, or I get in trouble. Kurt L. Hargarten Life should not be a journey to the grave...
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