What is done to clean the fowling in a flintlock while in the field - or at the range? After about ten shots at the range the barrel is getting too tight and...
I run a patch slightly wet with black powder solvent about every 6 or 7 shots if I am using BP. If you use pyrodex you can got a lot longer but you don't get...
my father has been looking for an H&A underhammer for years.. $150 + shipping sounds agreeable to him if you still have it.. if so please write me back and I...
Hello all, I stopped at a second-hand shop while on vaction. While I was there I spotted a Straight Razor. Thinking it might make a good Patch Knife, I...
Umm, maybe if you are engineeringly challenged like me, you buy the kit, moan for a year, then ask someone like George Arnold to try and fix all the damage you...
When I have tried this I have fouled the powder for the next shot and not been able to fire. Pyrodex does not work in a flintlock. Robert ... but you...
I will be headed to the field in a few weeks and I would like to know what is good to pack along. I have a Lyman trade rifle and think I will take 3 speed...
Hello all! Does anyone offer an affordable Underhammer lock assembly that does not use it's Main Spring for a Trigger Guard? Thank you, Matt Bottom Slappers...
You might (additionally) try Lapping the bore. KG Industries make some WONDERFUL stuff (KG-2) for bore lapping. Lapping a bore smothes it inside and makes it...
In a message dated 10/06/2004 12:00:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Oh my! My experience says taking only a few reloads is nothing but a big mistake....
In a message dated 10/06/2004 11:52:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Don't know about pyrodex as I never have used it in my flintlock. If I'm on the range I...
Matt, Try this link: http://bluegrouseblackpowder.intranets.com/login.asp?link= Click on the visitor button, then on one of the articles. I know he makes an...
I was out at the range today to get ready for deer muzzleloader season. The first shot was well out of the groups shot over the next hour. Is this the infamous...
In a message dated 10/08/2004 11:33:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I have never experienced this and I've been shooting a muzzleloader for 20 years. Sounds...
For any of you older guys who are having a problem with a "fuzzy" rear sight, I solved that problem for myself. Working with my eye doctor he fitted me with a...
I have been a shooter for 50+ years (BP, less time). Anyhow, I have exactly the same experience. The first shot goes wherever it wants. It's coming from a...
I obtained some "KG-2" from http://www.kgcoatings.com/ Working with the owner of KG Coatings, I ran a tight patch wet with KG-2 into the bore with my range...
Check out this link: http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=43554 It is in the traditional muzzleloading forum of Graybeard Outdoors, and is a...
Let us know the results, would you? I am especially interested in what the velocity does. In other forums I have read that there is actually a decrease in...
I have a rifle barrel that is very tight - would this ease the barrel? I have to use very thin patches to get the ball down the 50cal barrel. Robert...
Robert: In my experience, there are several causes for a "tight" barrel. First (most likely) it is simply tight in that it may be slightly under bored and no...
Thanks Kees for the nice review! Thats what makes my job the most rewarding is a truely happy customer. Its hard to tell what these guns really look like over...
Greg, If it's not a trade secret, what do you use for finish? I have used Lin-Speed for many years, but it doesn't last up here in our rain country. I tried...
I"ve tried a lot of different finishes over the years, but have settled on the Minwax products and can't say enough good things about them. I use several...
Student Civil War Re-Enactor Faces Charges By Associated Press October 13, 2004, 8:13 PM EDT PINE BUSH, N.Y. -- A student who took part in a Civil War re- ...
What an outrage! Things have certainly gone too far. Instead of applauding this kid for his devotion to history through his choice of how to spend his time, he...
I just inherited a 1700's flintlock shotgun from my great grandfather. I had it looked at by the curator of the Danbury military museum. I am interested in...
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