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i realized to late that i didn't have a single black powder gun. to remedy that i settled on a lemat. ok not the 20k one,,, a navy arms replica really cool gun. then i tried to buy caps,,,, .35 to .50 ea,,, really? my local gunsmith parted with a tin of #10 caps. i have not tried one yet. anyway i am looking for .44 conical loads and shotgun loads. 18ga? .644 is the shotgun bore, right between 16ga and 20ga, i think. 9 shots of .44 and 1 5.25" shotgun. any one here shoot a lemat?
I would stick with round balls to ease the learning curve. Check Osbourne punch measurements, find one the right size and punch out your own wads.
Brings back memories of fondling a real Lemat revolver in the 70's. Local metal stamping plant with a cool gun shop in front was run by a guy that to put it mildly, was a character. I had been in and out of the gun shop enough that Mike got to know me. One day when I walked in to the "gun shop", which you had to pass through the offices of the stamping plant to get to, Mike waved me into his office to show me his latest acquisition, an original Lemat. He handed it across the desk and let me fondle it. Cool stuff.
He was huge into civil war reenactment. Lots of civil war stuff from both sides, including working cannons that he would bring out and touch off, just to keep the locals on their toes.
Cool old dude, there are groups of "Mike" stories out there.
Setting up a Gatling gun on home plate at the local baseball field and shredding water filled 55 gallon barrels in center field kinda stories.
If you've got a Lemat, even a replica, you're in special company.:Fire:
Congratulations.
Got the replica, lost a place to shoot bp at the end of this month. No help on loads, but I loaded my shotgun barrel with 20 ga buck and ball and didn't expect accuracy. A 20ga ball and a couple of .32 cal buckshot make a good close in load. Load it as a 20 ga. shotgun, light powder charge.
Going to Yeck's was like going into a museum!Quote:
Originally Posted by 15meter
thank you
not having anything else b/p i think i nailed it. iv only seen real ones in videos. lucky guy.
It was past a museum, when he figured out he'd hiked across most of western Europe carrying an M1 and decided to do the WWII reenacting, it got crazier yet, north-south civil war stuff mixed with virtually every version of WWII Jeep, plus the occasional half-track.Quote:
Originally Posted by dondiego
They don't make them like Mike anymore.
Bummer.
My understanding was that when he died, they packed up all his gun stuff and hauled it to Texas, they didn't think there was enough money in Michigan to support the auction.
I have a Smith Carbine built at Yeck's Manufacturing. It is superb. It doesn't have Yeck markings and I wish it did.Quote:
Originally Posted by 15meter
I believe some of his reproduction rifles end up in the Smithsonian to be used in displays. That was the story going around 50 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by dondiego
https://historical.ha.com/informatio...-gatling-gun.s
One of Mike's Gatling guns.
Too bad the video wasn't of it sitting on home plate.
Talk about thread hijack, this has got to be a prize winning hijack:hijack:
Sorry.
This board is famous for hijacking! Now, what was it you wanted to know about mouse traps?Quote:
Originally Posted by 15meter
As long as we keep the thread alive, a Lemat owner might find it!