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I finally found some good drawings of breech types (scroll down halfway down the web page):
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=32002.0

Hi there. I don't get to use a range that frequently so I like to test-fit a boolit into the barrel first if I have any doubts. You just need a brass rod about 12 to 15 inches long that you can put...

Really nice! I wish I could have gotten that soft texture on my deer hide. Love the spout. Maybe this will be the year I get an antlered deer.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?14800-Civil-War-Self-Cleaning-Bullet-Moulds&highlight=Wilkinson
The above post mentions 'base pins'. What does that mean? You can tell I'm a mold...

The Moose mould version is shorter, has only one compression wedge, and no delaminating groove, and a very small grease groove near the back end. Someone said you do not put lube in the compression...

That geometry is quite different from the one I was reading about here:
http://forum.mlagb.com/YaBB.pl?num=1423739748
Of course I know next to nothing about bullet design, such as terms used at the...

Ha. I'm guessing you don't need a scale on your ramrod to seat those puppies.

Thanks guys. Posting this gave me an idea about the possibles bag. I could maybe remove the stitching/border and hand stitch it. We'll see. Take care.

What about this entire lock:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201421864935?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

The cup face on my original hammer is bit worn, but it still made the...

I made this bullet bag last weekend:
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It's made of buckskin from the last deer I got. The stitching is simulated sinew from Track of the Wolf. The leather cinch thong I had from some repair...

1989toddm, does the hammer screw come off like other screws, lefty-loosey?

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The picture shows the original lock, which had a broken sear spring. The lock I got from ebay which fits my gun exactly was advertised as a CVA KA713 Tower pistol lock. I just measure...

Good stuff. When I make my first gun, I will attempt to be PC in style and design, but I am not worried about 100 per cent PC, so I think German silver would be ok with me. If I ever became good at...

I just bought an entire lock like yours on ebay. It was just like yours. However, the link I posted was to a "bent spur" hammer, for use with a scope. He says he has one with straight spur also; I...

Here is one on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Powder-Muzzleloader-Small-Jukar-CVA-Percussion-Hammer-Bent-Spur-Unused-/201269679671?hash=item2edc9b9637:g:GEIAAOSwYGFUv7-n

I just read that German silver does not actually contain silver. So most of the inlays on American longrifles that say silver are not really silver? Was real silver just too expensive? I notice...

Do molds with hollow point pins not require venting? I don't see any venting lines on the face of the blocks.

Nice looking. So is it paint, or cold bluing?

My Walmart did not have any of the heavy posterboard. I ended up buying a sheet of 20inch x 30inch Canson art board at Joann's Fabric. I thought that was thick enough, but on the micrometer it is...

Thank you for sharing!! I just learned some good info for my rifle.

Any details about load, lube, and the accuracy? I have the same rifle, but only have the round ball molds.

I think it would be better to get into a group buy of a custom mold.

Ok, I get that. But I have a question. Are the posts in the group just a filtered subset of the posts in the Muzzleloading forum, or are they separate posts, not seen in the Muzzleloading forum? ...

What is the purpose of this group, that you have to join to see the content? We can talk traditional round ball shooting right here in this forum, right?

He turned a barrel I have from a lousy shallow fast twist into a smoothbore. Can't wait to shoot it. I saw an ad in a 1979 magazine with his name!! I don't know if it was him or his father, same...