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Edward, I have made note of the 20-1 ratio and will give it a try when this rifle is up and going. Thanks.

This is a complete build including barrel chamber as well as my own made chamber reams so will not be like the Remington Sharps chamber. The chamber will be strictly a bore riding paper patched...

This is going to be a hunting rifle and here in our part of Michigan a 200 yard shot is pretty rare. So I figure around 70 or so grain BP. and 250 grain or so soft lead around 16 to one should do it....

Sounds good. I have shot plenty of BP in muzzle loaders but this is my first build in a BP cartridge rifle. All my muzzle loaders have been a bit heavier than 7 lb. Age has also seen fit to give me a...

I failed to mention this is a paper patched bullet at 250 gr. Bore rider.

Not sure this is the place for this post. If not please move to where it should be. Anyway, I am building a single shot in .44/70 and the rifle weighs in right at 7lb. My question is what kind of...

I would recommend slugging the bore of the rifle. I decided to go for a bore riding bullet and slugging the barrel really helped in knowing what diameter to make my mold as well as helping me choose...