SwapYankee that's one one the best specimens of a cartridge extraction I have seen photographed. Well Done...mine most always dump powder out the end of that dang barrel :O)
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Type: Posts; User: Smokin_Gun
Forum: Muzzleloading.
SwapYankee that's one one the best specimens of a cartridge extraction I have seen photographed. Well Done...mine most always dump powder out the end of that dang barrel :O)
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I've used a Lee aluminum .490 for T/C Hawkens, a Miroku Tennessee PoorBoy, and a CVA Hawken with strips of Pillow tickin'(about .018") and Mooses Milk for lube...dang near 30 years now I guess...just...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
One more Harpers Ferry Zoli owner here ... about to try it out tomorrow along with my 1873 Springfield Trapdoor .45/70 and a Hawkens Frontier .50 with a 24" bbl...
StrawHat it's too bad we don't...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Just go to eBay and search for soft lead ingots. I just recieved 40+lbs. @ $39.99 plus shipping...$50.94 about a $1.27 per pound shipped.
It'll hold me a while.
SG
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Hi Folks just found this forum. Heard you talkin' bout 777 & BP so thought I'd speak up.
777 ffg is 15% hotter than goex fffg BP. http://www.curtrich.com/BPConversionSheet.htm
Tell ya a short story...
| BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
| BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
| BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
| C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
| HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
| PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
| LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
| GC | Gas Check |