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Shot a bunch of the .50 on the weekend. Used Jim shockey`s 50 gr powder pellets that someone gave me about 6 years ago with a 20 gr kicker charge in my flintlock. The dropped quite low at 50 yds, so...

Not really concerned with getting the zinc out, was just going to toss the stuff. I have several hundred lbs of good lead. I`m going to use it for plinking, will probably need to adjust the load and...

Had a bunch of badly contaminated lead, you know, the oatmeal stuff. Makes great round ball, but Won`t fill out a rifle boolit mold for nothing. Made a bunch of balls, have not shot any yet. Anyone...

Each to their own, And not starting an argument because i`ll forget i posted this, but I do get a kick out of it when people trash talk the use of off the shelf seamless tubing but advocate hand...

Not a lot of call up here for re-enactment.
Next time i get out is hopefully by myself in order to work up which lube with which load with which Minnie is best with what i have. I can only get out...

Winter casting in Canada in an unheated shop is pretty much a nonstarter for me. Have found that the pot must be run way hotter to keep the spout open, and the molds must always be on the hot plate...

i render all my scrap dirty lead and wheel weights on an open fire in a 1 quart cast iron ladle with a 3 foot handle. It`s wide and shallow. Easy to scoop the clips and other dross from, and has a...

Being military i have not been affected financially, but have not missed being at work at all. I`m not scheduled to be back to work until the end of June, but having a taste of “retirement”, after...

I don`t have a Round ball mold as yet for this, and i am a Dutch Schoultz System devotee for my other RB guns, wiping between shots is almost SOP for me. Depending on the lube in the Zouave- fouling...

The thick rim is from an Italian made mold hollow base mold. The base has some corrosion pits, not too worried bout it yet, but really no way to repair it either without extensive mold surgery. They...

Another session today, fluxed with paraffin. Makes a nice flame in the pot. The boolits in each picture on the left are from the pot. Lots of blue dross or oxides that seem to be coming out the...

I was thinking thats what it was, i was knocking the drip off, but maybe there is cooler lead still inside the spout.

Next time i get out by myself i`m going to try grouping with the three different bulletin types i have with different lube mixes.

Olive oil and beeswax worked wonders in my .50 investarms, and...

Cleaned everything, even got the pot clean. Pot works like a charm now. Did some casting, first few boolits came out a bit wrinkled as expected, but nice looking, no blueish oxidization bits. Then...

It is soft lead from stick on wheel weights. Makes really nice accurate boolits when cast with a torch, ladle and mold.
My next step is a thorough cleaning of all equipment. The pot is mostly...

Got a used Lee pot, a little dirty.
Casting Minies for .58 right.now, getting mild localized pitting with a blue discolouration.
I`m sure some of you have seen this before. Any ideas?...

Will the vinegar/peroxide solution clean out hard lead/dross slag crap that wont even scrape out?

Had the rifle out a couple of time, just shooting, no load work ups, just making holes. First time I lubed with straight crisco, was pretty accurate off hand. Easy loading, soft fouling.
Second...

Recently(yesterday) got 3 moulds for my Zouave. Still have not fired it yet.
The two boolits on the right i do not have a mould for, the three on the left was a grab bag, if you will, of .58 cal....

Thanks for the extra photos and measurements. I may PM you at another time if this staying at home thing sticks...

Thanks much. It is the coolest thing since the invention of BP as far as i`m concerned.
I don`t know where to get a .20 cal barrel, but i do know where i can get a .22 liner up to 48 inches long

I`ve loved this little rifle since you first posted it over on another forum.
Would you be able to post or PM some basic dimensions such as barrel length, width at breech size of lock, etc?

Started casting lead in clay molds when i was about 10, so 1980. Mostly little cannons for ship models and slingshot ammo. Used the garbage fire and home made tools. Ladles made from a coat hanger...

I keep hearing that it`s a prize, i think i got really lucky, especially when i tell people how much i paid for it.
It will be a couple of weeks before i can fire it, no bullet molds yet.

Not...

It`s a 7 groove. Looks like it is close to one twist for the barrel length but not quite. I have 3 minie ball molds on the way- a lee, an ideal, and a steel mold- price was right. I`ll see how they...