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Update, today I took all my fines and wetted the powder. A bit to much water had some seepage on the second pressure soak period but the piston had much less leak by and tapping the piston pushed the...

DB, I tried something just for giggles, took my dry fines and pressed with a slip fit lexan plug. Now the puck didn't bind but no water made it fall apart, this test was to see if lexan 1/8” plate...

On pressing, I had a very hard time with my die yesterday. Every time I used the 40mm the piston would get seized in the bore from squeeze by powder. This was so bad I had to bust the puck and use a...

Longknife, I did the same around the same time, only couldn’t do the steel ring replacement. I just found a steel frame to replace the brass, works just fine still shooting it. Never had a chain fire...

Swineherd, I I think the side walls are to thin for high pressure and noway to beef up the lower end to stop bulging it.
CWME, I tried the 30mm dab press and also belled the lower end, cut it off...

Delkal; Why would you throw the gun away? And it just scrapped the side of the gun. I found the problem corrected it and still shoot the gun. The balls come out slower due to not going down the...

A few years back I was shooting a 36 navy at a gravel pit we used as a range, I got a chain fire reloaded and got another. A more experienced shooter came over and asked to see the revolver to wit he...

A while back DB and I were talking about poi changes with char changes, I also mixed all my powder before polishing. After the 18 hrs of rolling I resifted or screened to remove dust because as I...

Just for information, I make range rods from 1/2” dowels for50 cal and7/16” for 54 cal.. You have to look for the rods that keep straight grain and no side run off and be mindful of no over flex when...

PianoManA440; Thanks for the reply, I did think you polished while still damp to get the shine. I will polish next batch after pucking and grinding, I will say the powder looks dull black after 19...

DB, correct it was PMA440 I must have looked right over his post searching for it. His grains are black while mine were gray but I believe harder than just after grinding, and I used dry powder....

DB, I was trying the polishing cycle for 18hrs. the powder never looked shiny like those pictures. Did you say that the shine came from graphite? Tried to find the post but lost out. I did throw 80...

I was taken totally by surprise. This 54 rifle never showed up that bad with a powder change such as schutzen to goex and minor ones with swiss. Patches and lubes were a breeze when switching, but...

Man I’m glad of that, I thought my eyes went totally out on me. When it scattered on me I said *** am I doing wrong, then just as fast it went back to-where we started. I now will shoot off all my...

Has anyone seen a difference in accuracy with the different charcoal mixes. I read the posts of density, velocity, grain hardness ect but not much on p o i changes. Asking because I saw some change...

Lead chucker, I made my second batch of kirkland tp, no off smell. I shot off the first batch and it did well and soon I will try the second. I also dropped back the load by 10 grains that I used...

T-Bird; I did exactly what you did. I had a douglas 50 cal bbl that I could never hold patches and shot like crap. It was a 1x33” and I had it bored to 54 and 1:70 twist after I pulled it and...

T-Bird I never asked for radiused rifling, I think he does that on most guns unless requested otherwise on the patched ball shooters. I would be very surprised if you get anything different, and the...

When you ship the barrel to him just put in a note as to what you need. He does put in radius rifling, what was his price and shipping this year? He did a 54 for me 3 years ago and it shoots good you...

HG & LAGS;
I filled 9mm cases and some 45 long cases with lead. I tumbled to see if lead chips developed and sure enough even flush filled cases bumping into the ends scraped off lead. Now I will...

2TH101; I pucked up 1/2 # yesterday and dried with some warm air ground it and used some today. Volume measure when set at 100 grs throws 80 grs. I was loading cedar char to 90 grs to pull the same...

Had range time today, did a few shots to establish a load to start with and had it settle down. Started group work with first shots 4” low and right filed the front sight got it to 2” low from center...

I have 9mm brass I want to fill with molten lead to switch out lead balls. I have listened about lead in the powder, so that’s the next change.
I press 1 teaspoonful in the 40 mm dabpress and the...

Don’t I feel like a fool! Misread my notes, 95-98% was my target actual is 85-87% of factory. But still shoots good! Just have to add ant 10 grs. or so by volume to be where I want to be.
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HamGunner; is your frame a 12 or 20 ton? I have a 20 ton and have not broken a plate as LAGS did nor bent the lower rails. I began by pumping till no go let sit 1 minute then try to get 1 or 2 more...