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Before you buy that roller, you may want to consider that .50-70 brass is very hard to find. If you do find some, you're going to pay a fortune for it. Right now there's 27 pieces on GB and the high...

I have two single cavity Lee .515-450 moulds that won't cast bigger than .512. My two cavity drops them at a tad under .517 which is what I want for my .515 groove .50-70s. I dip lube them and then...

Actually it can. I mistakenly cast some .686 minies from the wrong lead which I discovered later after I tested them for hardness. The first round I fired seemed to have less recoil than normal but I...

Alox is a terrible lube for black powder. It's intended for smokeless.

What kind of lube? size of minie vs bore size? Pure lead? You shouldn't have to fill the base with lube. Black powder?

There was on the one I had.

I've always used 20:1. I'm limited to 100 yards and I can get 3" on a good day with 72 year old eyes.

Assuming you got an accurate measurement when you slugged your bore(3 groove slugs are difficult to measure), I suggest you order a government style bullet mould from Accurate Molds. My '88 slugs...

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I've never had good results with the 405 gr in my '88 TD. It's too small for my .463 groove barrel. It did shoot very well in my H&R. I use a custom 500 gr Government in my '88 from Accurate Molds ...

looks like a half stock to me and I don't recall any cheap repros with a snail breech like that. The hammer is massive compared to a CVA or similar import. IMHO.

So, basically your saying that if you want to shoot a Civil War rifled muzzleloader or maybe just a big bore rifle buy a two bander because it has a 1:48 twist that's easier to get "decent results"...

I think that there is notion among some shooters of Civil War muzzle loading rifled arms is that if you're not getting "good accuracy" with a "five seventy something" minie and the service load(or...

Bottom line, targets don't lie.

You're shooting a 2 band rifle with a shorter barrel than a rifle musket with a 1:72 twist. The shorter barrel needs a faster twist for the projectile to get enough spin in the shorter time in the...

You don't need to slug the bore. Take it to a machine shop that has a pin gauge set and have them measure it. Or you can buy individual ones within the expected diameter range and measure it...

Is your Enfield is a P1861? If so, it's a two band carbine with 5 grooves. Correct? If correct, it has a 1:48 twist with constant depth rifling, unlike the originals that had progressive depth. A...

Our sport needs more people like you. Well done.

My '88 bore slugs at almost .463. Accurate made me a 500 gr. Government @ .464. I needed a M type case expander to fit it in a case but fortunately it will chamber.

Sorry, no. S&S Firearms has them.

I got it from Lodgewood. It's made for Gallagher cases. They have one for Maynards, shown below the description of the full capacity cases but it's out of stock. If you know someone with .50-70 dies,...

I'd call Lodgewood and tell them about your problem. I have their .50 cal Gallagher cases and they take my .517 Smith/Maynard bullet with a sharp rap of the seating tool. You should also ask for help...

Dixon's is not involved in the Kempton Fair. Chuck Dixon passed away last winter.

If your die set is a Lyman, don't run the round high enough in the seat/crimp die to crimp it at all. The die does a roll crimp which will damage the bullet.
I take the decapping pin out of the...

The "three groove" may refer to the number of grooves in the barrel, if the rifle is an 1866, 1868 or 1870 Springfield Trapdoor or an 1871 Springfield Rolling Block. Some converted percussion Sharps...