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RHS,
With a new rifle and following the recommended load data from the manufacturer you should have a certain amount of safety in shooting light bullets. Your rifle is built from modern barrel...

Steve,

Thank you for taking the time to post this. It is very well stated and I do hope you do not get negative feedback from the ones sitting here just waiting to jump on any issue or subject...

..... " What I am looking for is a really accurate rifle. " ...

Saying that I would go with the CZ for several reasons. I have one of the 452 Lux models that the 455 Ultra Lux has replaced and...

We shoot NRA Black Powder Cartridge Silhouette match's at Friendship Indiana and during the spring and fall muzzle loading shoots we use the sighting targets ( swingers they are called ) that are...

As I recall a few years back a discussion came up about some powder distributors having powder labeled with their name on the label down at Friendship. I was told that if a distributor purchased a...

oldracer ,

Although I have never got into the slug guns at Friendship ( I shoot the long range English target rifles similar to the Gibbs and a bit with the schuetzen rifle in my avatar here ) I...

Longbow and Oldracer ,

On lubricating the felt wads I have tried it with lube and without and other than a minor difference in change of impact at the target both ways seem to work. Keep in mind...

oldracer ,

After giving the undersize bullets some additional thought there may be a way to salvage those and get your accuracy back. In my Whitworth I use a cylindrical paper patched bullet and...

As the rifle oldracer is shooting is a muzzle loading Pedersoli Gibbs the bullet diameter has to be land to land measurement and not groove diameter. I also have never seen a bullet shrink by that...

I have used the Olde Eynsford in 2 fg and 3 fg granulations. It burns leaving less residue in the barrel ( fouling ) than other powders. In a long barreled 32 cal. squirrel rifle using the 3 fg Olde...

Frank if you are wanting one of the Old Army Rugers that would be a decent price ... as Bubba said $450 - 500 seems to be the going rate today for one.

Pete

Hannibal,
Just another thought for you might be to see if you can locate either a gun club or a muzzle loading club somewhere in your area. Most of the fellas that shoot the front stuffers are...

You might want to play with the load using card wads a bit before going to plastic. You didn't mention what choke ( if any ) you have to work with but patterns can be improved by changing your load...

Adding just a bit to what has been said above, keep in mind that what your barrel will shoot accurately is determined by the twist rate of that barrel. A slow twist, like a 1-60 is geared to shooting...

At one time the gun shops used to carry two styles of bore brush's ... one labeled for muzzle loading. The difference between the regular cleaning brush and a muzzle loading brush was that the...

Oldracer it is a good habit to get into taking notes on your rifle. As RP says above keep a notebook in your range box. ( A small spiral bound note card book can be had at WalMart inexpensively. I...

Dixiejack ,

The mold that casts those grease groove bullets is one listed on Mountain Molds web site as a 38 cal. muzzle loading bullet mold. ( A very interesting web site by the way that has a...

One of my rifles is a 38 cal. schuetzen rifle that was made with a Green Mtn. bbl. in a 1-14 twist rate. I have had the best performance with it using a grease groove 310 gr. bullet of pure lead and...

Lining a percussion nipple with platinum is nothing new. Some original rifles made well over 100 years ago still have the platinum nipples that they came with which should attest to their longevity....

Saltner that is excellent shooting. It not only shows what the potential of the Pedersoli Gibbs rifle is but also the importance of experimenting with your load to get the very best accuracy. Keep up...

Several years back I was at my camper at Friendship loading up the truck to go back home after a shoot when a fella came driving up and stopped on the road and got out. He asked if I knew of anywhere...

In the original long range match's held at Wimbledon England the rifle had to weigh no more than 10 lbs. and have a single non adjustable trigger that would break at no more than 3 lbs. Over the...

My .32 Dixie Squirrel always made good groups using 20 gr of 3 fg Swiss powder but needed a damp patch ran down the bore after 3-4 shots. About 1 1/2 yrs back I got ahold of some of the 3fg Olde...

ColColt,

Back in the late 1990's Remington made two rolling block rifles. One was the high grade that you found on GI and the other was a std. grade. I found one in the high grade from the custom...

Dan, a couple of things. First check the crown of the muzzle of your barrel to make sure it is not damaged with any nicks. Gas escaping from a nick in a crown at the muzzle as your bullet exits the...