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You need to use foam core drain pipe.. if you use a solid PVC pipe it will bend!

I researched this a few months back..

Deplating is the way to go, it will remove the chrome and not touch the base metal. I have had it done to a Dreyse needle gun, and the results were...

Dry BP is not corrosive.. moisture will however dissolve out the potassium nitrate which is an oxidant and hence corrosive.

.. and a really, really sharp blades!

I use scalpels for tight corners!

The Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey in UK used only Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus) for making rifle gunpowder. Willow was used as well, but for making artillery grade powder. They...

Moisture is the problem.. As has been said, dry BP will last almost indefinitely. I have recovered powder from shell fired in the 1880s, and provided the seals are good, it was as good as the day it...

Yes.. I make both Chassepot and Dreyse ammunition..

There are basically two methods of making Chassepot cartridges.. one is the "traditional" method where you make a separate powder case and tie...

Biggest issue with Black powder is dust. Most of the accidents with BP have been traced to this. If you read the old military ordnance manuals, checking for dust was one of the main activities,...

My .310 mould is an RCBS special that was retailed through Jim Goodwin at NDFS (long gone now..) It works fine with my Greener .310. Presumably RCBS still has the cherry..?

I dip the bullets in...

Is this a deid threed?

I'm up for a PP mould for the .43

...also what's the score on .43 dies? RCBS lists them but the (UK) price is eyewatering.. Lee does them as well, but what is the meplat...

The subject of which charcoal is best for gunpowder is something that was researched heavily in the 19th Cent. Work done at the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey, Essex concluded that the...

Nope.. Washing Soda is Sodium Carbonate Na2CO3

Baking Soda is Sodium Bicarbonate NaHCO3

.. both sodas, but I suggest washing soda is a tad more agressive..