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I use a Lee Pro4 20 pot. I never use the bottom outlet. It leaks and gets in the way. I’d like to plug the outlet and discard the mechanism. How have folks successfully done that? What’s the best way...

I just got my Shiloh Sharps, 45-70. I've played around with wheel weights spiked with tin, but they don't cast all that well. I plan to buy good lead and blend it with tin. So what are the pros and...

I'm just starting black powder cartridge loading, though I've loaded smokeless for years. I've never annealed cases and never had a problem. However, per the advice of many I'm getting ready to...

My Shiloh Sharps in .45-70 will arrive in about a month. I'm almost ready to start loading shells. I always have 3F on hand for use in my flintlock and I'd like to use it in my Sharps. It should be...

Not a flat nosed bullet. I'm casting .45 caliber 500 grain round nose, the Lyman 457125 mould. I have the correct top punch for that bullet.

I cast my first boolits this weekend. Tonight I tested one in my new Lyman 4500 lube sizer. I noticed that the top punch does not center perfectly in the sizing die (with no boolit in place). Is this...

I spent 3 hours this afternoon trying to cast .490 round balls from wheel weights but didn't make a single keeper! This was my 3rd casting session, but the first with a new Lee melter. Previously I...

If my Shiloh Sharps .45-70 ever gets here I'll start with a Lyman 457125 boolit. What diameter can I expect that mould to produce with 20:1 alloy? I read that boolits should be at, or no more than...

With proper patching, a round ball never touches the metal of the barrel!

Wouldn't that also apply to shooting boolits cast from WW LEAD. Why would barrels made for shooting boolits behave differently from those built to shoot round balls?

I dropped from .495 to .490 balls and from .018" to.015" patch when I switched to WWs. I switched because I was concerned pure lead wasn't hard enough to get sufficient penetration on an elk. The...

Sb affects weight or surface finish or both?

Having to shoot pure lead is an old wives's tale! Apparently some of the old-time writers talked about the benefits of using hardened lead. I shot the target below with my flintlock with open sights...

My first batch of .490 round balls cast from wheel weights averages 173.6 grains and they are shiny. My second batch, cast from a much larger supply of wheel weights, averages 171.1 grains and they...

Does beeswax work better than paraffin? I can't really see that paraffin does much. Sawdust, on the other hand, really cleans the surface of the melt. It makes it nice and shiny.

I just ordered the Lee Pro 4 20lb melter! Thanks for the help.

Any trouble with leaks or pluggage?

Using $10 worth of Coleman fuel to save $5 on the few decent round balls I end up with each session isn't good economics. I struggle to maintain a good temperature so I get a lousy percentage of good...

What's the best manual for getting started loading BP cartridges? I have Mike Venturino's book, Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West and I've been reading a lot on the internet. I'll be loading...

I finally ordered my Shiloh Sharps "Quigley" rifle in .45-110. I've been reading Mike Venturino's book "Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West." His demonstration loads for this cartridge use 544...

Acts 10:11- 12 "He (Peter) saw heaven opened and something resembling a large sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by its four corners. In it were all the earth's four-legged animals and reptiles...

I'll probably send the story with pictures to Eastman's Hunting Journal. Their focus is mostly public land do-it-yourself hunts for impressive trophies, but maybe the uniqueness of taking an elk with...

Yes, I am a real Hokie. BSChE class of 70, MSChE 72 :-D

Ball weighed 175 grains initially. It retained 94% of its weight (total of two pieces).



"Young chap"? I think so. I'll be 64 in November.

The patch box is a copy of one from an original Pennsylfania rifle. I'm pretty sure the reference I used is "Thoughts on the Kentucky rifle in its Golden Age " by Joe Kindig. Unfortunately, I can't...