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I have never made any and from what I can read it seems the trick is to cook till you get that golden color. Question is if cooked to golden color then add your iron oxide cooking just a tad bit more...

I have been reading about using tp to make charcoal. I like the idea of trying something new but
don't like the idea of the cost and you can have a shortage of tp. Now on to my idea of using what at...

You match the lead balls to the inside dia of your mill. 10% of id is the rule. For example a 4" id jar would use 40 cal balls. A 6"id jar would use a 60 cal lead balls. Use what ever you have on...

I tried 3 more paper straw friction primes and all 3 failed. I did do 1 brass tube primer using 14 ga. copper wire going straight down into the tube.
Then I crimp the top of the tube with a pair of...

Now I better understand and sulfur will be left out. This is good to know. When I buy friction primers I
will ask the question about if sulfur and if so are they using an anti acid.

Good info. The more I read the more I get confused. I know in black powder which is mixed wet I never had a problem with it souring do the sulfur.
I know in bp the sulfur lowers the ignition point...

Can't find strike anywhere matches. I remember when I was a kid I did drop a box of them and they caught on fire. I don't think I can get white pete or red pete due to how unstable white pete is and...

293041293042 I hope I got it this time

I will try again later. Pictures kept failing to load.

I have a civil war replica mountain howitzer. I want to learn how to make the friction primers for it. I have the
information on how they did it in 1863 but would love a tutor on how they make them...

How long is it actually taking to get these slug molds from Russia?

I do not size my powder because I try to make bigger grains when corning to shoot in a cannon. It all goes in the cannon what ever I make.
I always have gm on hand. Like I said I don't own a...

I can do this. I just don't have 4f available to me. i have a router. I need to ask around if any one is ordering so I can share in the fees.

Looking for a Brown Bess repro. I would like the 3rd model but do tell me if you have either a 1st or 2nd model. Italian good to go or Indian made if know from what distributor it is from. Thanks.

I am reading as much as I can on flintlocks. I do not own one yet.
From what I am reading you want at least 4f or finer in your pan. If you
have green meal would that work? Green meal is what...

I did an experiment. I had made bp in the past by milling all 3 ingredients together. I do this in the woods about 800'
from the house. Great bp but pain in the butt having to drag out the...

I am in the market for a Pedersoli Kentucky Flintlock rifle . Prefer 50 cal but would consider either 45 or 54.
Thanks.

Looking for a Springfield Model 1861 58 cal. If you have any other Civil war era reproduction rifles you want to get rid of let me know what you have.

I will throw this out. I was and still am a believer in hotwater/soap/hotwater flush. If you buy a water soluble cutting oil and do your last hot flush with a mixture it should eliminate any flash...

Any one uses the Harbor Freight 6 ton A frame press for making pucks?

I don't really know but I don't think so

I bought a muzzle loading rifle which did not have the manufacture name on the gun. After digging around on the internet
I came across a two page pdf which gave me the info I needed. My gun was made...

If you have a feed store in your area they may have potassium nitrate and sulfur sold by the pound. Especially the places that are more old school and sell stuff in bulk. Works for me.

Let me get this straight. This won't be shot but used in a ball mill. I am casting .6 roundball. 10 lbs of lead, then add 3.2 oz zinc and melt it. This is where I get lost. Do I just add 2 ounces(by...

Toymaker , thanks for the info. This will help me out in making a very hard lead ball.From some more of my readings I think it is safe to use zinc in the ball mill. I don't mind the zinc being...