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1885 Colt Lightening 44 WCF , serial number 0026, it was part payment for some work I did last year. Yet to shoot it .

Marlin 1895 in 45_70 ,paid 50.00 dollars for it ,it was sliding around in the back of a ute ,all rusted and varnish blistered .I took it home and administered some TLC ,fortunately a drum of oil had...

Try Victory tools in the US

I use 800x for my vintage guns ,look at the load data for it you will see the pressures are much lower than other powders and velocities around 1150 to 1250 fps are achievable.
My Boswell damascus...

They were called Sterling in Australia , made in the Philippines ,good honest rimfire rifles .chambered in 22LR and 22WMR .Model 20 was a semi auto from memory .
Sold by Kmart here in Australia...

Yep that's what I do ,smelter pot made out of a 9kg gas bottle ,bottom pour, Throw it all in, fire her her up and rake all the floaties off the top ,flux a few times stir and pour.

Most of those wooden spools I ve seen here ,have been eaten by termites , they eat the inards out of the wood leaving a paper thin layer on the out side .Try and pick them up and it disintergrates ....

I got a solidv bar of that plastic they use in vehicle suspensions ,the yellow stuff ,cant think of the name of it . Anyway being a machinist of some experience !I machined up a lip seal and replaced...

Yes.They will fit

I used Hemi Orange to paint my old Lyman 45 lube sizer, pretty close ..

There was a carbine version ,I think it was called artillery carbine .Occasionally they turn up here in Australia , much shorter than the rifle version.

I once owned a ww2 german flare gun converted to 12g .
Quite wieghty and a pleasure to shoot
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Citric acid will kill the rust and wont attack the parent metal .Here in Australia we can get it in the cooking isle of the local suprr market .It will leave a blackish finish which can be wiped off...

I believe Pedersoli have just released an underhammer muzzle loading pistol.

Been there experinced the same ,was surprised a cheap Ebuy single hot plate would do it.

You may need to normalise the die by heating to cherry red and let it cool off slowly in dry sand or lime .Then drill your hole/s ,and re harden by heating to cherry red and quench in oil then polish...

The price of a lyman heater from the US to Australia is rediculous ,plus you have to pay extra for 220v ,then postage onto makes it an expensive venture .A lyman lube sizer here is 580 to 650 AUD...

318 Westley Richards on a 98 action is what Im thinking of. A 375 x2 1/2 " Flanged Nitro Express on a no1-Mk3 is my next project . The 318 has been on my mind for some time.

Look on You Tube ,one bloke has one that shuts on and off using a photoelectric cell .

Made a heater ,from a block of 3/4 " aluminium plate lube sizer bolts ontop of it .Plate has a hole drilled through the edge to fit a cheap soldering iron , soldering iron has the tip removed and...

They grow on you like a fungus .Ive got eight in different calibers .

Ive been using lanoline spray of late to wipe my firearms over after use and cleaning , just spray it onto a cloth and wipe it on . Havent tried it in the bore but from the good results I have been...

Just weigh the slug and use shot load data that coresponds to that wieght . 410 shotguns are not choked in my experience as 410 is a caliber not a gauge like other shotguns and is measured on bore...

These had a split seal in the lube cylinder its possible for the lube to bypass the seal if the lube used was soft and easily moved and fill above the seal preventing the handle from lifting up .I...

Get onto these two Aussie online sites , usedguns and oz gunsales ,always magazines and parts available .Rebel Gunworks has a fairly comprehensive list of parts as well ,some new some used.Google...