bronze bore column bearings ----take as much as you like ---no charge
cutting bronze bearing material is never fun but free stuff always comes with a hidden cost
try one tomorrow
the...
Type: Posts; User: indian joe
Forum: Muzzleloading.
bronze bore column bearings ----take as much as you like ---no charge
cutting bronze bearing material is never fun but free stuff always comes with a hidden cost
try one tomorrow
the...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
in front of the rear sight .....gonna end up a tad short
aussies go to jail for stuff like that :dung_hits_fan:
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Willow is easy at my place we planted some "austree" = hybrid willow, twenty odd years ago on a duck island in the middle of our house dam (pond / water storage) several batches later and still using...
Forum: Leverguns
I wouldnt haggle on the classic - pay the man straight up it a good price already.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
question for the crew
(my plan for scrap pump rod has imploded it turns out to be bronze pump shaft bearings - take as much as you want mate - but hard work cutting it tdon to suitable chunks -...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
so far I have used a mix sizes of leftover roundball (soft lead) - they have done about 40 cycles (1kg per cycle) and lookin a bit tired - most of the damage later - whilever they stayed round - not...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
picking up tomorrow 10 kg of used brass pump rod (outta old windmills) - no charge the man said (he sells a couple ton a year to the scrap guys) if I had acces to a decent guillotine the rest would...
Forum: Leverguns
Cleaning rod damage still happening I want to scream at the range when I see blokes cleaning from the front with no muzzle protector on the ramrod - where I shoot more dont use them than do .
Forum: Leverguns
i wasnt there at the time but I bet if they had "leftover" 32/40 barrels they woulda used em up.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
if you gonna start messing with potassium hydroxide be VERY careful!!! that stuff, is multiple times more bite than caustic soda, a minor splash of concentrated KOH can cost an eye easy enough.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
ash comes from oxygen getting in the can - usually after its removed from the fire - I dont light the smoke stream - pull the can off as soon as the volume of smoke from the vent eases even a little...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
correct my answer was the blue
just watched the video
hes using wrong powder and/or reducing loads to prove his point
4227 is equal density to blackpowder his 45 + 9.3 load using the much...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
couple things I would argue "better in revolvers" cartridge revolvers yeah ---not cap and ball though just fill the cylinders flush, compress with the loading lever, put a ball in - we use screened...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
try Winchester Bob ? he was selling replacement firing pins a couple years ago - I was told they fit a Browning 71 also
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
a drop tube might be a viable plan for a long range target muzzleloader shooting slugs but I would need more than a little convincing its anything more than a timewaster at shorter ranges - open...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I am puzzled ??? thought fast twist - long boolts - low velocity
slow twist - short boolits - more velocity was how this worked ???????????????????
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Whatever floats yre boat I spose - I tried spit, dried my mouth out sos I could hardly shoot.
Interesting how this works - make a post sayin moose milk is the best patch lube for target...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I tried dried out moose milk patches (with a good stiff load) burnt the patches out - didnt happen using the same material and load with damp patch
hunting is a different deal ya proly want a...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Quiz him on the minie ball idea - what style / brand mold he recommends for that
We have had useless results with shallow rifled slow twist 58 barrels and minies (72" twist) useless = go home...
Forum: Leverguns
Dunno ------dealer was a bit slack when it was registered ---model = "Sporter"
was a 5 shot magazine with no provision for scope mount -- now gone to gun heaven (or hell? --police crusher)
I...
Forum: Leverguns
I dont have a problem with turnbulls either the work is amazing
The pictures we see are show guns I could not take something that fancy and expensive out in the field and do with it what a gun is...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
If someone back then wanted to duplicate ole Daniels load there woulda been a set of apothecary scles not too far away OR they can just set down and whittle a measure till it held the same amount. ...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
two things
did you inspect patches for your 100grain load ? I've never been able to shoot good groups with a load that is mangling patches - other blokes tell me they can - I try really hard to...
Forum: Leverguns
I agree on the turnbull guns that stuff is way over the top !!!
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |