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I believe it is supposed to be hard to seat a roundball into the cylinder of a BP revolver. You should actually be cutting a very thin ring of lead during the seating operation in order to have a...

Marlin 45/70 Guide Gun
Savage M-99 .250/3000
Winchester M-71 .348 WCF
Casting for all three.

I have a box of Peters 20 ga "Punkin Ball" shells on the shelf. 2-piece box. I wouldn't try to shoot them though. Part of a lot of old ammo I inherited from Dad.

Coming to this thread late...but I've only recently begun to re-visit shooting my original 1873 Trapdoor rifle.
J.S. Wolf HIGHLY recommended enlarging flash holes to .096 ( approx. 3/32") in his...

Some recommend removing the rod altogether when shooting for group.

Well well,
That explains why I never heard back from them when I sent a PM request.
Sorry thy are gone from the forum. They seemed to be a source of good information and products for the .348 wcf. ...

That is precisely how I was able to acquire my left-hand bolt action .458 win mag.
Very simple conversion vs trying to find a factory production LH big bore for elephant and buff.

I inherited a T/C "Hawken" flintlock rifle that I had purchased in the 1970's and gave to a cousin as a gift. After he passed away..the rifle came back to me...with a broken frizzen.
I heard some of...

Thanks... I'm going to give it a try. Should cut tumbling time a lot.

I've been using a LEE 410TL. Tumble-lubing "as-cast", and not getting great results in a .41 mag T/C Contender. I was wondering if anyone runs tumble-lube bullets through a sizer before lubing...

Here is my personal experience from June, 2013:
After hearing so much jibber-jabber about S&W's support ( or lack thereof..) for Thompson Center products I called them to ask about it when I needed...

I wouldn't put any kind of paint in the pot.
As already pointed out...PROTECT YOURSELF while you're cleaning out whatever it is that has attached to the interior of your pot.
After you're done...

Larry that is exactly the information I was looking for. Thank You. These look like the 41059, but couldn't figure out how hard they must be to get the weight so far below Lyman's spec. with their #2...

Looking like it's a Lyman 410459. Like dkf says...pretty much all the commercial guys are offering a SWC with much shorter nose.
Anybody know of a commercial 410459 offering...???
I was hoping to...

A buddy gave me a some of these 30 yrs ago, and they have been in a box ever since. Finally dug them out to see how they might shoot out of my .41 mag Contender. It carries a factory 10 in. barrel...

Where I hunt, 75 yds is a long shot and 100+ almost never happens.
With my 45/70 Guide Gun, I used a flat nose, hard cast Lee 400 over IMR 3031 running closer to 1500fps to kill a Whitetail from 30...

I just(mid-July, 2013) had a great warranty experience that I’d like to share.
I have a 1970’s vintage 50 cal. Thompson Center flintlock Hawken rifle. I am the original purchaser . Some time back I...

Matt,
I already gave up for the time being anyhow on Lee 400's in my Trapdoor. I'm glad to see you ran some loads with multiple .030 wads though. I'm loading a 491 gn NEI bullet. I'm seating it...

My Green Mtn.slow twist 50 cal. "roundball barrel" also likes a very tight combination. My best groups have been shot using a .500 ball, and .022 patching. This load is started with a mallet and...

I prefer to cut at the muzzle. I use strips of pre-lubed patch material, which are cut to a length which will provide enough material for 5 shots. Keeping track is as simple as counting the holes in...

My best Guide Gun load with the Lee # 90374 (400-ish depending upon alloy) has been with 45 gns. IMR 3031.

You didn't provide any specific results, so I'll ask: What do you call "Shooting Well"..??? What are your expectations..?? Is it precision you're having issues with, or accuracy, or both..??
How...

For my Browning BPCR, I found that running the 30:1 NEI "Badger-Browning" bullets through an RCBS Lubesizer w/ .459 die gave me great results. For my (original) 1873 Springfield Trapdoor rifle I'm...

My Browning 45/70 BPCR LOVES the NEI Badger-Browning bullet. 30:1 drops 491 gns. sized .459. Lube with SPG or Emmert's. If you want to shoot blackpowder...here's what has worked REAL well for me: 67...

Where I have shot muzzleloader matches, you have the option as to when you fire on your "Record" target. In other words, you can take off-record shots at a separate target before shooting for record....