330126 Believe me you will love it. Mine is in .50cal.
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330126 Believe me you will love it. Mine is in .50cal.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Yep sounds like you are on the right track. For powder I just use screened homemade, that's pretty much all I use for all my BP related tinkering now days. I found the toy caps will split if pushed...
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I use them on standard nipples. Roll them on from the side with your thumb. Don`t push down on them as they are volatile (more so than a CCI Cap). Carry a pin to clean out the nipple top if plugged....
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Armoredman/ Lags: any update on this thread?
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The Taiwanese caps will work as is on my percussion guns but is not as reliable. The hair spray secures the compound in the cap and I give them a fairly good spray to wet. I just leave them in the...
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I have been using the Plastic toy Cap Gun Caps for years (15-20) and just a couple of weeks ago fired off 32 shots without a misfire, that's actually pretty normal. I use them on all my percussion...
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To make powder I use: A tin to bake the charcoal & a pole with bucket to break it up. A sieve for the Charcoal and sulphur. A homemade ball mill to mill the Charcoal & Sulphur together. A pot and...
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T/C Hawken .50cal 50gr FF & PRB =1445FPS. 60Gr FF & PRB = 1557FPS
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Well after mentioning earlier in this thread about dry Balling I was at the range a couple of days ago and thinking about other things when I had a cap go off and no follow up BOOM!!, set off another...
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I have two T/C .50cal Hawken`s both, actually all but one of my .50 cal traditional muzzleloader, like a .495 Lee cast round ball, Ticking patch lubed with olive oil, sent down range with 90 Grains...
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As I mentioned I have been using the toy caps for years, at least over ten years in the same guns. No corrosion at all.
When you load the powder and before placing the ball give the side of the...
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That is called armstrongs mixture if you want to search it.
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If I`m just using the caps, I don`t bother removing the paper insert and they work perfectly. If adding some black powder, I remove the incert. Only issue is even Toy caps are getting hard to find...
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May I suggest and I have been using them for years, with real black powder mind you. Just get the plastic toy cap gun caps. They work on all my percussion guns but if you want a little more Oomph...
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On a couple of mine I have slightly bent the wedge and have bend down when inserted into the stock. Have also drilled a hole in the tips of the wedge and threaded a bootlace through the hole and tied...
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I`d check the twist to be sure. Wrap a patch around your ramrod end so its a tight fit in the barrel. Push it down. Mark it and slowly pull out, you should get a full rotation of indeed 1-33 or half...
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I have had the compressed air in barrel issue before though I don`t use a felt wad. The fix has been as simple as having the lock on half cock when loading and no nipple(of course).
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You are probably right. The only reference I had Seen to the CIA method was a video on youtube. If you search black powder the CIA way it should come up. Thanks for adding the PDF, that's going to...
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Interesting that I have never discarded any liquid from manufacturing powder. I use 450ml of stale urine to 750 grams Kno3 , heat to a simmer and dissolve the Kno3 then add the other 2 ingredients....
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If you are just starting out making your own then yes the CIA method is a good starting point, especially for the main charge. I would recommend you still try to fine a can of commercial BP for the...
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I shoot an Enfield Snider .577, Its the musketoon just with the snider lock upgrade. It shoots .600 Rb very well out of the cartridge and I would say it would shoot the .570 RB with a ticking patch...
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When the CVA Mountain Rifle came out it was recommended to use the .562 Ball. My one shoots with the .562 ball and 100gr FF with a ticking patch just lubed with olive oil. When I got the gun second...
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Have you tried the locally made Holly Smoke black powder , From my understanding its as good as Goex though I haven`t used it myself as I use home made powder except for 4F in the flash pan.
NZ...
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They were good guns De Caprio even got one pistol he stole to fire twice from horse back without reloading, very impressive!!
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 |