Here is a link on makeing a bolt spring from a safety pin. https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/cylinder-bolt-spring.623759/ there are guys that make trigger/bolt springs from music wire...
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Here is a link on makeing a bolt spring from a safety pin. https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/cylinder-bolt-spring.623759/ there are guys that make trigger/bolt springs from music wire...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
My take on lube I make wads and cookies. I live in Ca where it is hot and dry so I make my wad lube stiff 50/50 beeswax Crisco and use olive oil to adjust the mix depending on what time of year. I...
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I would have to look i think i have enough parts to put together a bolt minis the firing pin.
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The ring caps did not work on my revolvers either. I have a Tap O Cap i am still hit and miss using toy caps and fff or crushed KIK black powder. I am making another batch of black powder soon i want...
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I have a Splitfire nipple on my CVA Bobcat side lock Rifle thats made for #10 caps. Super Bang ring caps worked every time. They were a tight fit but you could them on. I have run out of ring caps...
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Yes makes a big difference i use a 4x6 just a little bigger.
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There are some nice high dollar wad cutters out there. What you are punching on is more important than the cutter you use. I have a 30in piece of 4x6 i stand on end and use it as a table. I use a...
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I used to shoot Goex and KIK ff and fff. Now i shoot my home made powder It shoots great in all my guns. In my revolvers i load a full chamber of powder no measure needed. If i had to shoot something...
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Not a dumb question Lee recommends tumble lubing all there bullets using alox lube. You can read about it in Modern reloading in the black powder chapter. Anymore i Tumble lube my Lee Real bullets....
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Years a go i was given a few bricks of cci #10 caps and i bought a spitfire nipple for my CVA 50 cal cap lock rifle that took #10 cci caps i still have it. The plastic Big Bang caps as well as the as...
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I live in town i shoot wax bullets around the house. They are made for 44 cal cap and ball revolvers. I lube the barrel with pam cooking spray and i put six grains of ffg behind them.
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I get dental film lead and stick on wheel weights for free. They are a tad harder than pure lead but shoot much better in my cap and ball revolvers. My .451 mold drops .453 balls and my .454 mold...
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My powder looks like ff but it does crack when you shoot it. I can't wait to try it in my 31 cal 49 Colt and my Walker just for grins.
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It is a lot of fun making powder and it feels real good shooting it knowing i made it yourself. I think bullets would be fine in your ball mill.
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ofitg, I made one of your scoops and just got done making a few caps to try. I am going to load a few wax bullets and try them out in my 51 Colt revolver in my backyard.
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I made my first batch last week. My powder was a little slower than KIK fffg. My powder was alot lighter than KIK fffg and compressed a lot more when loading. It shot very well in 58 Remey and my 44...
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If you are using it for lube over the balls it will be fine. If it has little salt in it your barrel won't know the difference. Black powder is made of 75% KNO3 witch is a form of salt. I would not...
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These are the paper carts i shoot in my 1858 Remington they load really easy. I have not tried then in my colts yet. http://youtu.be/pC5mwOJ2Khg Every few loads clean the cylinder face and relube the...
I sold Finster some brass 101 from his WTB post. I told him i would put his brass in the mail if he would mail me a check the same day. He mailed me a check promptly. Great buyer!
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I shoot Lee .450 bullets all the time in my Colt and Remington cap and ball revolvers. I tumble lube them twice in alox lube. I shoot them without grease or wads. They shoot great!
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The Starr double action revolver has the rear sight on the hammer like a Colt so wen you shoot double action you have no sights.:???:
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+1 Plain old hot water is hard to beat. Eds red does a great job of displacing the water. I flush the barrel with hot running water. Remove the nipples soak the nipples and cylinder. Clean everything...
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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 |
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