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There is something else that I have used in my .54’s
I bought some plastic sabots that shoot a .451 slug.
They load fairly easily.
I have shot .45 Colt 255 gr lead slugs sized to .451 and .45-230...

If your rifle has just a Drilled Vent hole and it gets worn over the years.
You can always drill and tap the barrel for a flash hole screw in replacement from TOW.
I have done that on a couple...

Check Track of the Wolf in there Ammunition section.
I do my own casting.
So I am not sure they sell the Lee REAL slugs.
But I get other slugs from them for rifles I do not have molds for.
That...

I would love to see your Set Up
I don’t have a special set up but looking at how others do things might help me improve what I do.
As far as this thread.
I don’t look around for primers all the...

Thank you guys.
Now I can see why you can’t use potassium chlorite to make BP to make the powder faster.
When I made fireworks.
I use to use the PC instead of Kn03 to boost the powder like in...

Aren’t priming compounds like H48 and F42 made from potassium chlorate and Sulfur ?

Just call Hoyt and ask what the costs will be.
I buy many used rifles with poor bores.
I found it is cheaper to send the barrel to Hoyt and have it rebored or refined then it is to buy a barrel...

Those ways of him doing business is one of the reasons that you guys see me promoting his work.
It also inspires me to try and do things for others in the same kind of way

I have done that also so I can use one rifle in two calibers.
But the relineing of a barrel you can find , saves you from trying to find a second barrel in the caliber you want .or barrels with...

Do you have a barrel for your rifle right now.
If so , what caliber is is , and what condition is it in?
You can always send a used barrel to Bobby Hoyt and have it refined to the caliber you want...

I did polish some of it.
It didn’t increase the weight per volume.
But it makes it measure better and more consistant than the unpolished that has those tiny sharp corners.
Polishing that I have...

I may not be doing things right,
But I did a calculation of the density of my compressed pucks.
They came out around 92% compression.
But , when I broke up the pucks , ground them and screened...

I mostly use the split leather that I used to make my possibles bag.
But just try different leathers that you have.
Mine is about 1/16” thick and pretty soft.
Most glove leather is too thin.
Shoe...

I sometimes install my flints to the hammer with lead.
I prefer leather.
But don’t always have any leather at hand.
But I have lots of lead for casting boolits.

The density on my TP charcoal powder is down in the 70’s
But when I make the next batches , I will pay more attention to how long I leave the die in my press.
The moisture content was not too much....

That operation seems like it is the way to check on true Maximum density.
But for the average guy making powder,
Just weighing there powder compared to the volume that comes out of a 100 grain...

Thank you,
So if I compact Goex into a solid CC then it should weigh about 26.2 grains or 1.7 grams.

Today I finished with repressing some of my low density Toilet Paper Charcoal powder.
It was only 78 to 100 grains density.
But after I reground it and re pressed it,
It produced powder that was...

I have a question on how you figure that density compared to grams to a CC.
I have a Lee scoop that is 1 CC
Also one that is 4 CC’s
When I weigh Goex powder using those CC scoops , the 1 CC scoop...

I was able to find several containers of powder that I had made before that the compression ratio was lower than I like.
For example,
I had some CIA powder that I made that was screened.
It was...

Isn’t that not Black Powder ?
Does it have to compare to BP in weight and volume ?

I used an angled reamer that I got from Brownells for doing barrel muzzles crowns .
I just made a collar that fit the cylinder to hold it square.
It didn’t take long with that 45 angled reamer to...

One thing I am going to try this week is to take some of the batches of powder that I made before.
The ones that have a lower density even the ones that were corned before.
I will re mill the...

Yep
Bore Bright works very well to do Fire Lapping / Polishing

I kinda like shooting BP shotguns.
I use my 11 ga. .75” caliber Flintlock Blunderbuss/ Muskatoon for hunting.
Two years ago I was able to get 7 quail on opening day with it shooting birdshot.
I...