That rifle setup for .58 round ball would be quite a nice shooter. And a heck of a conversation starter!
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That rifle setup for .58 round ball would be quite a nice shooter. And a heck of a conversation starter!
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Bobby will advise you, when I asked him about bullet shooting for my 40 caliber rifle he suggested 1:14 for up to 420 grain bullets and it’s been brilliant. Beware of fouling with the smaller bores....
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I have gain twist in my 1860 Colt and also in my Pietta Shooters Model. Both are superbly accurate guns. Bobby Hoyt says they should also provide higher velocity. I have not verified this since I...
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You don’t need to ream the cylinder to .465. I would go to .454 and use the .457 ball. It will obdurate easily to fill the grooves and probably give you much better accuracy than the current...
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So much misinformation about those second generation colts. Some of the parts were imported from Uberti, others were made right here by Colt.
“This is an excerpt from Dennis Adler's latest book,...
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Pietta Shooters Model recommends .464” and its chambers are .456” but I’ve used .457 in them successfully. Most of my revolvers are reamed to .456” and use .457 balls or bullets
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“According to the concept, the tragedy of the commons, should a number of people enjoy unfettered access to a finite, valuable resource such as a pasture, they will tend to over-use it, and may end...
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They’re not building anymore of those and I’ve recently seen them sell for 1200 and 1600 on Gunbroker. The deluxe version sold for 2300 new.
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The investarms is the same rifle as the Lyman isn’t it?
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Pietta 1860’s sorta look like an original 1860 Colt. If you squint at it from 30 feet… Uberti are much closer dimensionally including the critical dimensions of chamber/bore, as well as the fit and...
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I’m told that GOEX will be shipped blackpowder soon…
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I’ve taken two of these in trades. A 4-5/8” and 5-1/2” . They’re very well made and accurate as you say. I typically load 25 grains of T7 under a lubed Kerr bullet and it’s a snappy loading, good for...
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100%..what a waste of plastic all that crap is… if you want to unload your rifle at days end, get a ball discharger and a box of co2 cartridges. Or, uncap, place a scrap of leather over the nipple...
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Maybe this would work 310836or this… depending upon how hard you want to swat things…310837
I had both of them made up at accurate molds and cut to drop bullets at .458” I can then size .457 and...
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Like many others, I much prefer black powder over substitutes. If that’s what you can get however, it will work just fine in the TC breech as well as the GM, Rice, or other plugs. I’ve been using...
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This might be close. Perhaps a bit longer than the PA…
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How are you guys sizing your 40’s, and 45’s, 50’s, etc. that you’re having difficulty starting the bullets, engraving rifling, etc.? I typically size a thousandth or so over bore size for hunting...
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Accurate Molds make a bullet mold very close to what you’re talking about…
260 grains with nice lube groove…308680
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More lube is not “better”… just saying. Really no need to keep trying to pick the fly **** out of the pepper. :)
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It’s interesting that so many are concerned about that “less accurate load” using an obviously superior hunting bullet. 2” at 100 yards is meat all day long. For quite a few years my favorite deer...
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Longhunter will give you what you’re looking for. Jackrabbit does fine work too…
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I size all conicals, depending upon the rifle they may be sized to be a slip fit, (weight of the ramrod will seat the bullet) or a thousandth or so oversized for use in hunting rifles where you want...
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You might look into a Kibler kit. E has options and you end with a very high quality rifle.
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45 70 barrel that John Taylor breeched for me and it shoots very well with bullets sized to .450. My Rice barreled Hawken loves the heavier 500+ grain bullets but does ok with the Gould bullets too....
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