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G.This is my Navy Arms Double Percussion Gun.It is cylinder bored and I use 2 1/2 drams of BP,1 1/4...
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
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G.This is my Navy Arms Double Percussion Gun.It is cylinder bored and I use 2 1/2 drams of BP,1 1/4...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
using the Wheel and Flint off a Cigarette Lighter fitted into a Flint Shaped piece of Hardwood and held in the Cock Jaws and a leather sleeve on the frizzen a good spark can be achieved until the...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
It was a recognised method of shooting small game whilst on a campaign by substituting a wad and Bird shot for the Bullet.I have broken Clays with a rifled weapon many times.
Forum: Our Town
Having been almost crippled with pain for some years in 2005 I eventually had two replacement Knees,six months between operations.Since then I have been pain free and at 81 years of age still enjoy...
Forum: Our Town
Some years ago,backing out of my yard with my head out of the drivers window my fender touched the house Drainpipe I applied the brake and the car stopped but my head continued to move with the...
Forum: Our Town
Get an Ice Pack,(I used a Pack of Frozen Peas) and have it ready for when you are released from the Hospital.You will find it is a great help to combat pain and swelling.Devise something to keep your...
Forum: Our Town
Tell her that the light is at the end of the tunnel and she is taking the right steps to overcome her pain.I had both Knees replaced in 2005, 6 months between operations,since then I have not looked...
Forum: Our Town
Our local Butcher in Ilkeston (Derbyshire) makes some good Pork Sausages.Large Finger Rolls loaded with Sausage,Fried Onions,Ketchup and Mustard.I like to slightly burn the Bangers to give that chard...
Forum: Our Town
I must say the Police in VA are most courteous,1974 on I 95 Driving a Chevrolet Pickup it was pouring down with Rain and the wipers had stopped working so I pulled into the hard shoulder trying to...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Do not wipe out prior to loading,first snap off a few caps noting if the blast disturbs Grass or ripped paper as suggested by previous advisers.Remove nipples and trickle in some crushed powder...
Forum: Our Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9KXrRUZqtw
With the world Cup on This is worth watching.
Forum: Special Projects
Take care I believe some of those Original ball reservoir air guns Blew up with disastrous results.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Make sure there is a little free play with the trigger on Both Full and Half cock.Sometimes when a rifle is Re assembled the trigger plate is tightened too much making the trigger and sear touch each...
Forum: Special Projects
222424This is my 50-70 Rolling Block Rifle by Remington.it takes both 50-70 and 12.7x44 Rounds.
Forum: Military Rifles
Yes it is still a single shot,When it came to me the stock was falling apart,I kept the action and furniture.From what I can gather many of the Mauser 71s where converted to Shotguns,The Bolt had...
Forum: Military Rifles
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This is a Mauser 71 that came to me as a 12 Gauge Shotgun.I have rebarreled it to 45-70 Black Powder.The Stock is an old one from another Rifle.The furniture is mauser 71 stuff.A sort of...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Grip the Hammer between copper vice jaws at the square hole end.It must be tight in the vice.Find or make a tube that fits over the Hammer nose,heat the hammer to red and pull it to shape.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Mix Cast Iron Filings with Salamoniac and Water to make a paste.Clean out your Pitting and Holes spread the paste into the depressions and allow to rust and Dry,clean off the surface.This was a...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Put some Green Tomatos in a drawer with a Banana Skin it helps ripening.I have plenty of Flowers on my Toms but no fruit yet.Soon be time to start feeding them when they get little green Toms.I have...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Heat some Sand,Heat the hammer and and Tap to Red,Bury the Hammer and Tap in the hot sand allow to cool and drill the Tap out,Plug off the Hammer Hole and Drill for a small pin,Re harden the...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Using the edge of a razor blade drive it in at one point between the Cock and the Hammer.This acts as a wedge.Incorporate Locktite when doing this.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thanks for that account,very interesting reading.A point I observe is the relationship between the Officer Class and the Troopers.Although skilled Marksmen the Troopers where kept in their place in...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Yes the Baker Rifle was an ideal Skirmishing weapon.A few Riflemen distributed amongst the Troopers using the issued Brown Bess for Formation warfare was an advantage since the Rifles accuracy could...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
An expensive DVD set when was the offer?,I wish I had seen it
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Yes at present the rifle has not been tried out yet.I have had it Proofed at the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House.I took on the project since the owner sent for the Kit but decided he could not...
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 |