powdered sulfur melted in a pan and pored in chamber works good.
Type: Posts; User: cub45
Forum: Military Rifles
powdered sulfur melted in a pan and pored in chamber works good.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Are you setting the shoulder back to much and making a head space problem ?
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I cut up a old hand saw to what i need , grind to what you need.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
look at mahovsky's metalife for your hard chrome
Forum: Muzzleloading.
under barrel marked DBARR and 1726-08
thanks kurt
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Waksupi, I have a trade gun 20ga that was bought through Matt by a fellow that called himself Mnt Mike, like to see who may have made it. Barrel marked with small crown over a v, London on top...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
What about a bolt from a 223 marlin xl7, it's a pinned on bolt head ?
kurt
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I used powdered sulfur from drug store, melt in pan on stove and pour in like cerro-safe.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Go to the parker gun collectors form, the people there can give you the right smiths to contact.
By the looks of it the 97 and the flat top they are about the same size, I have a 44 flat top and to me its small, eats my knuckle when shot. I was hoping the 97 would be in between the full size...
What is the frame, size wise, compared to a super black hawk 2 digit frame and a 3 digit frame?
Forum: Military Rifles
Pawn shop prices are nuts around me, like said offer much much lower, you can always go up but not down.
good luck
kurt
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Buy yourself a couple of books and read them then reread again you will learn what you are asking. The gunsmith of Greenville county and Recreating the American longrifle, you only get one shot a...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Could you look up the patent drawings for what you need?
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I got a 92 made in 1904 that needs the rear sight insert, looked all over can't find it, any ideas?
thanks kurt
Forum: Muzzleloading.
look up Jim Kibler, makes beautiful easy to build kit , not cheep but you get more than you pay for. when buying a flintlock the lock is very important, poor lock equals unhappy shooter.
Forum: Special Projects
Your shoulders will tell you many years later that it might not have been such a good idea.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
file the muzzle to direct the pattern, it does not take much.
Forum: Military Rifles
Where can I get a barrel threaded for my 95 styre, my barrel has been demilled, would like to do a 30 40? I can turn it but don't know how to thread.
kurt
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Contact henry and see if they are going to make one in 327, they sure would sell a bunch of them.
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 |