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you mean fffffttt ...............................bang ?
nothing noticeable - was only firing blank powder charges to test ---pull trigger - gun went bang
I pulled the nipple on a couple of the...

I just tried the plastic cap gun caps this morning - 100% no go (A CVA that I have zero problems with ordinarily)

- they just didnt have enough grunt to fire the charge - however - I used my...

First question
will a fired case rechamber without problems ?
I had a 30/30 built in the early 70's (I refer to as Winchesters diecast and plastic lever gun phase!) - needed a little touch of the...

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charcoal
I think I always cooked how you describe - my lead was a bloke who made the best charcloth for firelighting competitions - "dont overcook it" - he showed me how to...

ok just did this specially for you
33grains of screened FFF filled the case (poured, with a couple of taps on the bench)
Compression die down to 12mm (fairly firm but not gonna break anything)
7...

dont take much extra care (measuring) really but if you not aware of the need of it - you come a cropper often enough, !

nope! full throttle loads! he needs to learn to shoot that thing smooth and straight standing up so it dont hurt too bad and he not scared of it at all .
If he dont - then the bear is gonna win!!!!...

No polishing at my place - no graphiting
I've been shooting ungraphited powder (by choice) for 30 years - so am well used to the extra care required in measuring

we shoot screened powder exclusively in our muzzleloaders (including cap and ball pistols) - the process is much simpler and it is so much easier to control grain size with screening - less wasted...

we could go into endless arguments here and like you say people will end up doing what they feel like anyway (I will for sure!)
I have done some testing that does not completely agree with your...

Yeah just bought the only tin of caps within a hundred mile radius of my house Remington number ten's = $18 /100
Rang a feller about three hours away - he has plenty RWS $22/100 for top hat caps ,...

Got three inline cappers one good one that I dont like (cash I think) two cheapies from Cabellas I way prefer ..................

I had fail to fire problem with my japanese browning model 71 - inertia firing pin messed up - converted to solid - - -
Why do these replica makers mess up trying to appease lawyers? Chiappa and...

me too ????

keep us posted how that works - I have been discarding the "punky" wood from my willow

I got the Oliver F Winchester - similar specs to yours - like the look of the silver ones better but been told that blackpowder plays havoc with the finish - mine takes it alright.

Duck what you find is because the home rolled didnt get as compressed in the making process it will take a lot more compression in loading so ends up pretty much at the same place as commercial but...

yeah - talk of red dot for the starter scares me - and I have pounds of the stuff on the shelf.

try 5 grains AR2205 (its 4227) should be able to get 30 grains of Goex in as well

Art
I started out with a carbine weight sharps (repro) shooting prone at the 600yard - the gun was just 8 pounds neat, 535 grain boolit, lil skinny stock - it were not a fun experience at all - I...

I vote the Chambers -- seen a couple of busted mainsprings in L & R locks but they were some kind of cast deal
I have wrecked a dozen old cheap shotguns over the years never saw a broken flat...

have seen a decent few smoothie barrels made from hydraulic tube - estimated burst pressure rating on the one I looked up is a bit over 13K psi ......not a huge safety margin ? -- never seen nor...

I was referencing to the Land Owner quote "CAN use spire pointed boolits in a lever gun" doing THAT for a friend would be lunacy ...............................cuz you just know somewhere down the...

"loading for a friend" .....that would be outright lunacy!!!!!!

only done one - a bloke gave me - needed a torch - old barrel had been "rode hard and put away wet" more often than not - did it to see what was in there (years ago) --for this project I think I...