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If you use LPP in 45-70 and it does not work you can't complain to the distributor or the manufacturer, you are not using them as intended. For off label use the user assumes all responsibility and...

You have to wonder what the factories do, is new brass pulled from the factory at a different place in the process than new brass that the factory loads. Why is not factory new brass not the same as...

I don't think your Mauser is an 8x57 (8mm Mauser) anymore, I think it has been modified to be a 8mm -06, this was a not so uncommon modification so that it could be reloaded with much cheaper (at the...

Three options, DIY, send out for repair, or sell and replace. I am thinking you might need to sell and replace; you don't seem to understand what is required to repair.
Tim

Has anyone tried making pellets of black powder like they do with subs?
Tim

Yep, brand new guns cost less than a new replacement barrel.

U.S. Revolver, Iver Johnson, H&R or even Colt New Line or Remington Smoot. The Colts or Remingtons are kind of pricey like the S&W but carry top names the others are less prestigious but are fine if...

Isn't a reline going to cost as much as two barrels, the barrel to be reworked and the liner plus labor for the rework?

Tim

I say get an antique 38 S&W. If you are shooting black powder you can pick any number if different makes and models, don't limit yourself to top breaks and maybe go with a single action or even spur...

I have a barrel, it is 50 cal. I want to keep it and just have a smaller bore barrel to swap when I am wanting to shoot a smaller ball.

Tim

I am wanting a drop in replacement barrel for my CVA flint lock with a hooked breach.

either .32 or .36 cal. pitched for conicals prefered but round ball is ok too.

Tim

I am wanting a drop in replacement barrel for my CVA flint lock with a hooked breach.

either .32 or .36 cal. pitched for conicals prefered but round ball is ok too.

Any leads welcome, I will...

Maybe someone on here know for sure but the left was sold to me as an Isotope core and the one on the right is some sort of hold down weight I think.

Tim

The Kitco 24-hour lead quote at the top of the page is a clue. Lead seems to be a buck a pound and that is what my scrap yard charges. They have wheel weights but just dumped in the bin with...

Metal, almost of any sort is going up in price.

Tim

I just got the thing on the right, I think it is about 10 pounds and pretty soft. The thing on the right I have had a while, it is closer to 20 pounds and harder.

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Tim

He drove up not walked up, it is an easement of a sort. He was in a company truck, really, I was probably trespassing. I was wary but not for reasons like you are suggesting. I was glad he was...

Freebore is created when the rifle is chambered (not a feature of a cartridge) and on a 45-70 is usually quite short. What I think you are talking about is what is most often called, "jump to lands"...

Kapok is not dacryon/polyester. Kapok is a plant-based fiber, polyester is synthetic. I expect they are interchangeable in this application, but I can't be sure. Kapok has many differences with...

I could see where puck density testing would be valuable. There is probably a point where more ram pressure does not increase density so no point in stressing things with higher ram loads. If the...

Good to know.

Tim

Yep. That was figured out over a century ago, almost 2 centuries ago. Not just hunting but fighting. No point in pushing a round ball over 1800 fps except to say you did it. Not necessarily a bigger...

Seems like a good option, if not keeping it stock. Rebore or reline to .32 S&W long would make a nice rifle and ammo/components will pretty easy to come by for many years to come.

CVA Flintlock range report.

It went bang every time. Stranger happened by this kind of hidden location, he was interested, had shot before, does not own a gun but is thinking about getting one. I...

Thanks, it sounds like either will work. I have much of both lead sheet and sheet leather. I am going to leave it as is with the lead because I have the impression that this gun was working will as...