James, you have made a very valid point. Earlier this week Aliant just announced they were canceling all powder orders for the foreseeable future. They were not even going to fill the orders in the...
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
James, you have made a very valid point. Earlier this week Aliant just announced they were canceling all powder orders for the foreseeable future. They were not even going to fill the orders in the...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
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Those diminishing velocities made me think it would take a whole lot more powder to get one to 3,000 fps, more than would have time to burn in the barrel.[/QUOTE]
A professor of...
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The chart on page 28 shows the Maximum pressure generated by the density of the powder, in a closed system. Earlier charts show pressure based upon density of compaction, etc. Please go back and...
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Go to page 28 you will find a chart that will tell you all you need to know about the maximum pressure. Keep in mind that different commercial powders have different densities, based upon the type...
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I am ready to buy another Flintlock, but I am having trouble deciding between the Traditions Mountain Rifle in 50 cal, or the Traditions Trapper pistol in 50 cal. I have an older CVA Hawken that...
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Grafs in Mexico has #11 caps, RWS mfg. They have a limit of three, 250 ct tins, at $39.00 per tin, that does not include a $12.95 shipping fee, and a $23.50 Hazmat. I will be in the area on Tuesday...
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If you’re a bigamist than so am I. Squirrel season is set to open up in 9 days. I have a 62 cal smooth bore, a 50 cal, 36 and 32 cal, I’ve squirrel hunted with all of them, even the 50 cal By using...
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That is about the fugliest black powder firearm I have ever seen. I think it even beats out those ugly abominations the Arabs use to call muskets, and I never thought until now there was anything...
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I absolutely love my Uberti Walker. I put Slix Shot nipples on it and that cured the jam up issues that it had with the factory ones. That is an awesome set you have there.
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Actually I was being generous with 36,000 psi. Here are the results of the US Army’s testing of Black Powder. Please note that it is in metric measurements so you will have to do the conversions...
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Same here. There have been numerous chain fires caught on video, and on a frame by frame analysis, shows that they all started at the nipple. The only chain fire I ever had, was on an 1860 Army. It...
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One thing everyone has failed to consider, is the maximum pressure that black powder is capable of achieving, which is 36,000 PSI. When the pressure reaches maximum, it stops burning until the...
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Here in MO, a stainless one in good shape, will bring $1,200-1,500. If yours is NIB or like NIB, you can add at minimum another $200 to the price. Blued ones not so much, $500-700, but everyone...
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I'm also with the smaller ball or thinner patch crowd. When I learned from an old timer that I didn't need a tight load to shoot well, I went from shooting 3 inch groups at 50 yards with my 50 cal,...
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Love my Uberti Walker. 50 gr of 3F behind a cast Lee 200 gr RN, is some fun shooting. It has become my Tractor/4wheeler/Truck gun. I’ve actually rolled coyotes at nearly 100 yds with it.
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I’ve heard that as well, yet until shooting the Maxi I have never had that problem before. I’ve always shot light loads out of it as well. No more than 20 grains of 3F with a patched ball. I’ve...
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You mentioned it loads easy, time after time with no swabbing. That is how it should be. Anything other than that and your load is too tight. Ric is 100% correct, practice, practice, practice. I can...
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Many moons ago when I bought my first 32 cal, a Traditions Crockett, little did I know I was going to get totally hooked on squirrel hunting with it. I liked the little rifle so well it became my...
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Well I got my Walker finally after waiting a week and a half for the USPS to deliver it express priority mail, exactly 183 miles. It is 110 miles to the USPS sorting house in Columbia MO to the...
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All of my PRBs are started with my thumb, and go down the tube with no effort at all. My 32 and 36 cal rifles all shoot 3 under a dime and 20 under a quarter without being swabbed. My 50 cal at 50...
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I’ve had a 44 Navy for years and love it, but I am really seriously looking at the Colt Walker. 60 grs of 3Fg on a round ball delivering 1200 fps, and 50 grs with a conical giving 1000 fps. That is...
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Oh to not be dyslexic and for the world to be that simple. I spent 20 years in the Army and still can’t get my left and right figured out half the time. Don’t bother telling me about holding up my...
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There is no historical evidence of using a short starter on a patched round ball. The short starter was introduced with the advent of bore sized conical projectiles in the mid 1800’s. I have 4...
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Thanks to your misfortune, on Friday when I zeroed my Pennsylvania 32, I didn’t make the same mistake, but it was shooting a foot low at 25 yds. There was a lot of filing going on on that front...
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My 50 cal just absolutely obliterates the patch. When I shoot it the ground looks like I’ve been shooting a confetti gun about 15-20 yards in front of me. I don’t know why it does it, but it it...
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 |