Oops my preferred loading? First fire in a clean barrel. .535 ball over 90 gr. of 2-FF. There after firings in the foul barrel .530 ball is the only item I change. My rifle has a 1-48 twist. I'm...
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Oops my preferred loading? First fire in a clean barrel. .535 ball over 90 gr. of 2-FF. There after firings in the foul barrel .530 ball is the only item I change. My rifle has a 1-48 twist. I'm...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
My carbine is a 54 cal. Haven't spent much time shooting it. Have gotten spoiled shooting double set triggers over the years. For those not knowing. White Mtn has a antiquated single bow trigger. I...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I'm pretty sure graphite being a non-flammable tumbled coating which some say it hampers ignition and slows its powders burn speed.
I have some published literature here on the making B powder thu...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
It would be handy to have a "Pass thru Die or two" so to swage a cast bullet slightly smaller in caliber, than wrap that boolit up too its proper bore diameter. Only two tools I know of that will...
Forum: Leverguns
Have been a reloader for some time. Do have a model 36 Marlin lever in the above caliber.
I too have experimented with powders and there charging s in this cartridge. " Although I have always...
Forum: Leverguns
Had a chance to purchase a 336 35 cal a couple years ago. A dandy clean hardly used lever gun. At the time. I highly doubt that rifle seen a days use in the woods. __ I passed on it. 695.00 Na!!...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
I've been patching for a few years. Took a year or so to get the technique right. As I learn more and more about patching I grew more interested. Then again I'm a history buff in heart. New...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Yes my 45 cal barrel is marked 1-66 Round Ball only. The place where I purchased the rifle did offer such factory made barrels as a barrel option back in the early 80's. A few years later after I...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have a hawkin 45. (Got allergic to the recoil of my 54 hawkin some years back.) So I switched to my 45. Been hunting deer quite a few yrs now with the 45 and have taken a few deer with littl 128...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I bought a lb of it some years back when it first became available on shelves. I liked it. Have a green mtn barrel 1-28 twist it shot well with BH-209 __under a 240 grain 40 cal cast that is. These...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I use one of those CVA bore light thing'ees that's powered-up by 2 hearing aid battery's. Roller-coasters down the bores 45 thru 69 cal. It's a OK light. Although I'm kind'a with freakonaleash. I...
Forum: Leverguns
311041 Ideal cast appears to be a dandy 30 cal boolit being a flat point suggested for Rem/ Win lever use. Lyman 311291 on the other-hand isn't quite so dandy looking. Its a plain jane cast. But...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have a couple of old Winchesters made in the late 19th century. I don't thing either's barrel were swabbed clean by their owners. Very corroded. Strange thing after a good cleaning and some modern...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I tried allot substitutes. I just never found one I liked. I got into that frame of mind "I had to keep looking for something better" when shooting subs. So I tried Black then stuck with Groex for my...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
It would be nice to have a couple pass-thru-dies for this purpose. The idea of a pass thru die is to swage a raw cast a bit smaller in diameter so to paper patch thicker up to the desired boolit size...
Forum: Leverguns
Been watching this fellow now and then on Utube he posting for years. As I recall he started with a patch & ball pedersoli and continually advanced his weaponry. I know for sure he lives in germany...
Forum: Leverguns
I am not a negative Na Bob. I try not to clutter up others dream/s. Just my experience being 44 mag lever owner.
During the Reagan years I bought a new post 94 Trapper 44. A year or two later I...
Forum: Leverguns
I got one too. Got to liken mine allot. It's a 200 yrd. hanging steel ringer with open barrel sights. All that's needed to do that type of shooting I found is a sturdy tree for a feller to lean up...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I've shouldered quite a few inlines over the years. Either the barrels sight plane or a short stock gave me cause to keep looking. One day I shouldered a brand new to the market place a CVA Optima....
Forum: Leverguns
I wouldn't worry to much about a chain fire in the magazine tube with home poured round nose cast. (see my prior link above) for instruction link on proper hardness.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I've never tried B/H 209. Never had ambition too. Gorex-Swiss yes indeed I've sampled_good products for any side lock. Became a member here in 12. Read how to make Black right here in this column....
Forum: Leverguns
Have 1894 win 25-35 w/26" barrel. Sear safety notch has been too filed down by previous owner hoping to lighten its trigger pull. (foolish filing job) Sear's jump over each other with a un-cocked...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
(Just a bit too old school here yet)
Pipe thread sealer: Never have tried to swirl a cast prior to firing out a barrel wrapped in teflon tape.
From my prospective the white tape may be a bit to...
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