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Well, my bullets start out at .360", get patched to .366", and seal the .383" grooves properly so I'd say it can happen.
I do use a case full of powder, it ends up about 60 grains so only .100" of...

I make my own caps as well, #11 and musket size. That way I get to shoot the revolvers and rifled muskets. But since I got a Kibler, that is about all I end up shooting and all it needs is a rock. I...

My own 38-55 is similar, so I just shoot it with black powder and pure lead bullets paper patched to bore diameter. It works great and is super accurate. And if I lightly duplex load it, there's no...

I've never seen one with a factory 45 caliber barrel, only 50. I have one that I rebarreled to 35 caliber, and bedded into a wood ADL stock. Like others said, it's a pain to clean but kind of fun to...

That's right. A pass through a Lee .224 sizer makes them work.

If you really want deluxe, an underhammer with a Unertl on top is slick.

I like that peep sight idea! I need to come up with something like that for my Kibler SMR. That rifle is incredibly...

Yes. The BPCR and some other models designed for a tang sight had a tang. The B98 and modern types didn't. Take all the screws out of the tangs and it should come off.

You can easily check the scope. Put it in a vise with padded jaws, and tap around on it with a hammer handle or something. Watch the image to see if it is always pointed in the same place. If it...

I suspect it may take a faster than normal twist barrel to make those shoot very well. But I have been known to be wrong as well to try it and see. When we shot rifle bullets in 357s for silhouette,...

Yes. I used to shoot sparrows with it in my back yard. Tumble lube them first.

Going to the SAAMI web site and studying the various chamber drawings can be very educational. Also somewhat of a history lesson, as you can easily see how chambers have changed over the years and...

I'm not a fan of those critters. They ruined several of my dad's rifles that were stored in grandma's attic by building nests in the bores.

I also sort of slowed down on it, but that normally happens in the summer when I switch my focus from guns to motorcycles. I still have a batch of GP sitting out on the bench, just to see what...

You can get digital gram scales on Amazon for next to nothing. They go to .1 gram, plenty good for powder making. I use a set I bought about 20 years ago when I got into this, it was included in a...

If you really wanted to, there used to be a guy who sold what amounted to a cigarette lighter that was held in the cock. You would glue some suede to the frizzen, and it produced an impressive amount...

Neat! Do you build those actions and parts or buy them? I like the slim design and the ring hammer is a nice touch.

I have one of those scopes on my silhouette rifle. If you are using the standard mounts, I can guarantee it's not holding zero. I'm one of those that ended up with DZ mounts, and now it does what it...

Thank you for sharing that. It does look like the best use of GP.

Yes, black powder only.

I have found those bullets shoot great in my Trapdoor unsized and dip lubed. I don't size the fired cases and they are a perfect fit. Seating the bullet scrapes off the excess lube, so super simple...

There is the gas cap, tank vent valve, purge valve, charcoal canister, and assorted plumbing. That is really all there is to that system. First thing is, what exactly is the code it is giving you?...

I guess lever action ARs are just a way to be different and sell something, but pump action ARs make a lot more sense. Almost everything to make it work is already there, and they are way faster than...

I don't know. I had not heard that before. I see brown marks on paper when I flash black powder, but just assumed that was part of the fouling.

I've been using 40 S&W cases (since I don't have a gun to fire them in) with bullets hammered in backward and crimped over, and some brass balls I got on Amazon. Together they seem to work very well.

Interesting results, I haven't tried duplex loading this powder yet but need to give it a try.

As a side note, I mixed up a batch of golden powder sometime last winter and have had it sitting out...