I clean between shots with windex on a patch,once down and up turn it over and again down and up..then pour powder ,then lubed patch and ball,cap then shoot..i can shoot 1" groups all day long...The...
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
I clean between shots with windex on a patch,once down and up turn it over and again down and up..then pour powder ,then lubed patch and ball,cap then shoot..i can shoot 1" groups all day long...The...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I've seen guys at the range use a mix of windshield washer and dove dish soap for their BP cartridges brass..After they shoot they drop the brass in a bottle of that mix..cleans the brass like new
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The mix for moose milk that I got from Dutch was 1 part ballistof 1 part pineal and 23 parts wAter. ..didn't work for me so I tried windex and had great results
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I tried the balistol mix ( moose Milk ) for cleaning between shots..all it did was gum up the barrel...Now I use windex window gleaner for cleaning between shots,one patch up and down ..My group...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
is there a difference in the shot if u don't lube the wad. the lubed patch and ball is already out the barrel when the wad comes out,does it help with building pressure.I use unlubed wads in my 45 70...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
what is the twist of your rifle??I have a pedersoli tryon with 1-48 twist that really doesnt like real but maybe work good with a wad..The gun calls for a .445 ball and patch but I use .451 ball with...
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are we talking about using a wad under ball and patch over powder???????
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that cutting oil is that the stuff they use on a fluid cooled metal cutting band saw
Forum: Muzzleloading.
that sounds more like a lube then a cleaner..for a lube I use bear fat ,bees wax,and bagbalm for muzzle and spg for my sharps 45 70
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Good Morning fellow casters..just bought a new pedersoli tryon...with the old gun I cleaned between shots with a spit patch but after many shots I seemed to wear out the barrel..long story short...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
can u tell me why you guys are using a resizing die for your brass..I never resize after shooting them..after you shoot them the brass is formed for the rifle...all I do is bring my shot brass that I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
happy birthday ..all I did was sit on a side hill at the camp with a big case of beer going over in my head how old I was getting and what would I have done different...I felt a lot better when the...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I don't resize after firing my brass, only the boolet is sized and lubed to .459 in my lyman 450 lube sizer..I reprime ,pore the charge ,add a paper wad then finger in boolet on top...reshot my...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I use a bore snake every 5 shots from the breech.then do a good cleaning when I am done shooting..at home or on the range
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
If you would have read my post you would have seen the load hahahahahahahh
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
this is one of the targets at 100 yrs..I had a better one but didn't take a pic of it ...shot 50 rounds of different loads of goex and triple 7..best load was 50 grns of triple 7 fffg with one...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Went to the range today with different loads of goes and triple 7 . Nothing worked great until I added a blow tube to the mix .best group ever..thanks guys for the great advice
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what is fouling control, more grease, blow tube???????
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hahha no need to fight people..I was supposed to go to the range today but the wife said the grankids were coming over so the range didn't happen..should be there tomorrow..a friend gave me some...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I was using a milk carton wad before I used paper wad..I used to find the milk carton wad by the target meaning the wad stuck to the boolet..That's why I was told to switch to a newspaper wad..
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
most of my fired brass measures 2.09 to 2.095..dont resize yet
no more keyholing after I got rid of the 50/50 mix lead /ww...going to the range again with some loaded with goex..what mix should I try
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I don't compress triple seven,told not to..i just add powder through drop tube,one newspaper wad over 50gr triple 7 and just put boolet sized .459 in by hand..over all length is 2.62".lube is...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
where do you measure the nose..i measured just before the round tip and got .449...the rifle is a 45-70 ped sharps falling block ...my leading was just after the breech for about 4" then nothing
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 |