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Gun Building / Re: TOUCH HOLE

« Last post by smylee grouch on April 21, 2025, 03:18:13 AM »

That's happened to many others as well. You MIGHT be able to minimize some of the damage if you can file up and down instead of length ways.   

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Gun Building / TOUCH HOLE

« Last post by yip on April 21, 2025, 02:33:48 AM »

 CALL IT A BRAIN @$#% JUST STUPIDITY, I BROWNED MY BARREL BEFORE INSTALLING THE TOUCH HOLE NOW I HAVE TO FILE THE WHITE LIGHTING, IN DO SO YOU GUESSED IT NOW I GOT TO TOUCH UP THE BROWNING. AAAAH S^!&

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Gun Building / Re: cherry stock

« Last post by David R. Pennington on April 21, 2025, 02:20:33 AM »

This one got multiple coats of boiled linseed oil. I think it’s even a little darker now but don’t have a current photo. I did one cherry stock and used aqua fortis, it got very dark.

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Black Powder Shooting / Re: Basic procedure for working up a load

« Last post by Stoner creek on April 21, 2025, 02:07:41 AM »

I shoot with a handful of guys (the Marsh Boys) who can arguably be called some of the best flintlock shooters in the world. They can have a gun shooting where they want it in about an hour. All offhand Large bull and small bull targets and that’s all. They walk the gun in at 25 yards and fine tune at 50 yards. Like a lot of things these days it’s easy to over engineer a simple project.
Their process along with a lot of practice and great shooting skill has produced a pickup load of national records at Friendship. Keep it simple.

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Black Powder Shooting / Re: Basic procedure for working up a load

« Last post by Austin on April 21, 2025, 12:37:10 AM »

Don’t overthink it. Put 5-10 more grains than your cal. and shoot it….Ball diameter may vary depending on barrel maker and patch thickness….If your using 70 grains or more consider 2f over 3f…. Knock your sights around or file till you get it hitting where you want at 25, then try 50…. And your done….easy peasy

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Items for Sale/Wanted / Re: .440 Ball mold

« Last post by Rick Rhodes on April 20, 2025, 11:46:49 PM »

Bump

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Gun Building / Re: JBMR Original Jag

« Last post by Woodpecker on April 20, 2025, 11:27:17 PM »

Joe R, thank you very much for that. I got it out today and during cleaning you can feel when the regular jag goes beyond the barrel grooves and then the taper binds. Had to spin some material to get to the bottom.

44-henry, PM incoming.

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Antique Gun Collecting / Re: Gun makers in the day

« Last post by Jim Kibler on April 20, 2025, 11:11:45 PM »

One gun every two weeks or perhaps a little faster.  A rifle a week could be possible, but not over a long period of time.

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Black Powder Shooting / Re: Basic procedure for working up a load

« Last post by Stoner creek on April 20, 2025, 11:10:14 PM »

keep your targets( or photos) with a quarter for scale.  you think you will remember but you will not. wright all info on target (when working up loads I don't care where on the target it groups as long as it's tight and REPEATABLE)


same rifle at 50 and 100 (2 high than moved sights to hit)


still working on this rifle at 50/100 a little to left if it groups the same  next range day I'll then move the sights most group the same at 3 different range days before I move sights

 This is all gibberish unless you’re there to explain what it is. I’ve been shooting these things for 45 years and never attempted anything like this. Didn’t need to.

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Gun Building / Re: JBMR Original Jag

« Last post by Daryl on April 20, 2025, 10:42:37 PM »

Good work. The only improvement I would make vis to have the screw either 8x32 or 10x32 and made of steel ( from a machine screw)