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• Posted in thread: Hawk on 11/19/2009 at 5:53AM
  Hi, allI've been shooting BP pistols and my .54 Sharps for a number of years, but have little real
  knowledge about other types of BP rifles and accessories.I have an opportunity to buy a pretty nice H...

• Posted in thread: American Pioneer Powder on 11/06/2009 at 6:38AM
  Yes, i read an article that claimed a regular shotgun primer caused the powder and bullet/sabot to move
  before the powder ignited.Winchester and other companies came out with primers that were suppose...

• Posted in thread: American Pioneer Powder on 11/05/2009 at 7:53PM
  I'm not getting paid either. Thought that by now most folks would have read that JSG sticks stink:
  Especially the three pellet loads. In order to make the sticks work at all you have to really lean on...

• Posted in thread: Unload or leave loaded ?? on 11/04/2009 at 7:34AM
  I just got me a new Thompson Encore barrel. Ok...I load it up go hunting and never see a Deer or shoot
  it, Now what ?? I know to remove the 209 Primer, but what about the bullet and powder charge stil...

• Posted in thread: It is not to ........... on 11/03/2009 at 8:04AM
  Hey guys lets get going here. There is got be more Black Powder shooters.LETS MAKE THE FORUM
  TALK................:DMuzzleman: I start out by saying hello; I belong to a local muzzleloader club Fort
  Um...

• Posted in thread: What BP Guns are You Shooting? on 11/01/2009 at 7:58AM
  I did rondy's off and on for a few years. I won fourth place in 94 at the Raton Rendezvous and won a
  pretty cool knife. At the Ft. Collins Smoke Poler Shoot I won a 10, actually 11 gauge smoothbore sh...

• Posted in thread: Cival war musket(toon)?? on 11/01/2009 at 7:41AM
  Hello all, I am looking for any info on this musket or musketoon. It is a WM Mason Taunton musket dated
  1863, with an Eagle, US and VP marked on the weapon. I believe it is US mil issue from the cival...

• Posted in thread: .50 cal rust removal advice on 10/31/2009 at 9:22AM
  Hawg: I bought a older lyman. off the net and it was full of rust I plugged the nipple and filled the
  bore with Hydrogen Peroxide Let stand overnite. top of bore will be filled with rust. repeat until...

• Posted in thread: Pyrodex Pellets on 10/31/2009 at 9:00AM
  Anybody shoot Pyrodex Pellets in their cartridge guns?Hello: I've tried the pellets in my Ruger old army
  revolver. Sometimes they would fire sometimes they wouldn't. If I put about 3 grs. of 4f in fir...

• Posted in thread: Black Powder and Pyrodex? on 10/15/2009 at 7:48PM
  Does anyone know the difference between black powder and pyrodex?Hello: My believe the difference is
  that. If your going to shoot a black powder gun. Then use black powder. I've tried the pyrodex, I b...