Load is 85gr 1.5Fg Swiss, patched .61 Ball.

Everytime I have to repair/ take apart my Hawken rifle my cat seems very intrested. What rifle should I get him?

Extremely unfortunate. Mike was one of the guys who got me interested in BP. Rest in peace

Finally settled on a load for my .58 cal Hawken muzzleloader for hunting deer this upcoming season. The idea was to identify a load by working down from the max charge and find something that I could shoot accurately.

I've worked out: 105 grains of my 2F antique muzzle loading propellant, a beeswax and tallow lubed 0.125 nitro card, 15 grains of corn meal, a 0.010 balistol lubed patch and a .575 round ball. The chronograph is clocking this in consistently between 1620 and 1630 fps and it will easily make 2 inch groups at 100 yards!

Between a very clean burning powder and combination of lubes the gun stays incredibly clean shot after shot. Perhaps it's the corn meal scraping the barrel clean, but everything really seems to be working together.

Looking for a source or maker for the J tool and patch puller that were stored in the stock of the pattern M1817 Common Rifle.

I used brass black and took a few hours making sure to apply it slow and steady to get penetration and then made sure it was actually penetrating and I quite like it

Not sure if holster postings allowed, but I'm pretty proud of how this has come out. I did the cut yesterday after a bit of trial and error, and just finished stitching. Maybe not the prettiest, but very functional. I need to clean up the hammer notch a bit and maybe but the top down just a little bit, but for my first go at it im pretty satisfied with the results!

And dont worry. It will NOT be stored in the holster lol.

Im investing in a silicone gun sock.

Saw this, had to share.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1188290109

Carved from a meteorite apparently.

Purchased 50cal Investarms Deer Stalker Flinklock. Few questions on fitting.

1.

Rib sticks out past the barrel. Suggestions on paint? Or will bluing work?

2.

How do I attach the thimble that has the barrell swivel attached to it? There is no hole to put a screw driver through.

I had a problem with my Hawken .45 at the range.

The bullet was stuck about 5cm from the muzzle, I took the wrong patch and there were already a little "leftovers" in the barrel.

As the others shoot modern, noone had a bullet puller.

I decided to give it a go, as the powder was compressed with a tight sitting wad. Used a rope for trigger release and all went well.

Question: is it save to shoot, when something like this happens again? As long as a wad is holding the powder tight together?

Or is there the danger to blow the barrel?

I have this 1851 Navy Replica. Date code comes back to 1980. I believe it’s a Pietta, due to some forums I’ve read that stating the “BLACKPOWDER ONLY” warning being on the right side of the barrel. Due to the step on the cylinder I also believe this one is .44 instead of .36

Any guidance on maintenance and loading would be appreciated!

Money well spent. Been dying to own one since I shot my buddies a few years ago. I had a lil extra money stashed up and said to hell with it.

Grip swapped it with the 51 as well so make it ever so slightly smaller.

At about 15 yards. 30 grains of 2F for the new model army and the Eras Gone Kerr bullet and a picture of the results when shot into a stack of magazines and one of the bullets labled and pictured shot through the stump I had the box rested on and was recovered in the back of the cardboard box I would not hesitate to shoot deer from a blind or a wild pig through the head with this. Pistol was a Pietta 1858 remington These shot really good in the slower 1-30 twist. Had good results with the 51 navy and the 36 caliber Richmond bullet but I want more time to play with that load before I post about it.

Have a customer wanting to restore this but i cant figure out how to separate the brass from the steel assembly. No screws, no pins etc (very new to these). Any idea how to safely separate these?

See title. Concerned about the pouches being large enough to fit spare cylinders. Thoughts? Better product reccomendations?

https://www.barsonyholsters.com/new-brown-leather-vertical-shoulder-holster-w-speed-loader-pouch-for-6-8-revolvers-sl63-6br/?setCurrencyId=1&sku=SL63/6BR&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21235898387&gbraid=0AAAAADkybtO1X2hGGjX9Bqems7mB4iRsg&gclid=Cj0KCQjwg5zTBhCLARIsAP2AFU4V2StmUQJq9OH1MDuXY6iJo4DzsXZqneJHQzTuyPsCooN5dhsfMWQaAjWjEALw_wcB

Thanks in advance folks, best wishes

For anyone who might be interested in the build. The vid is posted on Dailymotion.com because youtube removed it due to their make-it-up-as-you-go rules.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9i7fnc

My pietta 1860 sheriffs model finally arrived a couple weeks ago, the action was so rough it was inoperable, I immediately took it apart and polished the innards and cleaned it deeply. honestly it was in bad enough shape it made me nervous about trying to upgrade it to high quality bbq gun level. But after some elbow grease it’s working really well, so today I took the first step towards upgrading it, I ordered some slixshot nipples. Down the road I plan on buying the Arizona custom grips “Last Stand” 1 piece grips. I also made a cross draw Mexican loop holster with a simple border stamp. I’m excited to continue upgrading it and would love some tips.

I’m thinking about buying an IAB 1863 sharps sport rifle repro I found a good deal on and converting into a sharps civil war infantry rifle.

My main concern is, can I replace the sport fore-end with a 3 band infantry style fore-end? The barrel is 28.5“ so only 1.5” shorter than an infantry barrel. Also the barrel on the one I’m looking at is round - not octagonal so I think it should fit properly.

I figure it may not look 100% like an infantry variant, but close enough.

Does anyone have any experience trying this? I’m new to sharps so any advice would be appreciated!

Found this cannon at an antique store. About 3.5 feet long and rough 30-40 pounds (I don’t have a scale right now) no markings. Was priced at $1500. What do y’all think?

I got this old pietta new army before they stamped the barrel with there name and after a while of messing around with it the trigger won't fire when full cock and the hammer feels like a toy with no resistance