Recent content by martysport

So can hot bluing :) I've re-blued an 1860 barrel and cylinder along with an 1858 cylinder and Marlin 25N bolt :cool:

How many grains of BP does it hold :)

.1250 is way too high :) 0.0597 is what I get for a CCI BLAZER (just an example) while the more powerfull WMR is shockingly less at 0.0341 for a Winchester 40g FMJ. I guess the higher speed slows down faster. I'm getting 'about' 40 ft/lb @ 300yards for that round (CCI BLAZER) TBH 40ft/lbs...

70 ft/lbs at 300 yards? are you sure? I just tried it in my program (but with .22WMR) and get about 37 ft/lbs at 300 yards and the WMR has a bit more power too.

CZ452 all the way :) bit longer than what you want with a 25 inch barrel.

Both types of music too :) country and western!

Is it OK to use FFFG in a .50cal inline? (Tracker 209) I have both FFG and FFFG powder but I've found a good offer on some FFFG powder. I have a two .44 Pietta revolvers I can use it in them, I'm just curious if I can use it in a rifle too :)

Metric is so much easier to understand :)

Thanks, I try and shoot a few next week and see how they are.

Links doesn't work :( Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.

Found the time to cast some bullets :) The mold is a Lee Improved Minie Ball Bullet Mold 500-360M. How tight should these be when loading? They arn't loose but I was expecting them to be a little tighter, It needs a few pounds of pressure on the ramrod (this is my 1st muzzle loader...

Turned out the Yukon is unavailable for 3 months from my supplier dispite their website saying it was in stock :cuss: Anyway they offerd me the Tracker in nickle and gave me next day delivery and it arrived today :cool: I got a set of weaver syle mounts/rings too. Hopefully over the weekend...

I have a Marlin 25n and the stock has split, I see Boyd's do some nice stocks for Marlin but only the 800. Will the Marlin 800 stock for the 25n? I 'think' the old Marlin 880 stocks were the same fitment as the 25n.

I ordrerd the Yukon in the end :) Also a Hawke 3-9*50 mil dot scope and a Lee Improved Minie Ball Bullet Mold 500-360M

15mm in length ;)