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Kituwa, I've used the 500gr. Lyman Govt. bullet fer the Hawken with the bullet swag combo used fer deer and fun shootin and ground hogs. Shootin at the ground hogs....the round nosed bullet can slip thru side to side and let the critters run into the holes. Twice fer deer a good side to side...

I was thunkin Uberti when I mentioned the 1-48 twist. Kituwa, what do you think of the Dixie Gun Works scissors moulds? They could have a spru cut-off made fer one too if a person didn't want to clip with the wire cutters. Ifin yer ASM Walker has the 1-18 twist I think it could have a real...

Howdy Kituwa, That sounds good....on the surface but.....a "reamed cylinder chambers" would dictate the use of the good ole round ball mould since heavier bullets raise pressures. Anywhooo....the Walker has a barrel rifling twist of 1-48 probably due to the higher velocity and pressures. The...

Hang Fire, sorry bout the format and my lack of expertise with the composition of my reply. I went back and broke it up some fer yas. If you can get thru reading it let me know if any of the lil tid-bits of info may be a help to you with that pistol that won't shoot conicals from a conversion...

I may as well address the reply by HangFire. The cap&ball revolver being one of my specialties. Fixed a lot of them starting back in the mid eighties. I had a muzzleloading rifleshop and ended up getting known for being a good gunsmith with the cap&baller revolvers. I'm not propping myself up...

A Pietta Remington will prove very accurate with it's 1-32 twist rate with both ball and conical. Loading conicals in the chambers with the ram on the gun isn't loading straight and true. Try a conversion cylinder by R&D or Kirst Konverter and those 45 conicals loaded straight and true will be...

I've used lead slugs in muzzlleloaders with the fast twist. In the Pedersoli Rolling Block rifle muzzleloader the Lee improved minnies and the Hornady Great Plains bullets and the Lee Engraved at loading conicals ect.ect.ect. the lead was pure lead and they didn't lead the barrels at all...

I've turned my wads sideways to start them in then level them with the ramrod and seat them. The cushipon wads with lube saturated in them can get messy stuffun them in. There are 13ga. wads and I got those to get in easier.Then make sure the over shot wad is 12ga. size to hold the shot in. I...

Muzzle-loader shotguns do seem topattern better with longer barrels. The older muzzleloader doubles almost always had longer barrels than the Pedersoli doubles. Some think ther longer barrels of the old guns were that way to let all the powder burn before the barrels ended. Not logical since...

From what I understand the micro groove was for jacketed bullets and leaded up when used with lead bullets. The Ballard type rifling is made for lead but....I thunk, can shoot jacketed too. The micro groove with a gas check bullet seals the gases and stops the gas blow-by that washes lead on...

Not all damascus barrels show the pattern. Some look just like fluid steel(not damascus) barrels. Not even all pro gunsmiths know this. Some just look for the pattern and if they don't see it they think it's not damascus. It's all in the browning or the bluing as to whether or not the pattern of...

One thing to watch for with the first time Pietta wedge removal is that wedge spring. It has a sharp angle to the end of it that can't get out of the way and it snags the barrel and holds on tight. Depressing the spring before removing the wedge makes it easier. The gun has to be held by...

One factor that may sway the masses from the venerable Colt cap&baller for CASS shooting is the geometry of the Remington 1858/1863 Revolver. The geometry of the hammer cam related to the shape of the bolt in a Remington make it possible(if it ain't like it already) to avoid the "snap" of the...

Denster...OleFluff..... I can see how there's "extra" force put to a "CowBoy Action Competition" gun. I can see how the dead stop against the backstrap by the hammer can help a good bit in that scenario. It can help in a hunter....plinker.....target ...shooter too and I've done it fer a few...

:DI fergitted to mention about a remark concerning the bolt legs bevel on the backside that rubs/rides on the surface of the cam on the hammer. It seemed it was inferred that that bevel has something to do with timing of the bolt and all. Well......that bevel is there to let the bolt leg ride...