Recent content by Ron T.

Here's the Goex Load Chart's net address for your inspection: http://www.goexpowder.com/load-chart.html Keep your powder dry... :D Strength & Honor... Ron T.

As 'most everyone "into" black powder, muzzle-loading rifles knows, FFFFg is strictly a priming powder for use in the frizzen-pans of flint-lock rifles. Goex, Swiss and 'most of the other powder manufacturer's plainly spell-this-out and they MAKE the powder, so they MUST know what they're...

The Goex Load Chart shows 60 to 90 grains of FFFg in .45 caliber rifles using the 137 grain round, patched ball... but you can go considerable lower in the amount of powder used and often still get excellent results. Naturally, hunting loads should have a bit more "power" for use on "live"...

If you feel "pushed" to sell one or the other rather than keep 'em BOTH, I'd keep the Ruger and sell the Colt because, normally, the Ruger is most certainly well-built and usually of excellent quality which means a long "life" of shooting fun with minimum problems and/or repairs. Jus' my 2¢...

Welllllll.... We mostly ALL seem to be in agreement about the ol' "tried and true" .30/30... and let's face it, it does "get-the-job-done" for most of us to use for hunting deer and, to top it off, the .30/30 in the Winchester 94 or even the Marlin 336 and their "clones" are still extremely...

With so many different rifles chambered for the .30/30 Winchester cartridge and the relatively new Hornady soft-tipped, ballistically superior, "spitzer" style bullet which allows the bullet to be loaded in safety in Model 94 Winchester, Marlin 336's and other under-barrel-cambering rifle...

Mykeal wrote: Good advice. But, how does a newbie tell a "know-it-all" from a genuine helpful soul? They don't come with brands, as far as I know. *************************************** Excellent question... let me know when you figure it out. :D

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, MEC... An excellent and very interesting post. Thank you for your research and post. ;)

I have and shoot 3 different .50 caliber muzzle-loaders, 2 older CVA percussion-cap Hawkens, one with a 28-inch barrel (7½ lbs.) for target shooting and one with a 24-inch barrel (6½ lbs.) for deer hunting and a Traditions "Shenandoah" flint-lock (1:66 twist). All of 'em are very accurate with...

I bought a new .50 caliber flintlock Traditions Shenandoah (33½ inch barrel) about 5 years or so ago and the only "problem" I had with it was that darned high comb on the stock (called by some a "Roman Nose stock") that wouldn't allow me to get my cheek all the way down on the stock far enough...

My mistake! The .45/70 cases I've seen looked "straight-walled" to me. :banghead: HIGHLANDER 5 may be correct in indicating that the .45/70 isn't a "straight" case. I don't have a rifle in that caliber and don't load for the caliber as I mentioned previous... sooooo if it is a "tapered...

If I had a .45/70 (which I don't), I'd have a "tungsten-carbide" ("T-C") resizing die for it since it's a "straight-walled" case. This would eliminate having to lube the case prior to resizing it and wipe all the lube off after resizing it... saving quite a bit of time and hassle. I have...

I use a mixture of bee's wax and Crisco Oil... it works just fine, but gets pretty solid in cold weather.