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Looking for someone with a little experience in black powder .44 magnum loads. How many grains by volume of 3f bp would you put under a 200 grain LSWC in a 44 magnum case? Also is it necessary in bp cartridge loading to have the base of the bullet flush with the top of the powder load...

I recently bought one of the new Ruger Mini-14 Ranch rifles. When I tried to install the synthetic folding stock from my old Mini-14 onto this new one, it didn't fit. Neither did the flash suppressor off the old rifle. As I understand it, Ruger made some major improvements in the Mini-14...

How are you carrying your spare C&B revolver cylinders on your person? I'd never given it much thought until I took my pistol and spare cylinder on a trailwalk-type shooting course last week. So I came home and made up this belt pouch from scrape leather pieces to hold my spare Remington...

I've got .54 Renegade that I rarely shoot so I've been thinking about converting it to a smoothbore. Doesn't someone make a drop in barrel for the T/C Renegade/Hawken? I've found drop in rifled barrel replacements but no smoothbores. I checked the T/C website and didn't see anything and I...

I recently bought Powder Inc.'s cyclinder reloading stand. It's a little pricey but it is of excellent construction and should last a lifetime. I comes with two adaptors. One fits Ruger and Remington and the other fits Colt. It also has two loading jags. One for .40-.45 and the other for...

I searched the threads for information on cap and ball cylinder reloading stands and all the information I found was dated. Has anyone bought a reloading stand in the last year or two? Based on what I found so far, the only reloading stand that anyone had anything good to say about was the...

I just bought my first 1858 Remington (Pietta) and was wondering about the size shot to use. The Pietta booklet calls for a .454. I've already got molds for .457 to use in my ROA so I'm going to give those a try but I wondered what is the most common size shot you Remington shooters use in the...

I received an email the other day from CDNN advertising a sale on some of their ammunition. The ad stated that ammunition prices were going up 15-30% in March. Has something happened (new legislation?) that is causing a jump next month in price? I haven't heard of any such price jump across...

I've been looking for a loading press for a .36 caliber Pietta Navy. All the ones I've see so far are designed for the .44s. Anybody know of manfacturer for the .36s?

I have a Ruger Mini 14 in .223 that is keyholing at about 50 yards. I can only think of three reasons for a bullet to keyhole. 1. underpowered load for that design of bullet. 2. undersized bullet. 3. the bore is shot out/damaged crown. I've eliminated the first two possibilities. That is...

Does anyone have a favorite patching material that mics out at .010 and is commonly available at Walley World or JoAnns? All the pillow ticking I've ever seen runs close to .015.

Has anyone ever had any dealings with Classic Ballistx? I want to get a replacement cylinder for my ROA and I'm torn between getting a C&B cylinder or a conversion cylinder. As far as I can tell Classic Ballistx is the only business offering a C&B cylinder. I've pretty much decided on the C&B...

The roddoc's thread on pure lead brought this to mind. Have any of you ever tried casting lead alloy for use in your muzzleloaders? I read where that was a common practice in the past (The Muzzleloading Caplock Rifle by Ned Roberts, published 1944). I've tried it and was impressed. I had a...

Has anyone got any recommendations on a mould for .457 round ball to use in a Ruger Old Army? George

I've got a Ruger Old Army that is suppose to use #11 caps. I can't get CCI caps on them at all and the Remington 11s are so tight that I often have to snap the trigger twice to get it to fire. I also have that same trouble with my Hawken. I ended up slightly grinding down the nipple sides so...