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This rifle was made to shoot roundballs, even with the fast twist. Many original jaeger rifles had twists ranging from 1 in 20 to 1 in 30, and they shot roundballs with telling effect. Unless its a modern build or a gun assembled from old parts, I'd say it's older than mid-1800s, and it's...

Here are some drawings of the Eley 12 and 9mm pin-fire cartridges with loads, bullet weights and velocities:

The H & C paper from France is really good, but if you want to get it domestically in the US you can search for "flash paper" on, for example, eBay. It's basically the same as the paper H & C sells. If you happen to be a chemist, you can make your own: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Flash-Paper...

Here is an article describing my method: http://www.svartkrutt.net/articles/vis.php?id=51 Accuracy is pretty much the same. Much easier to load, but it takes more time to prepare the cartridges.

Contemporary military manuals and sources talk about "nitrated paper" for revolver cartridges, but could this be paper treated with nitric and sulfuric acid (flash paper) rather than paper saturated in potassium nitrate? This method, that later was used to make gun cotton, was discovered by...

The article I mentioned earlier is now published and can be found here: Making paper cartridges for cap & ball revolvers. The article has almost 50 pictures that are hidden in different slideshows. Here are some of them: I've also made a rather geeky video that shows how you can...

Yes, that's a valid concern regarding flash paper. I've heard that spontaneous combustion may occur, but haven't experienced it myself. Another thing is that it's made the same way as gun cotton i.e. soaked in a solution of nitric acid and sulphuric acid. That again means that the flash paper is...

I made a video last weekend about making paper cartridges. If you use nitrated paper you can simply fold and glue the bottom of the cartridge (I think the video explains it better than I do in writing). I use water glass (sodium silicate) because it is period correct, but a glue stick or liquid...

If it's an original, the top barrel flat should be marked "PATENTED SEPT. 14. 1858/ E. REMINGTON & SONS. ILION NEW YORK. U.S.A./ NEW-MODEL". The serial number is located on the bottom barrel flat and on the left side of the frame under the grip. Small single letter inspection marks are stamped...

My revolver is a transitional New Model Army model that incorporates features from both the Old and New Model Army. The transitional models were early New Army revolvers that had parts from the Old Army production. Mine has the dovetailed cone-shaped sight, but conforms in all other respects to...

Yes, I've tested with an original. I don't think it hurts to shoot original revolvers – or any other antique black powder firearms for that matter as long as they're in a good condition. They were made to shoot and as long as they're treated and cleaned well I'd say they're better off than...

Thanks, the competitions I participate in are shot at 25 and 50 metres, standing with one hand according to the MLAIC rules. The course of fire is 13 shots of which the 10 best counts. I'm going to test conical balls even more, but I doubt they will ever get close to the roundball accuraccy.

150 years after it left the gates of the Remington factory I got my hands on an original transistional Remington New Model Army revolver. I've tested it with roundballs and conical balls from original moulds. You can read a write-up here: Portrait of an Original Remington Percussion Revolver

95 grains is not too heavy for the Pedersoli Jäger. See this article: http://www.davide-pedersoli.com/rivista-dettaglio.asp/l_fr/idne_62/hole-in-hole-accuracy-with-pedersoli-jager-rifle.html It appears his best load was 110 grains of Swiss #2 (FFFg). While the Pedersoli Jäger rifle isn't a...

Although I never used it myself, I remember that KaDOOTY system was a bit of a fad in the late 1990s. I guess it's not being made anymore? In a muzzle-loader you don't usually need to compress the powder, but have you tried pouring the powder sloooowly down the barrel? That can actually...

Do you compress the powder in your black powder cartridges? This weekend I made a video that shows three methods for compressing powder, as well as how you can make your own drop tube stand. It's so easy even a clumsy fool like me can do it! (Or you can read a write-up with pictures.

Here's another weird Scandinavian: the Jarmann rifle. This was one of the first bolt-action repeating rifles when it was adopted in the early 1880s. Its bottleneck cartridge was loaded with black powder and a paper-patched bullet. It was used by the Norwegian army until the adoption of the...

Have you considered the Pedersoli Mortimer .54 calibre rifle? Many MLAIC shooters use the target version with tunnel foresight and an adjustable peep sight mounted on the tang, and are winning matches with it too.

My most accurate load in my Uberti Remington New Army with Lothar Walther match barrel and R&D coversion cylinder is: Winchester cases Federal Large Pistol Magnum Primer 18 grains Swiss 2 1 card wad Semolina as a filler .454" roundball cast with a 50/50 mix of wheel weights and pure...

Original Remington revolvers were sighted in at 50 yards. Today, most competition shooting is done a 25 yards/metres, so i guess that's why the Italians put a higher front sight on their revolvers. It's easier to file down a sight than to add metal. I have replaced the low front sight with a...