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Some very interressant reading about black powder and metallic rifle cartridges: http://www.wahsatchdesperadoes.com/Intro_to_BPCR_Loading.pdf Many reloading datas at the end. [EDIT: Sorry, i misread, no reloading for patched bullet here.]

Hey! Interressing! I think you will have to drill-tap your rear sight before ^^ (or buy the drilled-taped rear sight too) I shoot 5MOA last WE whit my FAL brass aperture - elbows-sling position, youhou! :D OK, still have some progession...

"USGI National Match M-16A2 hooded target aperture" In fact, I'm very reticent to all things that have a name with more than six words. Sorry ^^ I though I could just drill and tap and add some commercial National Match aperture or so, yes.

Yes, these rifles are goods but... Have a BIG aperture/rear sight. So, that's a little job: drill&tap, and make an removeable aperture (0.040") from a brass screw: theorics... What you need (or not) Before (Belgian FAL aperture) After drill and tap Cut the...

I agree with winegar ^^: it work very well in cases cleaning. One of the first thing I think I can recommand in BP cartridges reloading (OK, for rifles) is: http://www.wahsatchdesperadoes.com/Intro_to_BPCR_Loading.pdf complete and very interressing

A little conversion to SD units, from left to right: 16-gauge shotgun, 405 grains lead ball, 68 grains black powder: 295m/s : 320 bars -> 970ft/s : 4600 psi 320m/s : 360 bars -> 1050ft/s : 5200 psi 330m/s : 400 bars -> 1080ft/s : 5800 psi 335m/s : 410 bars -> 1100ft/s : 5900 psi...

I got that: PNF4 -> 0,1 to 0,25 mm -> FFFFG (for priming) PNF2 -> 0,25 to 0,70 mm -> FFFG (handguns) PNF1 -> 0,30 to 0,80 mm -> FFG (rifles) P.N. de Chasse -> 0,20 à 1,0 mm -> FFG (hunting powder for shotguns) Mousquet Tir -> 0,60 à 2,0 mm -> FFG (muskets) From nobel website...

Hello. I think it can interrest some folks here. Thats some information (for Vectan french black powder, I'm french, nobody's perfect...): Curves for 16-bore shotgun, 27g (405 grains) lead, 4,5g (68 grains) black powder (different granulations) It's metric system, sorry. PNF1...

My magical lube (i use for bullet and gun, round or conical, with or without grease grooves, paper sharps or chipolatas): 33% grapeseed oil 66% candle wax OK, any (vegetable) oil and beeswax will work, I think. About the questions: Main problems: leading, very difficult cleaning...

Hello. The main problem of reloading a MAS 1873 is the helled bullet. Round .454 bullets just seated by hand and cut down .44mag cases work well with black powder (the little "ring" help to keep the bullet in place when recoiling: I don't know the name for that decrease in cylinder chamber...

That's a nice, interresing, and funny story, thanks to you ^^

Hello. Not for your particular pistol, but I recently read a french book (1806) about "manufacture of small arms of war". (Mémoire sur la fabrication des armes portatives de guerre) The french flintlock pistol of these years (.69 caliber smootbore), for cavalry or police, was loaded with...

The FAL and the Apple... sound familiar to me. "Occident' Kalash", a real "battle rifle"...