Last week shot the cannon

5/15/2024 11:16:21 AM

got to take the cannon out last week. 8 ounce blank.Turn the volume up.

Enfield Snider 577 restoration help needed

2/20/2024 10:22:06 PM

Hey guys, I recently was willed rifle. Details as follows"Enfield Percussion cap 1859 with 36.5 inch barrelRifle was converted to breec...

CVA 12GA Muzzle Loading Question

2/10/2024 11:09:48 PM

New-to-me gun and have a few questions.First, will I need to take the choke tube out before loading? ( Obviously remember to&nbs...

That thing nobody ever really thought about

2/9/2024 9:42:28 PM

But a buddy of mine, a real gunsmith, thinks about what-if games, like what if I run out of percussion caps but I still want&nb...

Any ideas on an old E Phillips rifle

2/8/2024 2:02:00 AM

I�ve had this old rifle a long time, and just started trying to find some info on it. The only stamp I�ve found is on&nbs...

Finish with tannic acid iron nitrate on stripe maple Pic added 2 4

1/29/2024 9:34:17 PM

That dark finish sure is pretty when Jim Kibler put it on his striped maple on youtube It ended up a dark, deep honey red&n...

Waiting on 50cal Kibler Woodsrunner kit finished with pics added 2 5

1/24/2024 3:39:22 PM

It supposed to be here Friday It�ll be my second flintlock (.45cal.) but my first kitWas going to jus...

Looking for recommendations for a left hand flintlock rifle

1/21/2024 5:26:49 PM

I need a lefty flint lock. I killed a deer with an inline this year and usually sit out late season after rifle but my bud...

Anyone have a 50cal Traditions Buckstalker

1/21/2024 3:54:50 AM

Bought this one cheap at the LGS. It's my only inline. I prefer my sidelock cap rifle, but the eyes are too toasted with age&nb...

Muffleloader question

1/11/2024 3:28:58 AM

If I made a black powder muzzleloader with a ported barrel, and I permanently welded one end cap at the muzzle end past the por...

Sad news out of Woodbury Kentucky

1/11/2024 1:20:04 AM

Hershel House, the Grandfather of the artistic Flintlock rifle building and the �Woodbury Sch...

brought out the cannon this past week

1/9/2024 11:12:57 PM

(could not copy video from facebook)Don't know if this will work or not. Video was shot by one of the guys next to us a...

Military Heritage imported Indian Brown Bess overloaded with powder

1/1/2024 5:15:51 PM

1100-1200 grains FFFF with three round balls on top. Dixie Gun work type test with gun on top of tyre and set off from a&...

Traditions Shenandoah Build

1/1/2024 3:47:00 PM

I picked up a second hand Traditions Shenandoah kit for a reasonable price. This is the kit the Sonoran Desert Institute uses in the...

Has anyone tried powder coating Lee REAL bullets

12/28/2023 3:39:00 PM

I have a CVA mag hunter bolt in .50 cal. Some years ago I got fed up with the cost of powerbelts and started casting ...

My Dragoon Sights Might Be Off A Lot

12/28/2023 5:00:57 AM

I shot my Dragoon for the first time a couple days ago, with a 40 grain charge at about 20 yards. The first cylinder I&nb...

best sources for black powder nowadays

12/21/2023 5:53:00 PM

where are the best places to get black powder (for a cannon) nowadays? seems like its harder to come across now.

Odd question maybe

12/19/2023 2:23:24 AM

Been thinking about getting into Black powder and the like, and while looking at some cap and ball revolvers, a thought came to me,&...

Just picked 18th century Charleville pattern smoothbore musket

12/17/2023 3:43:37 AM

I've been wanting a Revolutionary War era Charleville for a LONG time, but just never came across one when I had the disposable fund...

MPBR calculator

12/16/2023 7:30:59 AM

Looking to set up a 50 state legal muzzleloader with #11 caps. Using a 260 grain lead bullet bullet and 100 grains of pyrodex R...

Entry level flintlock

12/16/2023 12:32:05 AM

I have never fired a flintlock but would like to take advantage of the late season hunt in PA, a year from now. Not the up...

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