philnie
thanks to sabotloader I know to get some wood finish/wax
Got to give Cayugad credit for this one, he is the one that forst came up with the idea... but I tought you were getting synthetic stocks - if you are no need of the wax - you are sealed for al weather and all temps... At some point you may want to bed the action with fiberglass into the stock - but that is down the road and really not to difficult.
How long does it take you to get to the tri-cities? would you be interested in driving down one weekend day here in the near future? As soon as cascadedad gets his - I am going to try to make a trip over to Kennewick to work with him a bit getting him set up for shooting. Figured we would make a trip to Sportsmans Surplus to pick up supplys them go shoot the heck out his...
powder: Goex or T7?2F or 3F? Note thewhole 2F vs. 3F thing is confusing here ...
To tell you the truth i would go with Triple Seven - 3f - easier to igniote with a #11 cap...
- conical bullets- Dead Centers, No Excuses?
for right now I would just get some plain old Hornady .452 cal 300 grain XTP's - cheap to shoot easy to learn with, then move to your hunting load... I am not a conical shooter should tell you that right off the bat... I am more of flat and fast shooting bullet especially at whitetail in this area - your area. Put the XTP's in a 50/45 sabot - I use Noslers - they work great in Whites ( actually they are MMP HPH-12's)
-the famed hybrid Power Belts?
They are certainlyOK - a lot of people like them I am not one of them especially for that .504
- or perhaps the sabotBuffalo SSBs, or??
These are good...but expensive to shoot for target practice
- CCI #11 magnum caps correct?
I would go with Dymite Nobles 1075+ caps before the CCI's - the CCI's work but I realy think the 1075's are hotter... which when you are hunting in frigid weather you are going to want to insure ignition...
- I recall reading whereby 2ea 1/16 wads are required for the large conicals, correct? If so, where do you get these things?
Cayugad and/or UC are the good resources for this question
- to lube or not to lube, that is the question?
Using sabot no lube required
- cleaning supplies / tools - no clue!
This could be quite a list and actually is easier to show you than try to explain it all - but again cayugad copuld do it better than I
- spare White parts? #11 Breech plug, "spring something" next, #11 hammer if it doesn't come with the Ultra Mag package, and ??
You are going to want to get a percussion hammer from Doc.. the 209 hammer will work but the #11 caps tend to fragment more with this hammer and you end up with bits and pieces in the action... [email protected]
This is a great sport and i love it as I am sure you will when you get started... I pretty much learned on my own some 7/8 years ago - it can be done, but I think it would be a lot less expensive and easier to see what some people with experiance do - not that I am an expert but I feel it sure works for me...
Good luck - you are going to love it...