How to carry precut patches?
02-08-2012 | 08:15 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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Do you carry a powder horn and shooting bag as well???
I have my powder measure and loading/ball block on a leather thong...
This thong is attached to the strap of my shooting bag so when I need
to reload I simply pull this thong out of my shooting bag and then
I pour the powder into my measure (mine is set, non-adjustable)...I
drop the powder down the barrel and then get my short starter from my
bag, put the loading block over the muzzle and get the ball started with
the short starter...I then ram the ball home...
It takes less than 30 seconds to reload...
btw...My loading block has 4 holes...The first one or two are patched with .018 thick
patching...The last two are patched with .015 patching...After the 2nd shot, I use the
thinner patching...It makes it easier to load when the barrel is fouled and gives good
hunting accuracy...
PS...I also carry extra precut patches in wooden pill boxes, as well as a rolled up strip of ticking already lubed in my ball bag....
I have my powder measure and loading/ball block on a leather thong...
This thong is attached to the strap of my shooting bag so when I need
to reload I simply pull this thong out of my shooting bag and then
I pour the powder into my measure (mine is set, non-adjustable)...I
drop the powder down the barrel and then get my short starter from my
bag, put the loading block over the muzzle and get the ball started with
the short starter...I then ram the ball home...
It takes less than 30 seconds to reload...
btw...My loading block has 4 holes...The first one or two are patched with .018 thick
patching...The last two are patched with .015 patching...After the 2nd shot, I use the
thinner patching...It makes it easier to load when the barrel is fouled and gives good
hunting accuracy...
PS...I also carry extra precut patches in wooden pill boxes, as well as a rolled up strip of ticking already lubed in my ball bag....
02-09-2012 | 02:01 AM
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Fork Horn
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Yep, I'm going to have to figure out how I want to handle the powder now. Any ideas? In the past I measued the powder and put in one end of my speedloader. I guess I could do the same thing, but that wouldn't exactly be period correct either. I know I don't want to be measuring powder if I'm reloading in the middle of the woods with the potential for another deer coming by. HEY it could happen 
Maybe I'll swing by Track of the Wolf and see what they can suggest too.
Maybe I'll swing by Track of the Wolf and see what they can suggest too.
02-09-2012 | 05:51 AM
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Period correct would be to use a fixed powder measure made from brass/copper. A modern adjustable powder measure is not correct. Of course you need to use a powder horn.
Some of the guns in the old days came with the proper powder measure. Of course a speedloader is the fastest, and you don't need a powder horn. You can also make period correct speedloaders. Hammer them out of copper, and put a cork in them.
Anything you can think of now. You could have thought of back then too. Use your imagination, and don't use modern materials. It's all part of the fun, and you only need to satisfy yourself.
Some of the guns in the old days came with the proper powder measure. Of course a speedloader is the fastest, and you don't need a powder horn. You can also make period correct speedloaders. Hammer them out of copper, and put a cork in them.
Anything you can think of now. You could have thought of back then too. Use your imagination, and don't use modern materials. It's all part of the fun, and you only need to satisfy yourself.
02-09-2012 | 06:30 AM
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02-09-2012 | 06:33 AM
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02-09-2012 | 09:51 AM
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Muley, nope they were adjustable...I've seen them at Williamsburg and asked the gunsmith there if they had them in the 1770s he said, sure did...Now he also said a fixed or non adjustable were more common for the average fellow but when they bought a gun, it came with a mold, measure and bag as well...
02-09-2012 | 02:41 PM
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Once you find the correct load you want, you can make a powder measure from an antler or turkey bone. I was at the Eastern Sports Show on Monday and seen a whole box full of powder measures of different grain sizes made from turkey bones with a leather or wood plug on one end. They looked nice but I made my own from an antler tine.
02-10-2012 | 03:02 AM
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Fork Horn
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Once you find the correct load you want, you can make a powder measure from an antler or turkey bone. I was at the Eastern Sports Show on Monday and seen a whole box full of powder measures of different grain sizes made from turkey bones with a leather or wood plug on one end. They looked nice but I made my own from an antler tine.