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Forum: Black Powder
01-18-2008, 09:02 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 947
Posted By denis1112

RE: T7 Wal-Mart $11.00 a jar – Shelf Life

It will be good as long as you keep it sealed up.I have used smokeless powder that was 30 years old.I shot some Dupont 3f last fall.Dupont sold thier black powder plant to Gearheart&Owen in 1973,and...
Forum: Black Powder
10-08-2007, 06:22 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,785
Posted By denis1112

RE: curing barrel fouling

I shoot T7 in my sidelocks.I use patched round balls.Patches are lubed with hoppes #9 plus.I shoot 50 plus times at the range without wiping between shoots or cleaning until the next day sometimes.I...
Forum: Black Powder
08-21-2007, 07:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 922
Posted By denis1112

RE: flintlock

You can shoot 777 in a flintlock if you put 10-20 grs. of real blackpowder in as a priming charge first,then the rest of the charge of 777.Only real blackpowder in the pan.My Renegade's and Hawken's...
Forum: Reloading
08-16-2007, 07:06 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 5,121
Posted By denis1112

RE: Good powder for the 30.06

The model 4 and7400 were designed after the people that designed the 740 and 742 retired.It ain't quite the same. With 4350 your still getting more as pressure at the port than you need to operate...
Forum: Reloading
08-16-2007, 12:11 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 5,121
Posted By denis1112

RE: Good powder for the 30.06

I said "those guns were designed FOR A PRESSURE CURVE LIKE YOU WOULD GET WITH 4895 AND 150 GR. BULLETS."Where did you get the only for reloaders stuff?The original surplus 4895 powder marketed by...
Forum: Reloading
08-15-2007, 08:46 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,665
Posted By denis1112

RE: Anyone done reduced 22-250 loads?

I have used 7 grs.of unique in .223, 22-250,and 220 swift with winchester bulk 55 gr. bullets.You can squirrel hunt out to 40-50 yards without changing the zero on your scope. Their going 1800-1900...
Forum: Reloading
08-15-2007, 08:26 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 5,121
Posted By denis1112

RE: Good powder for the 30.06

I used two work for a gunsmith part time in the 70's.There were always remington 742's and 740's in there that were torn up by IMR 4350 and 4831.Not from pressure to high for a 30/06,but to much...
Forum: Black Powder
08-13-2007, 09:44 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,910
Posted By denis1112

RE: Lyman Plains Pistol & T-7

If you have a chrony chronograph they will give you a new one for $25.00 if you send them the old shot up one.I'm on my third.
Forum: Black Powder
08-03-2007, 05:53 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,003
Posted By denis1112

RE: 777 hangfires..........

I use acetone to make sure I get all the oil out and that its drybefore I load the first tme at the range.I would use 3f 777 if my gun liked it.If it don't load 2f and take the nipple out and put...
Forum: Black Powder
07-31-2007, 11:01 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,567
Posted By denis1112

RE: A Step or Two Closer To A Flintlock

Get a used TC Off of gun broker or auction arms,$250-$300 .50 will do .54 is better.If the lock has problems or anything else goes wrong,TC will fix or replace it free.I have 2 renegades and 1 hawken...
Forum: Black Powder
07-28-2007, 01:48 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 683
Posted By denis1112

RE: How much pain will it offer?

I shoot 444 gr Black belts with 100 grs. of 777 in my .54TC Renegade.Before CVA bought them the company's name was Black Belt Bullets.They changed it to Power Belt.I don't think your CVA will take...
Forum: Black Powder
07-18-2007, 08:32 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,043
Posted By denis1112

RE: GM .54 ball targets.............

Yes there is a breakin period for new barrels.None of my Green Mountain barrels shot worth a durn until about 20 shots.Then they started to group.They only get better as you shoot more.Some people...
Forum: Black Powder
07-16-2007, 09:24 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,532
Posted By denis1112

RE: Renegade/GMB shooting well

My great uncle,My grand mothers brother,had several original muzzleloaders.Mostly Civil War springfields,I thinkone of the others was a Gemmer.I didn't know what that was back then.He gave me a 1861...
Forum: Black Powder
07-16-2007, 08:40 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,532
Posted By denis1112

RE: Renegade/GMB shooting well

The lock gave up again last fall.The tumbler brokefor about the third time.The sear has broken four times,the mainspring broke once.I may get a L&R lock for it.The rifle shoots pretty good,I used 70...
Forum: Black Powder
07-15-2007, 06:47 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,532
Posted By denis1112

RE: Renegade/GMB shooting well

I have some 54 cal.540 gr. maxi hunters that TC doesn't sell anymore.My 54 GM 1/70 twist will group them into about 3 1/2 inches off the bench at 100 with 100 grs of 777.I have a 50 cal.CVA Mountain...
Forum: Black Powder
07-14-2007, 10:16 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,438
Posted By denis1112

RE: Lead for Casting

Wheel weights have antimony in them,it makes them hard and brittle.Bullets cast from wheel weights will be brittle.The longer they set up after they are cast the more brittle they become for up to 6...
Forum: Black Powder
07-12-2007, 09:32 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 10,818
Posted By denis1112

RE: New (Idaho Legal) Muzzleloader

TRY MIDSOUTH SHOOTERS SUPPLY THEY ARE WAY CHEAPER.
Forum: Black Powder
07-09-2007, 01:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,558
Posted By denis1112

RE: Got myself a dud.

Bore butter is your problem.All it's good for is to plug passage between then the nipple and the powder.It doesn't do anything to prevent rust.Your barrel ain't made out of cast iron like the...
Forum: Black Powder
05-23-2007, 08:32 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,217
Posted By denis1112

RE: Stuck ball................

I use 60 grs. of 2F 777 in my TC50's,.490 balls and .020 patches lubed with Hoppes #9+.You have to smack the ball starter once but they go down easy after that.I shoot 50 to 60 times without wiping...
Forum: Firearm Review Forum
04-26-2007, 06:34 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 9,146
Posted By denis1112

RE: 9mm bear bullet?

He lived, the german didn't.They were high in the Italian Alps in January or Febuary.Probably below zero.When I was kid he still had them bullets and the overcoat.The fabric was really thick.There...
Forum: Firearm Review Forum
04-25-2007, 06:24 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 9,146
Posted By denis1112

RE: 9mm bear bullet?

My friends father fought the germans in Italy during WWII.Sometime in the winter toward the end of the war they were in the Italian Alps,very,very cold he said.The came to a town and got to the bank...
Forum: Reloading
04-25-2007, 05:44 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 9,104
Posted By denis1112

RE: .22 Hornet Ballistics?

Try 13 grs. of Hodgdon Lil Gun and 50 gr. bullets.Iaverage 2717 fpswith sierra blitzkings.Works on coyotes,bobcats,crows,foxes,and calf killing feral dogs.
Forum: Reloading
04-24-2007, 08:04 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,612
Posted By denis1112

RE: Load needed-358 Winchester Pistol

I used to have a Contender barrel that was rechambered from a 35 remington with a.358 reamer but the headspace guage was left sticking out .050 so factory ammo would not chamber.Started with 35...
Forum: Black Powder
04-24-2007, 07:27 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,631
Posted By denis1112

RE: Rebore Or Rebarrel ??

I have a TC Hawken in .45 cal,got it about 30 years ago.It was cheap even for back then.When I got home and ran a patch down the bore powderedrust blew out the nipple.After a brush and quite a few...
Forum: Black Powder
04-12-2007, 02:28 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,309
Posted By denis1112

RE: New GM .54 barrel arrived.............

I have a small pistol flask with a 15 gr. spout like the use for .31 cal. revolvers filled with cornmeal.I tired cream-of-wheat too,but it kept hanging up in the spout.
Forum: Black Powder
04-12-2007, 10:48 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,309
Posted By denis1112

RE: New GM .54 barrel arrived.............

I couldn't get walmart pillow ticking to survive the tripout the barrel.Maybe the thread count per inch is to low.It may work with real black powder.777 burns hotter than the real thing.You can try...
Forum: Reloading
04-11-2007, 07:07 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,260
Posted By denis1112

RE: When is rifle brass used up?

When its time to trim them for the 5th time,don't.They have stretched too much,the brass has moved from the head area of the case to the mouth.You may also be able to see a ring just above the solid...
Forum: Black Powder
04-11-2007, 06:35 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,309
Posted By denis1112

RE: New GM .54 barrel arrived.............

My Gm .54 barrel didn't start to group until I had put 17 or 18 shots through it.Now it gets better every time I take it out.I had to use .020 patches,thinner ones did not survive,burned up,and then...
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