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Heading out to the range soon to try to work up a good accurate loading in the 60-75 gn. FFg range. Sound off on your favorites. I'll be using a Brazilian Light Minie Rifle that has a Hoyt reline 3 groove, 32" long, 1:60 twist progressive rifled barrel. I have many minie styles to choose...

Just picked it up. Not sure what mold handles will fit--Lyman handles too thick. Looks similar to Lyman 575-213 "Old Style" cavity. Anyone know if this is a .575"? Larger?

I just got 3 tins of CCI musket caps and they say "Four Wing" and "For Reenactment Use." I noticed on the reviews section on the Dixie site for CCI musket caps that the older CCI 6 wing caps were supposedly too hot and often fragmented and reenactment groups would not use them anymore for...

. . . uses the same core pin (the part that makes the hollow base" is the same as the ones used for the "regular" minie ball mold" Reason I ask is because I know from experience that a core pin for the Lyman .58 cal "611" thick skirt mold is a larger diameter and will NOT work with their...

Buddy of mine routinely carries his BP arms with hammer down on cap rather than at half-cock while hunting, says that's safer than at half cock, says cap will not go off with hammer on cap even if hammer is struck. I carry at half cock. Hammer down on capped nipple makes me queasy. What...

Basic rule is never charge powder from a flask into a hot bore. Makes me wonder if anyone's ever actually seen BP ignite prematurely, either as it's being dumped into bore or when ball being rammed home. I haven't. Anyone?

Have one in pretty good shape, don't need, $35 shipped to anyone that wants it. I'd be happy to send pics if wanted. Ted [email protected] Thanks

I have an original Brazilian Light Minie Rifle with a terrible bore. It is evident the rifle has, at some point in its past, been "cleaned up" which included light sanding of the stock and what must have been pretty rigorous cleaning of rust given the fact that the area around the bolster, and...

I'm getting ready to cast a bunch of Lyman .58 cal. minie's (mold # 575-213, as well as some "thick skirt" #575-611, & also some .69 round balls for 12 ga. shotgun, all pure lead) and wondering if anyone here needs some. I have no idea if supplies at the usual places people who don't cast buy...

In the context of .58 cal. Civil War era muskets, which are rifled and designed to shoot minie balls, how bad does a bore have to be to 1) shoot so terribly (inaccurate, tumbling) that anything but point blank shooting is a waste of time, and 2) it can actually be unsafe to shoot...