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    rolling block caliber?

    Looking for old irons in a arms shop i find a rolling block made by Remington, non so common in Europe were all the rolling block you find was made in Sweden or Belgium and so on, for 19°century european army! The question is the correct caliber, the clerck in the shop doesn't know it, it isn't...
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    Trouble with Springfield replica

    Hi all, i have a springfield 1864 know also like 1863II it's made by euroarms in two years of test i'm not been able to find a no longer than decent accuracy, sit on the rest at 50 mt is difficoult to hit the target, in this two year i have tested 5 different kind of miniè ball with ffg and fffg...
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    Howitzer in action

    1/2 lb of grade cannon powder with a 3 lbs of grinded corn like wad for blank shot Ciao Rusty
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    Help, bullet cast (miniè)

    I have buy a new mould from lyman to cast a different kind of miniè respect my usually 640 grains Pedersoli mould, in my new zouave mach my old miniè bullet don't get good result on the target (large group than my standard zuave musket) The problem is that, with lyman mould 70% of ball casted...
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    uberti-win. '73

    Hallo I've just get a used-like-new Uberti '73 sporting rifle in .44-40 Anyone know the rifling twist and the best weight of bullet for it?? I would like to reload with black powder and with smokeless too! I have tried some 240 grain alloy swc, with smokeless are OK, with BP are...
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    Pedersoli Hawken

    I'm happy:) Sunday at a muzzleloader shooting match i win this: http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0044104216296a.shtml Pedersoli was the sponsor of the day and give this like award! It's my second one, the first i buy one year ago and now this one winned at the final lottery:) I need to share...
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    pyrodex in .45 colt

    Hi all! After decade of waiting the pyrodex is arrived in Italy! And of course i have buy a can of P grade quickly just i have seen it at the shop! Tested in a cap and ball, i find it smoky just a bit less than BP and dirty as BP:confused: So now i have 1lbs of pyordex to use, my choice is...
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    Sporterized .58 musket

    Have someone seen an old musket with cutted down stock so to trasform it in a sporting carbine?? Is storically correct to modified in that way a low cost replica to get something strange to have fun?? Here in Italy isn't difficoult to find a used low cost two band musket, or get fron the...
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    Leather like wad

    Hi! Nobody try the leather like wad material?? I'm still searching the right recipe for decent shoting from my .451 volunteer rifle! I think to try 2/16 leather (3 mm) I've tested cardwad, felt, corn, nothing...but after 4-5 shoot the groups enlarged too much! I didn't shoot long...
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    pics from Uberti factory

    Like promised few weeks ago i can post some decent pics taked during the visit to Uberti and Pedersoli factory:D I have more, but five pics is the maximum load for a sigle post! If interested i'll make some other post with other photo. The first one is the thurer conversion, the second is a...
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