blackpowder

I built a Kentucky long rifle from a traditions kit quite a few years back and have been shooting it for the past few months it has a 33 inch 50 caliber barrel, I'm able to put 5 shots into a medium size wooden crate about the size of a milk crate at 100 yards but they're not really in a tight...

I have a pietta 1858 44 caliber revolver from 2020, I was wondering if I could buy a uberti 1858 18 inch 44 caliber revolver carbine barrel and put it on the pietta 1858 revolver frame, does anyone have experience or tried this? Thank you for your time

Hello Everyone, I'm looking for a gun from my past. It's a .69 CVA flintlock blunderbuss kit. I believe they were made in Spain. If anyone has one of these laying around and wants to part with it, please let me know. Any condition is fine. Thanks! Regards, Charlie

I’m after a new muzzleloader before black powder season. I’m wondering what to get. I’m a purist, so I’d love to use a flintlock, but I don’t have the time to dedicate to really put one through its paces. I’ve determined to go inline with a flintlock in the future. That said, any thoughts? I’ve...

My wedge is very loose on my 1849 pocke, and what I mean is with little to no pressure it will fall out. Every once in a while when unholsted it falls out.

Evening folks, I've been wanting to get into black powder for a while, and I was curious as to how durable they really are. As I understand, metallurgically speaking, brass is weaker than steel. In the case of the Pietta 1851, will I someday shoot it to the point of no return? Should I invest...

Howdy, Yesterday I was out hunting yotes and didn't come across anything. They seemed to be holed up, avoiding that icy prairie wind. Maybe I could learn a thing or two from them. Anyway, on the way back I decided I'd see if I could get me a squirrel from one of my best spots, this time using...

I posted this vid here about 7 years ago and had mostly positive comments except for my handling of capped cylinders outside of the gun.:what: Many people asked how I was able to keep exchanging cylinders because anybody that owns one probably had cylinder jam problems.here is my answer to...

Hello everyone, so I recently bought a 54. Cal black powder rifle. the only marks on the barrel are 54 Cheney on the left side and 370 on the right side it is a percussion cap, beautiful tiger striped stock. I have struggled to find any information on it because when I type in Cheney, I get the...

Hey guys, Im new to fourms but bare with me. Im new to BP but have always been interested in it. I went muzzleoading hunting for whitetail and got hooked. In August I bought a 51 Pietta Navy 44 cal from one of those Redy Packs offered from.Traditions. Over corse of 2-3 days I shot 4 or 5 rounds...