Blackpowder FAQ

mooncoon said:
I soak my patches in the home made moosemilk. They are quite wet when I use them. There is very little moisture however in the portion of the patch which contacts the powder; I don't mean that I have patches that are dry on the bottom and wet on the sides, just that the amount of moisture exposed to the powder is not that great and the fouling of say 1 gr of powder in a 50 gr charge is neglible.
The advantage of a good damp patch is that it somewhat wipes the bore with each loading. I fired off roughly 40 shots yesterday without any difficulty loading and unfortunately all went where I aimed them instead of hitting the target every time :>) :>)

cheers mooncoon
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I do the same thing.
I have my patches in a container soaked in moose milk.
Since I added the alcohol the mold has stopped forming too.
The guys on the Shiloh Sharps forums swear by this stuff.
 
armouredtrooper said:
What I'm wondering here is if I made the stuff wrong. Mine is a blue green color there is no white at all. I've seen water soluble cutting fluid mixed with water and it turns milky white.
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I believe you added windshield wiper antifreeze to the mixture and that is giving the blue green colour. Not a problem. Conan and I use water, cutting oil and clear isoprop hence no colour. The windshield antifreeze should keep the mold from forming.

cheers mooncoon
 
Thanks guys,
I just recently recieved in the mail from Track of the Wolf, a 320gn LEE double bullet mould. I spent yesterday casting about 200 conicals, and I have some of that SPG bullet lube. I'm guessing here is that I need to rub that lube into the grooves of each bullet.
1. Is this the right way of doing this or can you folks give me some pointers?
2. Can I incorporate that moose milk with these conicals?
3. Do I use lubed patches with this conical?
My Email is armouredtrooper@hotmail.com
I could sure use some advice here.
 
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armouredtrooper said:
Thanks guys,
I just recently recieved in the mail from Track of the Wolf, a 320gn LEE double bullet mould. I spent yesterday casting about 200 conicals, and I have some of that SPG bullet lube. I'm guessing here is that I need to rub that lube into the grooves of each bullet.
1. Is this the right way of doing this or can you folks give me some pointers?
2. Can I incorporate that moose milk with these conicals?
3. Do I use lubed patches with this conical?
My Email is armouredtrooper@hotmail.com
I could sure use some advice here.
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1-Yes the lube goes into the grooves on the sides.
2-Moose milk would be too runny to stay in the grooves.You want a thicker style lube than moose milk.
3-You do not use patches with conicals, just round balls.
 
Bullet lube

none said:
1-Yes the lube goes into the grooves on the sides.
2-Moose milk would be too runny to stay in the grooves.You want a thicker style lube than moose milk.
3-You do not use patches with conicals, just round balls.
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That's what I thought None. I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything here.
That SPG lube seems to work fine. Now all I need is to work up a load for this R.E.A.L. bullet.
 
Hi guys I am wondering if anyone can give me the proper grain loads for the following. Colt Thunderer in 41LC, colt 49 in 31cal, and Remington 1858 44cal.
As a newbie I appreciate any help. Also if anyone can direct me as to what books to buy on the subject. Thanks guys.
 
pickpork said:
Anybody shoot shot out of a smooth bore musket? Do you use plastic shot cups in your shotguns?
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Use prelubed fiber wads in the appropriate guage and a card wad over the shot. Black powder seems to melt plastic and you potentially will have plastic coating the inside of your bore and trapping fouling

cheers mooncoon
 
pickpork said:
Anybody shoot shot out of a smooth bore musket? Do you use plastic shot cups in your shotguns?
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I use plastic shotcups in my old 12ga ML shotgun if I want a tighter pattern. I just load a couple nitro cards over the powder and use a lot of liquid lube (canola oil mixed with BP Solvent). I keep the lube in a little squeeze bottle and apply it to the second card wad and in the cushion area of the plastic shot cup as it gets loaded into the bore. Keeps the fouling to a minimum and the crud stays soft. Makes cleaning a breeze too.
 
To lube your bullets, set them in a container base down.
Melt the lube in a double boiler and pour in into the container until the grooves are covered.
Let the lube set for a bit, then put it in the fridge.
After it has cooled take the lube out of the container and push the bullets out.
The lube will stay in the grooves.
I store my lubed bullets in cans in my fridge.
 
I have traditions pro,one with the steel rec.break open action.
Bought it brand new from SIR Mailorder and take it to the range twice and hunting once.
The gun misfires a lot,tried different primers(it use 209)i mean in manfacturers,
but it clicks and dont hit the primer then few shots fires every time then some dont.
It pulls my nerves last time on the range but wouldnt like to see the buck and have misfire.
Does anyone have any idea what it might be,plug or firing pin,dont know what to do...
 
This is now one of my favourite threads! I'm pretty interested in black powder and would love to learn more about it. Thanks, everyone, for your helpful tips.
 
Hi all,

They just opened a black powder deer season in my area so im thinking about getting into the sport. any suggestions on gear or some treads I could check out. Ive been doing some reading but still unsure where to start

Thanks for your advice
 
My best advice would be to buy a book by Sam Fadala. We just started last year, and I had a Fadala book for about a year before. (got mine from wholesale sports) I still refer to it frequently. They not only go through everything step by step with pictures and expanations, but have load sheets, pictures, and descriptions for most all factory made bp guns.
It's addictive, and an awful lot of fun.
 
After much searching and no luck I ordered a rear site for my Hawkens .50 cal from Track of the Wolf. I had a great shopping experience with them and I'll definitely order from them again.
 
Conan_568 said:
To lube your bullets, set them in a container base down.
Melt the lube in a double boiler and pour in into the container until the grooves are covered.
Let the lube set for a bit, then put it in the fridge.
After it has cooled take the lube out of the container and push the bullets out.
The lube will stay in the grooves.
I store my lubed bullets in cans in my fridge.
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Great idea thanks. I'm gonna try that with my minie's
 
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