this is a rifle made by Royland Southgate in 1951. He was a very early maker of modern flintlocks, and he made many of the parts of his rifles, and rifled the barrels himself. This one is .45 cal, and these rifles were known for accuracy in their day. He made around 1000 rifles, and he called these "Tenn Maid Kaintucks"

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Can I use 50 caliber aluminum balls in my rifled 50 cal? And if I do do I need patches

Considering buying an 1858 remmington. I think i can get everything i would want/need to go with it from either muzzle loaders or amazon.com except for the #10 remmington caps. Does anybody have a good website for this?

Picked up this 1884 Trapdoor this past weekend.

Going to load my own cartridges for this beaut. Anyone else hand load .45-70? Picking up a Lee Loader soon. Sitting on a heavy supply of BP I use for my Civil War muskets and revolvers. Looking for advice and recommendations on loading. Read what's out there on forums but wanted to see what some of you have done.

Picked it up for 7 Benjamins.

Hey ya’ll Put in for a pistol from pedersoli through my local gun dealer in early August. After over 2 months, the dealer hasn’t gotten the gun, and can’t get ahold of the company for any kind of shipping update. Is this common when ordering from them in the US? The website says it should be delivered within 10 days, but my dealer has barely gotten any info from them. Anyone else experience this when ordering from them?

Suddenly a minimalistic black powder gun came to mind

i got a gun from my grandpa today and i want to know what i am dealing with before i start to restore it.

i have no information on where it came from or what time period i did have a look online but it looks the most like a kentucky long rifle. there are also no markings to identify it like a manufacture stamp. there is supposed to be an ebmled on the stock but there is just a faded part so maybe someone knows.

the gun itself is 130 cm (51.1 inches) long and the barrel is 90 cm (35.4 inches) long

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Hello all, I have recently bought my first black powder, Uberti Remington clone. I love how beautiful the gun is and how much fun it is to load and shoot.

This weekend, I am experimenting with beeswax and Crisco and beeswax and lamb tallow to see what is better. Does anyone have experience with either, and what do you prefer, also, why is beef tallow not commonly recommended?

Second question: the Bass Pro near me has replacement nipples in stainless steel, does anyone have experience with these, are they decent? I am running CCI #11 caps and would love recommendations for nipples that will allow a tighter fit on the pistol without bending the cap.

Final question: for cleaning, I saw online that some people recommended using an ultrasonic cleaner would you do this or just hot water and soap? Any other advice, kit needed or anything you can think of would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you all very much.

repairing and bluing a buddies gun for him but ive run into a predicament. it seems the pistol is an old 1980s made colt navy that i need to find a replacement bolt stop for, however i am unable to find a matching bolt stop after days of looking online so i was wondering if yall might be able to help me locate one for sale

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I’m going to be mostly white tail hunting from 50-150 yards. Which twist is better for round balls and which one is better for conicals and power belts? Also how do I know how much powder I use, this is my first time buying a muzzleloader

Thank you in advance

Sold my colonial to a nice fellow in NY, this is how it arrived. Thanks UPS, you killed it.

Looking to get into black powder a bit more. I have a 48 uberti dragoon. Was looking to get another black powder gun. Are there any cool ones? Personal recommendations also welcome. The bigger the caliber, or the odder the contraption the better.

Looking for someone who is selling size 10 and size 11 percussion caps feel free to dm me

Anyone else here in TN to shoot for the Creedmoor 150 this week!? I’ll be there with my 43 Spanish

Anyone able to tell me which Optima this is? It’s way too old to be a V2. Is it just Optima? I was told the last two numbers on the barrel are what year it was made, which happen to be 05 on this gun. Please don’t crucify me for my inline sacrilege. I love my Hawken too. I bought this brand new for $130 around 2009 when I was a teenager. I would check the box/manual, but they are still at my dad’s house somewhere.

Replica of 1853 Enfield Sargents Rifle, wondering if anyone has a favorite load used I’ve heard anywhere from 40 grains to 70 with the 3f

What kinda of .38 special loads would work in a cartridge conversion? I know there are cowboy loads but if those aren’t in stock or are running high price what would y’all recommend?