First shots at 30 yards. Got a good 4 shot group on a torso sized target. The flier at the bottom left is my fault.

I have a Hawkins rifle and was loading it and got a ball and patch stuck about 1/4 down the barrell.

I did not dryball, there is powder in the barrel, but I believe it's too dry. I tried a ball puller screw but it didn't work and now the screw won't work.

What should I do? Can I try and spray lube down the barrell and seat the bullet?

Musket is a reproduction by Pedersoli, modified and defarbed by Todd Watts.

I bought a traditions buckstalker this year for around 250$ and have put about a dozen or so rounds through it, but oddly enough the gun is having some trouble, if I have the barrel open I can cock the hammer and the trigger works normally, but if I cock the hammer for some reason the barrel won’t close, if I do close the barrel then I can’t pull the hammer back all the way, I can pull it almost all the way back but releasing it just lets the hammer go all the way back to normal, haven’t wanted to try shooting it again cuz I’m worried about an accidental discharge, any help with this?

I bought a traditions buckstalker this year for around 250$ and have put about a dozen or so rounds through it, but oddly enough the gun is having some trouble, if I have the barrel open I can cock the hammer and the trigger works normally, but if I cock the hammer for some reason the barrel won’t close, if I do close the barrel then I can’t pull the hammer back all the way, I can pull it almost all the way back but releasing it just lets the hammer go all the way back to normal, haven’t wanted to try shooting it again cuz I’m worried about an accidental discharge, any help with this?

I’ve got a model 1842 civil war musket that was converted to a shotgun, is it safe to fire a lead ball through it?

What can I use instead of wonder wads

This year I'll be taking my .50 percussion rifle out deer hunting, and am worried about the charge absorbing water. Would it be sufficient to caulk around the nipple, drum and clean out screw with lubricant? I use 50/50 beeswax lard mix. It would be a patched-ball load, with a heavily lubed patch. I would also have something covering the muzzle.

I've never shot black powder before, but I've always been interested to try. I stumbled across this powder horn (which still had some powder in it!) in an antique store today for $11, so I guess I'm getting into black powder now!

Are there blsck powder shotgun mechanisms you can buy to install with a modern barrel? If i got a modern barrel, old mechanism attached to a stock. BP shotguns are hard to come by or $$$$

I see lots of conversations on patches ranging from .36 through .54 , but nothing larger.

By that, I mean like to where I can see how thick the walls are on the cylinders. I heard the walker had thick walls, helping it to fire hotter powder loads.

So out of curiosity, I wanted to see how it looks compared to a saa. I tried looking it up but couldn't find a picture with them side by side.

Hey all. Does anyone know where to get an original Martini Henry sling? Thanks!

Does anyone have any info on this guy? I haven't found much online except it was from a kit but I can't find the original instructions or anything. I tried it with caps and the hammer takes a couple whacks before it finally sets them off and it doesn't want to index properly. I'll clock it and it will go too far and I'll have to turn the barrels so they are in the right position.