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Ammunition for an 11MM Egyptian is just about impossible to get, and very expensive, so I decided to convert mine to a front loader. I did this by reaming the chamber out with a 9/16 reamer, and threading the hole to 5/8-18 (many commercial breech plugs are this size - Knight, CVA, Rossi, etc...

I found these illustrations in Ned Robert's "The Muzzle-Loading Cap Lock Rifle. The drawing was provided to Mr Roberts by Mr. Wm. V. Lowe. These are pictures of the Primer Ignition Device installed on a Brockway Rifle.

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Copied over from: Conversion of Knight LK-93 from nipple to 209 primer I recently picked up a rough Knight LK-93 at a pawn shop for not much money and decided it would be a good project platform. I looked at a commercial conversion kits, but the price was prohibitive. I decided it was also...

Rather than write an entirely new article, I'll just provide a link to one I wrote for The High Road. Hope someone enjoys it here. https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/new-breech-plugs-for-old-1970s-vintage-h-r-58-huntsman.886638/

I recently bought an old H&R - from the 1970's - .58 inline. It came with some .570 round balls and sabots, but I'm reluctant to shoot them without being able to have a resupply. All the listings online seem to be "out of stock".

I picked up an odd muzzleloader the other day at a gun show in Kenner, Louisiana, and I was wondering if anyone else has seen such a thing. It is a Knight American 12 Gauge Shotgun. Rifle fiber optic sights, thumb hole stock. Just when you think you have seen everything.... If anyone...

I've been making and selling striker handle retainers, and striker handles on Ebay for a while, and they recently stopped paying sellers through Paypal, so I am no longer selling through them. If you want to buy either of these items from me, the retainer is $15 and the striker handle is $22...

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/simple-cheap-chronograph-mod-for-use-indoors.868698/

I ran across a post about using smokeless powder during primitive weapons season. The post, as it related to Louisiana was incomplete, as it would have to be, given that almost nothing is simple in Louisiana law. This is a link to the LDWF web site: https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/

If anyone is interested in shooting paper patched bullets, they will find this book useful. The author was writing circa 1990, so the availability of a wide variety of papers was much greater than it is now, but it still is an interesting publication. I have a paper copy I bought at a gun show...

I recently found a picture of an old Ideal mould in The Paper Jacket by Paul Matthews. Matthews also included a picture of his version:

Most CVA and Rossi muzzleloader rifles take breech plugs that are 5/8" x 15 threads per inch. The easiest way to make a breech plug to fit these rifles is to start with a Grade 8 bolt that can be purchased for a couple of dollars online. I have found them on Ebay and at Home Depot. If you are a...

One of the test beds I use when trying out new versions of of breech plugs is an old CVA Optima Pro. I noticed that the standard breech plug in this rifle is only supported by threads in the barrel; the 209 primers just barely contact the receiver. Looking at it, I decided that I could modify it...

I bought a copy of this book at a gun show in Gulfport, Mississippi yesterday. It was written in 1990, and is still available. I found copies on Ebay, at Amazon, and at Track of the Wolf, and there are places to buy ebook copies. I did a Google Search and a cursory reading of comments seems to...

Note: these loads are for muzzleloaders specially rated for use with smokeless powder. They should not be used in rifles the manufacturers of which tell users to use only black powder or black powder substitutes. The data produced is specific to the individual rifles in which they were tested...

Some muzzleloading arms are subject to Gun Control Act: Cartridge firearms converted to muzzleloaders Thompson Center G2 Contender 209-45 Thompson Center Encore 209-50 The H&R 1871 Huntsman Rossi S50 Mauser 98 fitted with a muzzle loading barrel Remington 870 fitted with a muzzle loading barrel...

I first used Unique almost 60 years ago when I helped load 45-70 cartridges for a friend's original trapdoor Springfield. As I remember it, we loaded 13 grains and filled most of the case with oatmeal. It worked. We also loaded 44-40 cartridges for his Colt Single Action Army revolvers with it...

I keep seeing threads about the Savage 10 ML II, and how it is - or was - the only production muzzle loader in which it is safe to use smokeless powders. Then I read about them blowing up, and how Savage discontinued them. I found this article, which seems to be by a writer who has done a lot...

I wrote this thread for the black powder section of The High Road. I hope it may be of interest to some here: https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/old-fashioned-bullet-swages-from-scratch.848469/ Besides a bullet swage, all that is needed is a lead core and a hammer.