Search results

Modern Muzzleloading Forum

Help Support Modern Muzzleloading Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. Zonie

    Magspark 209 adapter

    IMO, if your using something like BlackHorn 209 or one of the other powders made for inlines, the 209 adapter might be worth the trouble. Those powders need the extra heat from the cap to be really reliable. For those shooting Pyrodex, 777 or real black powder IMO the 209 adapter isn't worth...
  2. Zonie

    Loading procedure??

    For my first shot the first thing I do is to run a clean cleaning patch down the bore to wipe out any oil that may be in it. This is followed by popping one cap to blow out any oil that may be lingering in the flame channel between the base of the nipple and the bore as well as any oil that...
  3. Zonie

    Can you quiet down the cocking of the hammer?

    Just remember, if your rifle has double set triggers, it is not the same as all hammer guns. It is not the same thing as a exposed hammer, single trigger cartridge gun. Guns with double set triggers have a device that blocks off the half cock notch so the sear will not enter it while the...
  4. Zonie

    Can you quiet down the cocking of the hammer?

    If your rifle has double set triggers, it has a "fly" in the lock. When you lower the hammer from full cock, be sure to keep your finger on the trigger and lower the hammer to below the half cock position. Then, release the trigger and pull the hammer back until you hear the sear enter the...
  5. Zonie

    Brass frame revolver

    There is no way a Ruger Old Army with a brass trigger guard and gripstrap can be compared with a Cap & Ball pistol that has a brass frame. The Ruger frame and cylinder are made from modern high strength alloy steel and basically are the same as a Blackhawk. The C&B pistols with a brass frame are...
  6. Zonie

    Ruger Old Army

    Thannks for the link to these base pins. There was a time when these weren't available so if the base pin was damaged it pretty much put an Old Army out of business. A guy in England looked into having a machine shop make some of these but the price was too high so he gave up. Ruger Old Army's...
  7. Zonie

    Barrel twist guestions

    I really doubt that a solid copper bullet will shoot well in any muzzleloader regardless of the rifling twist unless some sort of patch is used or the bullet is pre-rifled to match the bore and rifling grooves. In order to load a muzzleloading rifle, the bullet must be smaller than the bore...
  8. Zonie

    Which scale for weighing powder?

    Thanks for the welcome, Idaholewis. :) To my way of thinking, what the Muzzleloading Forum does or doesn't do has nothing to do with my earlier comment. Black powder is a very weak propellant and I don't believe that one grain more or less of it in a load will have a noticeable effect on a...
  9. Zonie

    Which scale for weighing powder?

    I use a Ohaus 505 mechanical scale but that said, I only use it when I'm loading cartridges with smokeless powder. Generally speaking, all of the black powders and synthetic black powders aren't that sensitive to slight changes in the amount of powder that is loaded. Where something even as...
  10. Zonie

    What do I need to shoot my rifle?

    I noticed cayuga mentioned flintlocks in the first post so I thought I might add a bit of information about shooting them for those who are interested. FLINTLOCKS: A properly set up flintlock is a bit slower when it comes to firing than the more modern but they aren't anything like the ones...
  11. Zonie

    faster cleaning method

    Perhaps, but I've had a number of cases during the last 10 years when I was shooting a brand new bottle of Pyrodex in my rifles and every so often I would hear the pop of the cap followed by maybe 1/8 to 1/4 of a second of a delay before the powder actually fired the gun. The delay was enough...
  12. Zonie

    faster cleaning method

    A couple of reasons people have problems with finding real black powder is because it is classified as an explosive. Then there is the rule that can's or jars of black powder can't be sitting out on a shelf in the store. It can't be sitting out on the shelf because Federal rules say it must be...
  13. Zonie

    Hi From Arizona

    Thought I'd like to join the forum and say hi to everyone here. :) I've been shooting cap and ball pistols, single shot pistols and long rifle muzzleloaders since about 1972 so shooting the traditional kind of gun isn't something new to me. Shooting the modern in-line guns is new to me though...
  14. Zonie

    Are these all compatible materials for my muzzleloader?

    The link below will give you the "Certified Nonlead Ammunition" California allows. https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Hunting/Nonlead-Ammunition/Certified Checking out the listing for Barnes, the "Expander MZ Copper bullets" are on the California list The following is a link to the lists Barnes...
Back
Top