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Re: Need muzzle loader help

Post by sungazer » 20 May 2018, 8:05 pm

I cant imagine the effectiveness of a BP pistol other than at 10 paces at most with shot:) or did they use it as a club :lol: Only joking and only have todays guns to compare them to. I mean even warfare of the old English style on line up two deep and maybe only a 100 m long just seems so ridiculous when you think about wanting to rip the enemy's guts out at any cost.
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Post by Oldbloke » 11 Jun 2018, 7:46 pm

Noisydad wrote:Wet lube brew: 1 1/2 cups water, 60ml cutting oil, 30 ml dish washing liquid. Soak the patches, squeeze them out a little and use quite damp or almost wet. Every shot wipes out the barrel and the 60th shot is as easy to load as the first.


Sooo, is that the water solible lathe cutting oil? And is that concentrated or mixed?

Finally got out today. Using straight olive oil after about 5 shots it was very hard to push the ball down. So poured hot water with a dash of soap down the barrel, gave it a few pumps with a brush and was better after that. Is that normal?
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Post by bigpete » 11 Jun 2018, 7:51 pm

It can be.
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Post by Noisydad » 11 Jun 2018, 10:16 pm

That lube brew uses the oil (yes soluble oil as used on machine tools) and dish liquid or liquid soap as supplied. With every grease type lube I’ve used on patches the most shots I’ve got before loading got hard was about 5. Wet lubes make PRB muzzle loading so much easier- they let you concentrate on the shot and not have to worry wether you’re gunna get the ball all the way down.
There's still a few of Wile. E Coyote's ideas that I haven't tried yet.
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Post by Oldbloke » 11 Jun 2018, 10:27 pm

Noisydad wrote:That lube brew uses the oil (yes soluble oil as used on machine tools) and dish liquid or liquid soap as supplied. With every grease type lube I’ve used on patches the most shots I’ve got before loading got hard was about 5. Wet lubes make PRB muzzle loading so much easier- they let you concentrate on the shot and not have to worry wether you’re gunna get the ball all the way down.


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Post by Oldbloke » 11 Jun 2018, 10:37 pm

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My daughter Kerri having a blast earlier today.
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Post by bigpete » 12 Jun 2018, 9:42 am

Cool :)
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Post by Oldbloke » 12 Jun 2018, 5:01 pm

Yeah, Grand sons went too. They had a ball.The sights were waaaay off. But only about 2" off to the right now @ 30 paces, so getting there. Wearing glasses doesn't help with open sights either. :lol:
Still learning. I need to get some cutting oil for Noisy's lube recipe next and then off to have another go. Will take the bench next time, and a few plastic bottles full of water Ha.

Much more of this and Ill be hooked. :lol: :roll:
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Post by Noisydad » 12 Jun 2018, 5:10 pm

It's already to late for you.
There's still a few of Wile. E Coyote's ideas that I haven't tried yet.
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Post by Oldbloke » 12 Jun 2018, 5:38 pm

Noisydad wrote:It's already to late for you.


Looks like I’m a gonna!
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Post by bigpete » 12 Jun 2018, 6:34 pm

There's worse ways to go lol
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Post by Member-Deleted » 16 Jun 2018, 12:33 pm

Lots of useful info in this thread.
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Post by Oldbloke » 16 Jun 2018, 6:28 pm

Yeah, Noisy and bigpete have been a big help. Can’t wait to get out for another blast. Lol
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Post by bigpete » 17 Jun 2018, 7:36 pm

Aw,shucks :)
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