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    1. Buck67

      Black Powder firearms discussion

      I have picked up caps at Gander Mountain, they usually have a few in their black powder department. Not a lot so I buy up all they have when I do find them. You can also order them from Dixie Gun Works Dixie Gun Works muzzleloading, blackpowder and rare antique gun supplies. but you will have...
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      I almost caught my local gun range on fire.

      I set Don't Guns indoor range on fire once. I was shooting an 1860 Colt 44 caliber loaded with blackpowder. That gun shoots sparks about 6 or 8 feet from the muzzle. One of the sparks landed in the expansion crack in the concrete floor. The crack was full of unburned powder that had...
    3. Buck67

      Gunsmithing: Building a black powder Cannon

      I'm glad to see that the tube has a steel liner. BTW, check out Ball and Bullet Moulds for Muzzle Loading Arms for molds for your cannon projectiles. Buck67
    4. Buck67

      What gun to buy to complete my life?

      Get a flintlock Kentucky longrifle, you know you always wanted one. You will have a chance to relearn shooting all over again. It is a lot less expensive to shoot, especially if you cast your own ball. Blackpowder only, substitutes won't work. Buck67
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      Black Powder firearms discussion

      400 yard shots with a Flintlock. Just for your general information. My Buddy Jesse and I went to Friendship today to shoot a target at 400 yards with our flintlocks. The target was 2' wide by 6' tall. Any hit on the board counts. Out out of 20 shots, I got three hits and Jesse got one...
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      Thoughts on Home Defense Shotguns?

      I have an old Browning A-5 Auto in 12 ga. I used to carry it with me when I had an alarm call at my office. This is back when getting a licence to carry a pistol was hard to get. The office was in a bad part of downtown Indianapolis. I would step out of the truck, grab the A-5, push the...
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      Caliber Choice for a "Meat Buffalo" Which of these three????

      I talked with a guy that had a buffalo herd. I asked him what he used to kill them. He said the first 100 or so he just walked up to them and shot them with a 38Special. After he pissed one off with the 38 and it came after him, he said he switched to a 44 Magnum after he got out of the...
    8. Buck67

      Black Powder firearms discussion

      Blackpowder shoot at MCF&G this Saturday at 10AM. Non-Members are invited.
    9. Buck67

      help with the wife

      My wife didn't care for guns when we first got married. Her parents had never had guns so she didn't see why I needed them. Through the years (44 now) she has come to learn that I am going to have guns and I am going to shoot them. Blackpowder guns got her interested in shooting. Now she has...
    10. Buck67

      A New .45 Project for Deer Season

      This cartridge sounds somewhat like the obsolete 11.7 X 56R cartridge that I reload for my original 1874 Danish Rolling Block. I shorten a 45/70 case to 2.101" and load it with 60 grains of 1.5F black powder and a 500 grain .458 lead bullet. This gives me an OAL of 2.85". Sometimes the rim is...
    11. Buck67

      Bowling Ball Mortar Black Powder

      I have seen one shoot bowling balls about 400 yards. The price seems too steep. I mean you are buying a cut off Oxygen cylinder and a welded on powder chamber. BTW, the one I saw needed to have the bowling balls turned down on a lathe so they would fit in the barrel. 350 grains of black...
    12. Buck67

      Yard Sale Shotgun - What have I got here?

      Until you can find out if it was proofed with modern smokeless powder, don't shoot anything but blackpowder loads in it. It looks like a shooter.
    13. Buck67

      Marion County Fish and Game, Monthly Blackpowder shoot this Saturday

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      Marion County Fish and Game, Monthly Blackpowder shoot this Saturday

      Marion County Fish and Game will have their monthly blackpowder muzzleloading shoot this weekend. Saturday at 10AM. The range is open to non-members who want to compete in this event. There is a nominal fee to shoot that is charged to members and non-members alike. Although we have never had...
    15. Buck67

      Black Powder firearms discussion

      I'll post this here and elsewhere so it gets seen. Marion County Fish and Game will have their monthly blackpowder muzzleloading shoot this weekend. Saturday at 10AM. The range is open to non-members who want to compete in this event. There is a nominal fee to shoot that is charged to...
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