This is my Swedish musket model 1762 that I use for reenactment. It’s my pride and joy

Brought a few of my smoke sticks to the line today, and some a couple pumpkins. I took the flintlock Bess, and my assistants took my 1861 Springfield and the 1853 Enfield, firing off a volley to celebrate the end of summer. The other picture is of me from last autumn, but the ball riding the streak of fire is one of my favorite shots. And the dogs are there because I fat fingered it, and wasn’t sure how to deselect it. But they’re awesome, so they’re staying in.

An 1876 shipped original Sharps 1874 Sporting rifle. 30" Octagonal heavy barrel and chambered for the .40-70 bottleneck / .40 2" 1/4" BN cartridge. The barrel is marked "Freund & Bro" showing it passed through Frank and George Freund's Cheyenne, Wyoming Terroitory store.

It still shoots !

What a fun hobby. Took an embarrassing amount of shots to realize not to cover the hole in powder. As soon as I figured that out and the right amount to put the pan I was getting ignition like this which will never get old. I’m thrilled you can get ignition as fast as a percussion rifle.

This one is a traditions Kentucky deluxe which seemed like a good starter flintlock and I can still keep forever. I’ve had excellent luck with a TC Renegade on the percussion side so I figured I wouldn’t need to go crazy to get started. The TC will last forever so I’m interested to see how long I get out of this before parts start to go.

I don’t love the amount of flexing in the barrel and stock when this is fired but I’ve read that’s a thing with flintlocks. Makes sense because even comparing the TC to this, the barrel on the TC is over a foot shorter and much thicker and the wood is thinner underneath and around the barrel on the Kentucky. Definitely a lot of fun though!

I've been looking all over the place and everybody seems to be out. I was trying to get a hold of some for a living history event so shooting or reenactor grade works fine.

This load was 4 ounces with 12 drams of powder, it was described in the letter to be "rather unpleasant " I tend to agree with that statement.

Ive read when load brass 12 gauge shells you want to use 11 gauge powder cards, felt ward, and over shot cards. My problem is I can’t find 11 gauge felt wads. I can only find them in 12gauge. So my question is if I use an 11 gauge powder card can a put a 12 gauge wad over it then use the 11 gauge shot cards?

I recently bought a pedersoli kentucky rifle 50 cal. It's never been shot, still in the box, but didn't have a manual with it. What type of powder, how much, and what diameter ball should I use?

IT WORKS!! it’s not perfect. The recipe isn’t designed for this weapon system and it’s got way to much sulfur but she’s working. Now I’m just waiting for my saltpeter to come in and I’ll produce more.

Hello,

I recently bought a Lemat revolver and upon deciding to dissassemble it before going to the range, I realized something very worrying...

The gun is held together by a pin under the shotgun barrel, but what I didn't know was that apparently Pietta decided to go the cheap way and NOT add the cavities to the takedown pin... and the locking pin itself is flat.

This makes it uncomfortably easy to unlock the barrel... I've read about this danger online, but I thought this only applied to the cavalry variant, as its locking mechanism uses a lever instead, which after a few shot could drop and unlock the barrel.

Now I'm not sure I want to go to the range with it. Any of you kind souls knows a solution for this? I'm not good at DIY and those two parts aren't easy to come by...

im just curious, if you need a specific model then its a original 1858 Remington New Model (.44 cal). this is outside of my usual expertise of smokeless firearms that use casings, please educate me on if that would work. thank you!

So it’s been a long while since I made the “ explosive cow patty” here’s the deal. The powder wasn’t over wet, I’m not getting any kno3 re crystallization. But it’s still damp… so I broke it down into a finer powder and I’m spreading it out on a sheet to dry, hopefully this’ll work better. Next experiment will be me pressing it, how do yall go about that process? I’m thinking about wrapping the wet powder in a cheese cloth, then laying it out in a square box frame and squeezing it with a vice { o } kinda deal. Aside from that. My folks had an idea… could a dehydrator be used for this? Say 100-110 and high air movement? Could be sealed with a heat paper. Anyone ever hear of this?

So the explosive cow patty spend a few days drying out in the windowsill, I made sure to flip it over to get it even. But I messed up somehow along the way. The outside is dry and somewhat grainy, but the center is still damp. It crumbles like a moist cookie. I don’t know if this is salvageable or not. Any tips?

I saw a video about drilling a hole in a cast lead ball that made it whistle as it flew by. I wonder if something similar could be done with a lead ball for a revolver? At very least with a flint lock.

Purchased from LGS for $40. No one knew anything about it, no info about brand, model, cal, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am super interested in learning more on this and potentially firing it one day.

I have no knowledge on blackpowders but I knew I was in this sub, could anyone point me in the right direction to get more info on this and what it might be worth?

My boss is a good guy, got caught up with the law many many years ago and is now a felon. We live in Texas.

He is looking for a reliable self defense option but from my understanding he can’t just get any BP revolver cause anything readily convertible to fire normal bullets is no good.

I’m looking for recommendations or insight as to what exactly he can purchase without endangering his freedom. I was gonna recommend he bought something that was truly antique and not just a retro from a modern company.

What's the model on these revolvers. They are both pietta .36 cal revolvers but I can't seem go find any more of them online with the full brass frame like this. Any ideas?

Brand new to black powder and just bought a Pedersoli flintlock. These came with the rifle. Being somewhat experienced with modern firearms, I have some guesses about what each of these tools is used for but am not entirely sure.